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How do you get people to understand that climate change is occurring? The question frustrates scientists and policymakers, who face a disbelieving public prone to discounting discomforting data.

The popular uprising in Tunisia has surprised many - Western observers, the Arab elites, and even those who have generated this remarkable episode. The surprise seems justified. How could …

Oil barons Charles and David Koch held their annual billionaires' summit in Palm Springs on Sunday, Nancy Goldstein reports in The Nation. Every year, the Kochs gather with fellow …

It has become fashionable since Spain's economy began to decline to make comparisons to Germany, which is rebounding strongly. The idea is that the Germans went through their restructuring, …

You would think America had learned its lesson from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which the Labor Department has estimated cost us 525,000 jobs.

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Most environmental stories we hear are tales of decline. In complexly interwoven natural systems, one ecological problem, such as loss of a forest, often leads to many others. It …

If nothing else, the election of 2010 has taught us that a third political party is not the answer. Like the two existing major parties, it, too, would simply …

Whose moral hazards, which moral buzzards? Is it a good idea to let the foreclosures roll on? Absolutely, say the banking and mortgage industries, among others. “Home repo” is …

Editor’s Note: The coverage of the Egyptian uprising has focused on the political fate of longtime dictator Hosni Mubarak and the possible geopolitical fallout for the United States, but …