The Moon is Full of Money: Capitalism in Space
By Pope Brock Nautilus I was slung in my favorite deck chair, drink in hand, having a gawk at the night sky. Andromeda, Pisces … I trawled the constellations, mind […]
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Can We Survive Extreme Heat?
By Jeff Goodell Rolling Stone On a scorching day in downtown Phoenix, when the temperature soars to 115°F or higher, heat becomes a lethal force. Sunshine assaults you, forcing you to […]
The Time May Finally be Ripe for a National Climate Service
By Chelsea Harvey Scientific American As the George W. Bush administration was drawing to a close, Scott Rayder faced a tough choice. Should he push to fund a new national […]
U.S. Army has Hidden or Downplayed Loss of Firearms for Years
By Kristin M. Hall, James Laporta & Justin Pritchard Associated Press The U.S. Army has hidden or downplayed the extent to which its firearms disappear, significantly understating losses and thefts […]
Vaccine Privilege in America and COVID-19 Inequities in India
By Madhushree Ghosh Longreads Seventeen years ago, I receive the call most immigrants dread. It is inevitable, and yet. The call announces that my Baba, my indefatigable, extroverted, positively enthusiastic […]
How Humanity Gave Itself an Extra Life
By Steven Johnson The New York Times Magazine The period from 1916 to 1920 marked the last point in which a major reversal in global life expectancy would be recorded. […]
India is What Happens When Rich People do Nothing
By Vidya Krishnan The Atlantic This month, Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister of Delhi, India’s capital and home to millions, tweeted that the city was facing an “acute shortage” of […]
Seeking the True Story of the Comfort Women
By Jeannie Suk Gersen The New Yorker In January, I was outlining an article I hoped to write about a recent judgment by a South Korean court ordering Japan to […]
Where Surveillance Cameras Work but the Justice System Doesn’t
By Madeleine Wattenbarger Rest of Worlds On the evening of October 9, 2013, 50-year-old elementary school teacher Laura Ramírez was run over by a car and killed on Avenida Dr. […]
Balancing China at the United Nations
By Henrik B.L. Larsen War on the Rocks If the COVID-19 pandemic is to have any positive geopolitical impact whatsoever, it should be drawing full attention to China’s attempt to […]
