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Unemployment and a loss of health insurance are two problems not necessarily captured in official poverty measures. tuaindeed/Shutterstock.com Sophie Mitra,…
Israel has a powerful air force — and it’s not afraid to strike neighbors it perceives as a national security threat.…
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Ruben Andersson, University of Oxford At the US-Mexico border, President Donald Trump’s migration “emergency” has led to children being locked…
Tourism, that quintessentially elitist pursuit, is now responsible for almost 8 percent of global CO₂ emissions.Blake Barlow/Unsplash, CC BY…
Protesters opposed to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion during a rally in Vancouver, British Columbia, on 9 June. Photograph: Darryl…
Only 10 minutes separated the world from another devastating war in the Middle East. Donald Trump says he suddenly realized…
Millions of people in Hong Kong have come out to stop a proposed law that would have allowed China to…
Gary W. Yohe, Wesleyan University June marks the official start of hurricane season. If recent history is any guide, it…
Companies use data to make a portrait of their users. Custom-tailored capitalism is what has made Google, Facebook, Amazon, and…
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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and French President Emmanuel Macron at the “Christchurch Call” summit, which delivered an agreement…
Reuters reporters Wa Lone, left, and Kyaw Soe Oo after being freed from prison, in Yangon, Myanmar, May 7, 2019.…
Nicholas Allen, Royal Holloway Europe has claimed the career of yet another Conservative prime minister. After less than three years…
A delegate in traditional Uighur dress listens to a speaker during a meeting with delegates from China’s Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous…
Most species of tiny coral reef fish are overlooked because of their small size. Now, their importance for coral reef…
shutterstock. James Dyke, University of Exeter The coffee tasted bad. Acrid and with a sweet, sickly smell. The sort of…
Gorlov-KV/Shutterstock Laurie Wright, Solent University We’re all too aware of the consequences of plastics in the oceans and on land.…