How America Can Save Its Arctic Policy
At a major Arctic symposium, experts say that iceberg swarms, melting sea ice, and crumbling coastlines are disrupting ships and displacing communities.
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How One California City Is Sending a Message of Environmental Resistance to Trump
Santa Barbara, a coastal city all too familiar with dangers of offshore drilling, calls for a ban on new federal leases to oil and gas companies.
How Can Journalists Cross Cultural Divides in the Age of Trump?
Getting to know a Pentecostal snake handler might provide an answer.
New Database Examines How the United States Prosecutes Corporate Crime
Fines for companies have risen over the last 25 years, but the number of prosecutions has remained roughly the same, according to information compiled by a University of Virginia law professor and his research team.
How to Chair a University Department and Not Be Terrible at It
Lessons from five years running a political science department that could apply to almost any job in management.
Maryland Just Outlawed Scholarship Displacement
Here's why that's very good news for low-income students.
How Powerful Corporate Copyright Is Killing the Repair Industry
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 was meant to protect artists and programmers, but it has ended up preventing consumers from fixing their products.
Imagine There’s No Majority: What Would Politics Look Like Without a Leading Party?
A new group aims to empower moderate politicians, but it's unclear how their success would affect government.
Tax the Rich and Build the Trails
User fees and other pay-to-play policies are a regressive scheme that won't fix our public lands. We should resist them.
Why Don’t We Have Better Pain Drugs?
The answer involves both biology and economics, but the opioid crisis is forcing us to consider investing more in pain research.