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How a new wave of orbiting sentinels is changing climate science
Jon Gertner
Advanced remote-sensing satellite technology is compiling a granular record of Earth’s hardest-to-reach regions
America’s love affair with the single-family house is cooling, but it won’t be a quick breakup
Robert Parker, Rebecca Lewis
Cities and states are considering limits on single-family zoning, which experts say promotes sprawl and separation.
Silicon Valley is primed for a worker uprising
Nicole Karlis
The foundation was laid in the 2010s. Will the 2020s be defined by Tech's labor struggles?
Fossil fuel knocks the wind out of renewable energy movement in Ohio
Sharon Zhang
Ohio has become a hotbed for corporate-driven attacks on wind energy
A decade closer to apocalypse: Looking back at the mayhem of the 2010s
Anis Shivani
Yes, the planet is dying — but so are liberal democracy and human consciousness. Which is worse? Take your pick
Australians call their prime minister an “idiot” for ignoring wildfire victims
Zoya Teirstein
Australians have lost homes, land, and loved ones. And a lot of them are furious with their government.
Amazon threatens to fire employees demanding climate justice
Nicole Karlis
Employees who spoke up about the company and its role in climate change received threats from above
What does it mean to be “too far left” — and why are conservatives not scolded about centrism?
David Masciotra
Only Democrats are expected to make important concessions to the increasingly irrelevant "center"
Why a mental health resolution might be superior to a diet resolution
Nicole Karlis
Mental health resolutions are often forgone in favor of exercise regimes and diet trends. That may be a mistake
The theme for this year’s Times Square ball drop? Climate change.
Rachel Ramirez
The ball drop will honor NYC science teachers and students who have been working hard to address the climate crisis
Birth strike, flygskam, Pyrocene: The words that defined our planet in 2019
Kate Yoder
The planet is ailing, and our vocabulary for describing its miseries is flourishing
A new generational conflict: Will the 2020s be the “OK boomer” decade?
Amanda Marcotte
Young people are starting to wake up to how much their elders screwed them over — and they will fight back
How to spell out Donald J. Trump?
Alon Ben-Meir
Trump has brought shame and dishonor to the most prestigious office in the world — the U.S. Presidency.
Faulty equipment, lapsed training, repeated warnings: How a preventable disaster killed six Marines
Robert Faturechi, Megan Rose, T. Christian Miller
When a training exercise ended in death, leadership blamed the very men they had neglected
Climate change activism lifted Greta Thunberg from a years-long depression
Matthew Rozsa
Greta previously did not eat or talk to people because of her depression, her father reveals in a new interview
N.Y. Times edits Bret Stephens “Jewish Genius” column to remove scholar who “promoted racist views”
Igor Derysh
Stephens' column on why "Jews are smart" cited a "eugenicist" who spoke at "white supremacist conferences"
Obama and Trump tie as America’s most admired man of 2019 in annual Gallup poll
Igor Derysh
Obama becomes the first president since Dwight Eisenhower to finish in the top spot after leaving office
Hope lies in the streets
Chris Hedges
Can the system be reformed from the inside? Or will we have to take to the streets?
The decade Republicans hijacked our democracy, via the gerrymander
David Daley
In our broken political system, majorities often can't translate the will of the people to action. This is why
Big Oil spent $3.6 billion to clean up its image, and it’s working
Kate Yoder
"When we looked at the dollar amounts, we were sort of blown away"
5 ways to stop corporations from ruining the future of work
Robert Reich
We deserve a forward-looking and open industrial policy.
Humanity can’t recycle its way out of consumption problems
Valerie Vande Panne
New documentary “The Story of Plastic” says what we all need to hear
The real lesson of Afghanistan is that regime change does not work
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies
The debacle in Afghanistan is only one case in a fundamentally flawed U.S. policy with worldwide consequences
Lemurs are the world’s most endangered mammals, but planting trees can help save them
Andrea L. Baden
Black-and-white ruffed lemurs are important indicators of rainforest health
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