With 47,000 ships and 3 million trucks transporting goods around the world, opportunities to reduce our impact...
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The Supreme Court will soon decide on a case that is likely to have a big effect...
The beginning of the seawall on the western edge of Galveston, Feb 14, 2016. Photo Michael Stravato...
Illustration from “Death’s Doings” by Richard Dagley (1827) (via British Library) From Allison Meier from Atlas Obscura:...
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Snapchat generation’s chasm of disconnection with Republicans is a long-term electoral crisis. Photo: Scott Olson, Getty Images...
“All I know is what’s on the Internet” Donald Trump is under fire for tweeting an edited...
In the latter half of the 17th century the English polymath Thomas Browne wrote Musaeum Clausum, an...
By Matthew A. McIntosh / 03.13.2016 The Supreme Court ruled in Brandburg v. Ohio (1969) that and...
By Matthew A. McIntosh / 03.13.2016 On CNN’s “State of the Union” with Jake Tapper, Trump again...
Teacher accused of calling student “dumbest girl he ever met” Shaniaya Hunter, WSB-TV Screenshot From WSB-TV Atlanta:...
Right to Left, Top to Bottom: Georgina Perez, Dakota Carter, Mary Lou Bruner, Joe Fierro, Jr., Jasmine...
“The gates of civility have been blown apart” Marco Rubio is looking for a win in his...
Discontent behind Trump’s rise has deep roots, analysts say American politics is having a Howard Beale moment....
Many Catholic colleges leave low-income students with big debts. And wealthy Catholic schools that provide generous support...
From BI: The introduction of writing systems changed the world. It allowed humans to physically express thoughts...
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Cleland Rimmer/Getty Images By Matthew A. McIntosh / 03.12.2016 Don’t forget to set your clocks an hour...
From Jerry Diamond and Eugene Scott at CNN: Donald Trump on Saturday denounced the protests that led...
After years of environmental activism and fighting for indigenous communities, human rights champion Berta Caceres was assassinated in Honduras on March...
Photo by Thomas Bougher By Noah Fromson / Medill News Service, 03.12.2016 In 2007, the new district...
Yale historian aims for wider picture of momentum behind the Holocaust Photo by Ine Gundersveen Timothy Snyder:...
A Twitter exchange between Andrew Seidel, an Constitutional attorney who specializes in the first amendment (as he...
‘I have come to see my concentration as an investment in versatility and intellectualism’ My mom frequently...
More than 30 states have enacted some version of voter ID law in recent years. How much...
I have a big article forthcoming on the future of public transit. I believe that with...
When claims from Europe accused British America of being inferior on account of its colder weather, Thomas...
Joseph Van Horn, a Ph.D. student in political science at UCLA and a Trump supporter, wonders why...
A spokesman for Bernie Sanders retorted with a photo after Hillary Clinton sad Saturday she didn’t know...
From Suzanne Le Mignot at CBS Chicago: The Chicago Police Department disagreed with Donald Trump’s suggestion that...