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In this handout from the Japanese Defense Agency, personnel are seen clearing sarin off platforms after the 1995 gas attack on Tokyo's subways.

Environment

A Terrorist Attack Led Japan to Remove All Its Trash Cans. Now They’re Making a Comeback.

Public waste bins were largely removed from Japanese cities following the 1995 sarin gas attacks, leading residents to adapt to some particularly stringent waste disposal practices.

Allan Richarz

Social Justice

The Tricky Ethics of Using YouTube Videos for Academic Research

There's no one-size-fits-all for researchers to determine whether using publicly available data is appropriate, but there is certainly room for more discussion.

Jane C. Hu

In this aerial view, combines harvest summer wheat at a cooperative farm on August 14th, 2015, near Grossderschau, Germany.

Social Justice

How Anti-Immigration Policies Are Leading Prisons to Lease Convicts as Field Laborers

Under lucrative arrangements, states are increasingly leasing prisoners to harvest food for American consumers at a rate not seen since Jim Crow.

Stian Rice

A sign hangs above a Planned Parenthood clinic on May 18th, 2018, in Chicago, Illinois.

Social Justice

Why Some Cities Are Using Zoning Laws to Restrict Abortion Access

While abortion is often talked about in ideological terms, in many states it's a lack of brick-and-mortar clinics that prevents women from seeking the care they need.

Sarah Holder

Environment

How Climate Change Is Threatening the Biodiversity of the Brazilian Savanna

The Cerrado, a tropical savanna in Brazil that covers an area larger than Mexico, has already lost half of its native vegetation.

Sarah Sax

President Donald Trump makes his way to board Air Force One before departing from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on January 14th, 2019.

Economics

The Trump Administration Promised to Help Farmers. These Chicken Farmers Say It Has Not Delivered.

Many farmers thought that President Donald Trump would be better for their livelihoods than his predecessor, but now they say things have only gotten worse.

Isaac Arnsdorf

Economics

Should Baltimore Have Paid a Ransom to End a Cyberattack on City Infrastructure?

While the cost to combat the malware will be in the millions—as opposed to a $100,000 ransom—paying cyber criminals could set a dangerous precedent.

Josephine Wolff

Social Justice

Why Is Colombia’s President Working Against a Landmark Peace Deal With the FARC Guerrillas?

Colombia's new president, Ivan Duque, wants to weaken the deal, which he sees as "too lenient" on the fighters who once terrorized the country.

Fabio Andres Diaz

Hengshan Hao and Dengyumei Du, originally from China, listen to Fidel Asis Lopez as they visit the Little Havana neighborhood on May 28th, 2019, in Miami, Florida.

Economics

Trade Tensions Between the U.S. and China Are Hurting the American Tourism Industry

Customs data collected by the American agency show that the U.S. received 2.9 million Chinese visitors in 2018, down 5.7 percent from the year before.

Linda Poon

At the Wilmington Exchange from left to right: Bernadette Calicchio, Becca Lilly, and Bree Cassel.

Social Justice

Meet the Women Fighting for Gender Equality in Addiction Treatment

A gender-targeted approach to harm reduction and drug treatment could help close the gaps between how male and female drug users can work toward recovery.

Tessie Castillo