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US has its first national strategy to reduce plastic pollution − here are 3 strong points and a key issue to watch

  • Written by Sarah J. Morath, Professor of Law and Associate Dean for International Affairs, Wake Forest University
imageTrash litters the banks of Ballona Creek in Culver City, Calif., after a storm.Citizen of the Planet/UIG via Getty Images

Plastic waste is piling up at a daunting pace around the world. The World Bank estimates that every person on the planet generates an average of 1.6 pounds (0.74 kilograms) of plastic waste daily.

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  1. US military presence in Syria carries substantial risks, but so does complete withdrawal
  2. What is mpox? A microbiologist explains what’s known about this smallpox cousin
  3. In praise of the weird
  4. Catholics are debating whether to remove paintings by a priest accused of abusing women − but let’s not confuse the artist and the art, writes an art historian
  5. Real-time crime centers are transforming policing – a criminologist explains how these advanced surveillance systems work
  6. Chicagoans watch films of the violent 1968 convention protests to get ready for the Democratic convention
  7. Hispanic women are less likely to get PrEP treatment − new intervention could change that
  8. Raising the retirement age won’t defuse China’s demographic time bomb – but mass immigration might
  9. Trees compete for space, light and resources, and those clashes can leave battle scars
  10. Students with mental health struggles linked to absenteeism and lower grades, showing clear need for more in-school support
  11. Local elections are less partisan because voters will cross party lines when issues hit close to home
  12. Kamala Harris’ sudden political rise echoes that of another female politician, New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern
  13. How back-to-back hurricanes set off a year of compounding disasters for one city − and alarm bells about risks in a warming world
  14. 3 years after fall of Kabul, US Congress has still not acted to secure future of more than 70,000 Afghan evacuees in US
  15. Ukraine’s cross-border incursion challenges Moscow’s war narrative – but will it shift Russian opinion?
  16. Historians diving for balloons and hoping for hot dish: What Smithsonian curators will be doing at the Democratic National Convention
  17. Offensive names dot the American street map − a new app provides a way to track them
  18. Americans love free speech, survey finds − until they realize everyone else has it, too
  19. Fluid keeps your brain from crushing itself and shields your spine from shock – a neurologist explains what happens when it stops working
  20. Future lawyers learn key lessons from studying poetry in parks in this course
  21. Philly schools are in disrepair − the municipal bond market is 1 big reason
  22. 3 of Jane Austen’s 6 brothers engaged in antislavery activism − new research offers more clues about her own views
  23. Kamala, a common name in India, is associated with several deities and is a symbol of wisdom
  24. LGBTQ people have a troubled relationship with police − new survey shows high rates of harassment, abuse and distrust
  25. Even fictional presidents don’t look like Kamala Harris − although Black men and white women have been represented in the Oval Office
  26. SpaceX’s Elon Musk endorsed Donald Trump for president – what this could mean for US space policy
  27. Hotel guests are getting used to refillable shampoos and less housekeeping, study suggests
  28. International students will offer a big boost to the US economy this back-to-school season
  29. How Ohio schools reduced chronic absenteeism
  30. Wildfires don’t just burn farmland − they can contaminate the water farmers use to irrigate crops and support livestock
  31. JD Vance is no pauper − he’s a classic example of ‘poornography,’ in which the rich try to speak on behalf of the poor
  32. Mammary glands in a dish − what miniature organs reveal about evolution, lactation, regeneration and breast cancer
  33. FDA rejects MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD treatment – a drug researcher explains the challenges psychedelics face
  34. Dementia risk factors identified in new global report are all preventable – addressing them could reduce dementia rates by 45%
  35. 3 strategies to help college students pick the right major the first time around and avoid some big hassles
  36. A bipartisan data-privacy law could backfire on small businesses − 2 marketing professors explain why
  37. New storm is headed for the Caribbean: What meteorologists look for in early signs of a future hurricane
  38. Birth of a hurricane: What meteorologists look for as they hunt for early signs of a tropical cyclone forming
  39. At its core, life is all about play − just look at the animal kingdom
  40. Could dinosaurs still exist somewhere in the world? A paleontologist explains
  41. Why is an ultimate goal called a ‘Holy Grail?’
  42. If you want Americans to pay attention to climate change, just call it climate change
  43. Wagner Group setback in Mali challenges Moscow’s strategy in Africa and the region’s faith in Russian mercenaries
  44. A packed Baltimore trolley illustrates the ups and downs of US public transit
  45. Rat poison is moving up through food chains, threatening carnivores around the world
  46. No credit score? A grocery list could be the next best thing
  47. The problem with pronatalism: Pushing baby booms to boost economic growth amounts to a Ponzi scheme
  48. Despite Donald Trump’s claims, his gag order holds up against the Constitution
  49. How San Francisco’s Democratic political machine led to Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign
  50. The real ‘Big Bang’ of country music: How Vernon Dalhart’s 1924 breakthrough recordings launched a genre