global issues
Academics are often attacked for having the audacity to pursue their research wherever it leads. But engaging with difficult, challenging ideas is a large part of what academia is about.
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In 2018, The New York Times published a comprehensive expose on the burgeoning crypto movement that detailed the luxurious lives of the newly crypto rich. The article, aptly titled, “Everyone […]
A scientist in Sweden makes a controversial presentation at a future of food conference.
Humans hate to surrender, but this clearly makes good sense.
Satellite movie shows clouds of carbon monoxide drifting over South America.
Without a country to belong to, many of these people lack some of the most fundamental rights.
The blazes may be the first step in a hellish downward spiral.
An ecological silver bullet is missing the target altogether.
Gail Bradbrook, co-founder of Extinction Rebellion, called for a mass psychedelic act of civil disobedience in protest of drug criminalization.
We are constantly trying to force the world to look like us — we need to move on.
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Russia urges villagers to leave nuclear fallout area and then tells them to come back.
Over the weekend, Pete Buttigieg warned of the dangers of white national terrorism. Officials in El Paso agree.
It’s part of the nation’s massive reforestation campaign that aims to plant 4 billion trees in 2019.
A grim warning for the future of Iceland’s glaciers.
It could be the largest data leak of a Russian intelligence agency.
It is rare for them to form, nonetheless reach this size.
Why doesn’t the U.S. generate more electricity from wind?
The term socialism makes political discourse difficult. Should we do away with it altogether?
A universal basic income is just one of Andrew Yang’s ideas to update capitalism for the 21st century.
Many governments do not report, or misreport, the numbers of refugees who enter their country.
Andrew Yang argues that the Alaska Permanent Fund shows the path to implementing a nationwide universal basic income.
The war machine needs fuel, perhaps so much as to make protecting oil redundant.
By working together, and learning from one another, we can build better systems.
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Research finds that only 10% of cities worldwide are affordable.
New Zealand’s recent budget policy puts the health and well-being of its citizens over economic growth.
It makes no “makes no economic or energy sense.”
Despite the negative rhetoric, Europeans are getting more liberal about immigration.