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Economics

The President Didn’t Always Have Power Over Trade Deals

Until the 1930s, it was Congress that set the terms of U.S. trade negotiations with other countries and raised and lowered tariffs as it saw fit, while the president did little but sign his name.

William Hauk

Social Justice

Facebook’s Promise to Moderate Hate Speech Falls Short in Private Groups

Dozens of hateful posts in a secret Facebook group for current and former Border Patrol agents raise questions about how well if at all the company is policing disturbing postings and comments made outside of public view.

Ariana Tobin

A monarch butterfly lands on a boy's shoulder.

Environment

Pollinators Can Thrive in Metropolitan Areas

A growing body of research suggests that human-dense cities and flourishing wildlife aren't incompatible after all.

Sarah Holder

Environment

A Modernized New Deal Could Revive the American Agriculture Industry

U.S. agriculture needs to make a systemwide shift that cuts carbon emissions, reduces vulnerability to climate chaos and prioritizes economic justice.

Maywa Montenegro, Annie Shattuck & Joshua Sbicca

Voters cast their ballots at ChiArts High School.

Social Justice

How Technology Is Changing the Way We Perceive Democracy

New innovations are forcing citizens to revisit some foundational questions of governance about who should be shaping the future of the country.

Hollie Russon Gilman & Elena Souris

Economics

A New Oregon Law Would Make It the First State to Ban Single-Family Zoning

Democratic Governor Kate Brown is expected to sign off on the law, which would affect areas that are home to some 2.8 million people.

Laura Bliss

A tree stump sits in a patch of secondary forest that was burned down to make way to a field of rice near Andasibe in southwest Madagascar.

Environment

How the End of Civil Conflicts Can Lead to Increased Deforestation

A new study found the loss of forest cover significantly increased in four countries that recently declared peace after years of war.

Dilrukshi Handunnetti

A metal fence marked with the U.S. Border Patrol sign prevents people from getting close to the barbed/concertina wire covering the U.S.–Mexico border fence, in Nogales, Arizona, on February 9th, 2019.

Social Justice

‘A Pervasive Culture of Cruelty’: What a Secret Facebook Group Reveals About the U.S. Border Patrol

In the group, current and former Border Patrol agents joked about the death of migrants, posted vulgar images of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and shared racist memes.

A.C. Thompson

Social Justice

Is Florida’s Measure Restricting the Voting Rights of Ex-Felons Legal?

Governor Ron DeSantis recently signed a measure making the restoration of voting rights for people convicted of felonies contingent on having paid off all criminal debt.

Victoria Shineman

Activists protest on the anniversary of the Supreme Court's ruling upholding the Trump administration's restriction of travel to the U.S. from predominantly Muslim countries.

Social Justice

Can Compassion Become a Central Part of American Politics?

The 2020 election cycle is already bringing to light the innate conflict in our political system between individualism and policies that benefit entire communities.

Chayenne Polimédio