Debates used to be a public service. Now they’re akin to the WWE – a blend of fiction and reality, with the candidates and networks all adhering to the same script.
Traditional nonprofits help ensure aid gets to ‘hidden’ populations like the homeless.
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Giving cash directly to the needy is a growing trend, but in most cases it’s not nearly as effective funneling donations through a charity with ‘boots on the ground.’
What would an environmental economist do?
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Environmental economists have long argued a carbon price is the best way to factor in the social cost of climate change. Did Obama effectively use a carbon price to nix the Keystone XL pipeline?
Crucial to Paris is a system to monitor and verify countries’ pledges to reduce emissions.
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A one-year-old White House team is trying to transform policymaking through a better understanding of how and why people act as they do.
A metrobus driver performs squats at Rio de los Remedios metrobus station in Mexico. To combat growing obesity, lawmakers have introduced a new campaign encouraging physical activity.
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Virtually every researcher relies on computers to collect or analyze data. But when computers are opaque black boxes that manipulate data, it’s impossible to replicate studies – a core value for science.
Getting out the message: environmental activists seized on the Keystone XL pipeline as a symbol.
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Climate advocates are cheering rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline, but both our fossil fuel and renewable energy infrastructure badly needs upgrading to tackle climate change.
The headquarters of The Boston Globe.
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October was a strong month for jobs gains, but the president and Congress need to stop waiting for the numbers to improve and begin to act more proactively.
You might not know the extent to which news sites are exposing your information to third-party servers.
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The commonalities between Black Lives Matter and the Black Panther Party are striking when they’re compared to the civil rights movement, when black people protested politely and defensively.
The warming global climate is causing fundamental changes to the carbon cycle in northern parts of the world.
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Global warming is changing the movement of carbon within northern ecosystems to the point where the Arctic could become a net source, rather than sink, of greenhouse gas emissions.
Unmanned rocket explodes moments after launch.
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A professor of literature who is also a poet tackles the issue of the inroads technology has made in the relationship between teacher and learner.
Part of the ongoing debate: some papaya growers in Hawaii have planted a strain that has been genetically modified to resist a virus.
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Vast majorities of Americans espouse “socialist” views, which has helped propel Bernie Sanders in the polls. Yet our system of campaign finance makes it next to impossible for him to win.
Packets of synthetic cannabinoids illegally sold in New York City.
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Synthetic cannabinoids – drugs that mimic the psychoactive effect of cannabis – have been linked to injuries and deaths. And when one is banned, another rises to take its place.
What constitutes liberal arts?
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