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How deranged anti-Obama conspiracy theories led America to Donald Trump
Kathryn Joyce
Folklorist Patricia Turner on how unhinged right-wing paranoia about the first Black president tore America apart
Meet the “outcast rats”: Those viral, ostentatious city rats are weird loners in their rat world
Pamela Appea
A rat researcher explains why the wild rats you tend to see in public are typically "disenfranchised rats"
The true story of when Congress almost released wild hippos into the Louisiana bayou
Matthew Rozsa
Congress was one vote away from passing the hippo bill. Experts weigh in on what could have been
We need more protected areas, but that’s not all
Tara Lohan
New research supports efforts to designate more land and water to save biodiversity and fight climate change
The steep decline in US life expectancy raises questions most politicians want to avoid
Bob Hennelly
The worst decline in a century reveals our for-profit healthcare system for what it really is
A rat’s world map could hold the key to curing diseases of the brain
Pamela Appea
Rats may have a better sense of direction than humans. Researchers are still trying to figure out how
Jane Fonda diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Kelly McClure
"A very treatable cancer ... so I feel very lucky," says Fonda
Environmentalists blast New Jersey environmental bureau’s decision to let dead vultures rot
Bob Hennelly
New Jersey officials are choosing to let rotting vultures lie. Experts are horrified at the risk of a new bird flu
With more sizzling summers, Colorado changes how heat advisories are issued
Markian Hawryluk
Colorado’s climate is so dry that reaching the thresholds for a heat advisory is nearly impossible
Ron DeSantis’ school board coup: Critics say he “hijacked” Parkland grief
Kathryn Joyce
Controversial Parkland report allowed DeSantis to take over the school board in Florida’s most liberal county
“There are no white people there”: Jackson’s water crisis, explained
Areeba Shah
Years of neglect, racism and poor infrastructure have created a "constant state of emergency"
Has the tide turned for Biden and the Democrats? It’s way too early to celebrate
Chauncey DeVega
Republican hubris and overreach is leading toward dramatic payback — but Democrats' sugar high could be fleeting
Plastic-coated agricultural chemicals are destroying human and planetary health
Lela Nargi
Plastic-coated agricultural chemicals have been around since the 1960s
Farewell Dr. Fauci: How the right turned a national hero into a villain in service of Donald Trump
Heather Digby Parton
The right's attack on science is the most dangerous of its cynical power plays. Fauci is just collateral damage
A tsunami of dark money is flooding our justice system — and it’s only getting worse
Austin Sarat
Will a right-wing electronics tycoon's unprecedented $1.6B donation force us to face the tide of corruption?
The wind has shifted: We can beat Republicans — and elect progressives — in November
Jeff Cohen, Norman Solomon
Political tides may be turning — but Republicans remain likely to win without vigorous progressive turnout
A shrinking Lake Powell could herald an even worse water crisis in the Southwest’s future
Matthew Rozsa
As climate change dries the Colorado River Basin, the region's megacities may eventually dry up, too
Climate change is making the new school year harder in all kinds of ways
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Studies find a link between higher temperatures and lower test scores, but that's only part of the problem
Culture, progress and the future: Can the West survive its own myths?
Richard Eckersley
We all know our society faces existential crisis. Rethinking our cultural values might just help us survive it
Human-level AI is a giant risk. Why are we entrusting its development to tech CEOs?
Otto Barten
Tech CEOs are trying to create “Human-level AI.” Here’s what that means, and why we should fear it
The Hmong farmers who feed the Twin Cities’ farmers markets
Cinnamon Janzer
Hmong farmers make up roughly 50% of the growers at metro markets
Biden finally busts out the F-word: MAGA is “semi-fascism” — the only problem is the use of “semi”
Amanda Marcotte
Trump attempted a fascist coup — so anyone who continues to support him is implicated in an anti-democracy ideology
Republicans, gobsmacked by abortion backlash, furiously backpedal in a struggle to rebrand
Heather Digby Parton
Republicans find themselves suddenly squandering an easy midterm win due to the conservative Supreme Court's action
Trump’s return is distracting the GOP — and allowing Democrats to get things done
Amanda Marcotte
Biden racks up wins on guns, climate, and loans — as Trump conspiracies weaken the GOP's obstructionist powers
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