Where the wild things thrive: Finding and protecting nature’s climate change safe havens
Much wildlife relies on cool streams and lush meadows in the Sierra Nevada.Ron and Patty Thomas/E+ via Getty ImagesThe idea began ...
Billionaires with $1 salaries – and other legal tax dodges the ultrawealthy use to keep their riches
Who pays the most taxes?Javier Zayas Photography/Moment via Getty ImagesRay Madoff, a Boston College law professor, has written a ...
The US already faces a health care workforce shortage – immigration policy could make it worse
As Americans gather for holiday celebrations, many will quietly thank the health care workers who keep their families and friends ...
Unpaid caregiving work can feel small and personal, but that doesn’t take away its ethical value
Work and family are both central to many people's sense of identity and how they hope to make a difference. Kobus Louw/E+ via Gett...
America faced domestic fascists before and buried that history
Fritz Kuhn, center, is congratulated by fellow officers of the German American Bund in New York on Sept. 3, 1938.AP Phot…
Supreme Court case about ‘crisis pregnancy centers’ highlights debate over truthful advertising standards
The latest Supreme Court case related to abortion is not technically about the legal right to have one. When the court h…
Shaping the conversation means offering context to extreme ideas, not just a platform
Tucker Carlson triggered outrage in some quarters of the conservative movement by interviewing white supremacist Nick Fu…
Rising electricity prices and an aging grid challenge the nation as data centers demand more power
Energy prices are going up – still.zpagistock/Moment via Getty ImagesEveryone – politicians and the public …
The #iwasfifteen hashtag and ongoing Epstein coverage show how traffickers exploit the vulnerabilities of teens and tweens
Marina Lacerda was among the alleged victims of convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein who spoke at a news conference …
Trump’s second term is reshaping US science with unprecedented cuts and destabilizing policy changes
Before 2025, science policy rarely made headline news. Through decades of changing political winds, financial crises and…
Hacked phones and Wi-Fi surveillance have replaced Cold War spies and radio waves in the delusions of people with schizophrenia
Everyday tech of modern life can take on sinister dimensions for people with thought disorders.Busà Photography/M…
The budget update shows a slight improvement in the federal deficit, but it’s mostly due to good luck
The federal government’s mid-year budget update shows a modest improvement in the deficit forecast in 2025–2…
School shootings dropped in 2025 - but schools are still focusing too much on safety technology instead of prevention
A person mourns at a makeshift memorial outside the Barus and Holley engineering building on the campus of Brown Univers…
Supermarket price gouging will be banned from July. Will consumers actually end up better off?
This week, the federal government announced a ban on supermarket price gouging, aiming to get “a fairer go for fam…
From record warming to rusting rivers, 2025 Arctic Report Card shows a region transforming faster than expected
As temperatures rise, the timing of the ice thaw changes.Vincent Denarie via Arctic Report CardThe Arctic is transformin…
The North Pole keeps moving – here’s how that affects Santa’s holiday travel and yours
Could this be the next Blitzen? Feeding a reindeer in Lapland, Finland, north of the Arctic Circle.Roberto Moiola/Sysawo…
2 superpowers, 1 playbook: Why Chinese and US bureaucrats think and act alike
An official walks past the U.S. and Chinese national flags on April 6, 2024.Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty ImagesThe year 202…
How rogue nations are capitalizing on gaps in crypto regulation to finance weapons programs
Two years after Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, families of the victims filed suit against Binance, a major crypt…