The Dramatic Deforestation of Cambodia, as Seen From Space
Satellite images highlight the country’s rapid loss of forest — one of the fastest in the world. By Morgan Erickson-Davis…
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Barack Obama Picks Up the Pace on Commutations in His Final Days in Office
President Obama has accelerated clemency to low-level drug offenders. By Sarah Smith President Barack Obama tours a federal…
Trouble in India’s Rhino Paradise
Poachers killed 18 rhinos in Kaziranga National Park in 2016 — most recently on December 22nd — but experts still see many…
Puerto Rico Turns to Corey Lewandowski for Help Lobbying His Former Boss
The island’s new governor, who’s considered sympathetic to hedge funds and insurers that want it to repay its…
The U.S. and the U.K, United—in a Concern Over Hate Crimes
The violence in Great Britain after the Brexit vote might hold lessons for America. By Patrick G. Lee…
Working People Are Hurt More by Rising Inequality Than Slow Economic Growth
Unless we radically transform our capitalist system, the working class in the United States faces the likelihood of…
Trump’s Treasury Pick Is Really Good at Kicking Elderly People Out of Their Homes
When Steven Mnuchin ran OneWest, the bank aggressively and, in some cases, wrongly, foreclosed on elderly homeowners with…
Is Mass Murder Now Part of the Repertoire of Contention?
New ways of protest are being invented every day, with a society’s repertoire of contention in constant evolution.…
Facebook Isn’t Telling You How Much It Really Knows About You
The site shows users how Facebook categorizes them. It doesn’t reveal the data it is buying about their…
Is Covergirl’s New Coverboy a Feminist Coup or a Capitalist One?
Covergirl’s decision to feature 17-year-old James Charles does serve to break down the gender binary, but it does…