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The United States-Mexico border wall is seen in Organ Pipe National Park south of Ajo, Arizona (SANDY HUFFAKER/AFP via Getty Images)

An intro to "fence ecology"

Alex McInturff, Christine Wilkinson, Wenjing Xu - The Conversation
A health care worker holds an injection syringe of the phase 3 vaccine trial, developed against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic by the U.S. Pfizer and German BioNTech company, at the Ankara University Ibni Sina Hospital in Ankara, Turkey on October 27, 2020. (Dogukan Keskinkilic/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Concerns grow over equal vaccine access

Jessica Corbett - Common Dreams
Protesters hold banners and shout slogans during the 12th day of protests against the Constitutional Court ruling on tightening the abortion law in front of the Archbishops Palace on November 02, 2020 in Krakow, Poland. The country's constitutional tribunal recently ruled that terminating pregnancies due to serious, irreversible fetal defects is unconstitutional. The decision sparked a wave of protests against the ruling Law and Justice party (PiS). (Omar Marques/Getty Images)

Mass protests for reproductive rights

Julie Burkhart
Donald Trump (Getty Images)

EPA rejects tightening soot standards

Andrea Germanos - Common Dreams
Agricultural worker spraying his crops (Getty Images)

How pesticide drift harms the public

Alexandra Tempus - FairWarning
In this photo illustration the Florida's COVID-19 Data and Surveillance Dashboard is seen displayed on a computer screen. Rebekah Jones, the woman who created and ran Florida's online coronavirus data site, was removed from her job by May 5, 2020 for resisting efforts by the state Department of Health to make the data harder to access for the public, researchers and the media. (Illustration by Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Whistleblower Rebekah Jones speaks out

Matthew Rozsa
UFO flying toward Earth (Getty Images)

Why do smart people lie about aliens?

Matthew Rozsa, Keith A. Spencer
Distressed doctor wearing protective suit to fight coronavirus pandemic (Getty Images)

A nightmare COVID scenario has come true

Matthew Rozsa
U.S. President Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani waits to testify before the Michigan House Oversight Committee on December 2, 2020 in Lansing, Michigan. (Rey Del Rio/Getty Images)

Giuliani's VIP COVID-19 treatment

Matthew Rozsa
Ultrasound pregnancy examination of a young woman in a Medical Clinic during COVID-19 outbreak (Getty Images)

Pregnant women not tested in vax trials

Nicole Karlis
Little boy overwhelmed during the COVID-19 pandemic (Getty Images)

Remote learning exacerbates inequalities

Hernán Galperin, Stephen Aguilar - The Conversation
Arctic polar bear and cubs in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Getty/sarkophoto)

Trump's "wrecking ball" to Arctic Refuge

Julia Conley - Common Dreams
Corn (Getty Images)

Trump's EPA OKs neurotoxic pesticide

Matthew Rozsa
Donald Trump | A phial of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump opted not to buy 100M vaccines

Matthew Rozsa
Donald Trump | Vaccine (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Demand for COVID vaccines may get heated

JoNel Aleccia - KFF Health News
Nurse Practitioner wears personal protection equipment as she administers a flu vaccination (Getty Images)

The holy grail of flu vaccines

Matthew Rozsa
Doing a COVID test in full PPE wear at a senior's home (Getty Images)

COVID exposes flaws in medical testing

Ishani Ganguli - KFF Health News
Jeff Bezos, laughing at the world (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Bezos is tracking down missing emissions

Emily Pontecorvo - Grist
Ron DeSantis, Donald Trump and Greg Abbott (Getty Images/Salon)

Texas advised to boost Covid control

Edgar Walters - The Texas Tribune
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Anna Almendrala
Killer Whale (Getty Images)

Killer whales are struggling to survive

Joseph K. Gaydos, Stephen Raverty - The Conversation
Empty doctor examination room (Getty Images)

Americans foregoing care due to pandemic

Kenneth E. Thorpe
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Getty Images)

Climate bills that could get past Mitch

Nathanael Johnson - Grist
Little boy overwhelmed during the COVID-19 pandemic (Getty Images)

The children's mental health crisis

Michael Nyenhuis
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