Was the Women’s March the Largest Mass Protest in American History?
It depends how you count the crowds. By Tristan Bridges & Tara Leigh Tober Protesters gather for the…
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How Jeff Sessions Helped Kill Equitable School Funding in Alabama
A lawsuit in the 1990s had Alabama poised to fund poor black school districts as fairly as wealthy…
New Maps Show How Our Consumption Affects Wildlife Thousands of Miles Away
The maps can tell which countries, and which commodities, threaten habitats and wildlife at various hotspots. By Shreya…
When a Study Cast Doubt on a Heart Pill, the Drug Company Turned to Tom Price
After hearing from a company whose CEO was a campaign contributor, a congressional aide to Donald Trump’s Health…
There Was Never a Pause in Rising Global Temperatures
New research has confirmed the results of a 2015 study led by scientists at the National Oceanic and…
Conservatives Plot Their Course in State Capitals Around the Country
Meeting in private, enthused activists promise that the growing Republican dominance in state government will unleash a wave…
The Biggest Environmental Stories to Watch This Year
This is likely to be a pivotal year in the fight to halt global climate change and all…
Will Donald Trump’s Climate Team Accept Any Social Cost of Carbon?
The nation’s top science panel has just sketched a clearer way to set a fair price today for…
The Top 10 Developments for the World’s Oceans of the Past Year
From cruising the Northwest Passage to a new treaty to stop illegal fishing, here are the major developments…
For Donald Trump’s Rich Appointees, Death May Be Certain but Taxes Aren’t
If Republicans succeed in repealing the estate tax, Rex Tillerson, Gary Cohn, Wilbur Ross, Jared Kushner, Steve Mnuchin,…