The Supreme Court is deciding whether Roundup, America’s most-used herbicide, needs a cancer warning
Since 2018, when it bought the chemical manufacturer Monsanto, the German conglomerate Bayer has set aside billions to settle legal…
California will soon have more than 300 data centers. Where will they get their water?
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.…
The ramifications of record-shattering heat on the West’s ecosystems
This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.…
After Hungary, Could Mexico Be Next? by Guillermo Ortiz
During his 16-year rule, Hungary’s Viktor Orbán could plausibly argue that his model delivered order, stability, and rising living standards.…
How Many Divisions Has Pope Leo? by Harold James
Following the Trump administration’s spat with Pope Leo XIV over its misbegotten war with Iran, one is reminded of previous…
What China Will Learn from Orbán’s Defeat by Sam Chetwin George
After watching Nikita Khrushchev’s repudiation of Stalin lead to a revolution in Hungary, Mao Zedong concluded that under one-party rule,…
The Iran war has changed the global energy system forever
For almost half a century, the vast majority of climate experts have agreed on a solution to global warming: stop…
While Zach Galifianakis finds peace in gardening, I’m at war with raccoons
I caught a raccoon almost literally red-handed the other day. The night before, it (and presumably the comrades in its…
Can a carbon price lower power bills? Virginia is betting yes.
Abigail Spanberger won a landslide victory in the Virginia governor’s race last November with a platform that focused on reining…
The Real Private-Credit Risk Is Opacity, Not Leverage by Amit Seru
Credit risk is migrating beyond the traditional banking system into a sprawling network of funds, insurers, and lenders, with no…
Who Lost America’s Universities? by Jan-Werner Mueller
Lost in all the debates about whether US higher education is serving its proper function are conservative critics’ own motives.…
The SEC tried to silence activist investors. Now they’re fighting back.
Since President Donald Trump took office, the Securities and Exchange Commission has made it harder for small and activist investors…
Trump’s plan for meat processing would harm workers and the environment
In February, the United States Department of Agriculture announced two proposed changes to federal rules governing the rate of production…
Beware of Government by AI by Gabriela Ramos & Emilija Stojmenova Duh
As countries like the United Arab Emirates increasingly delegate decision-making to algorithms, often with little transparency, the risks are no…
Living Without an AI Kill Switch
With the arrival of Anthropic’s scarily powerful Mythos model, the tech titans that have long argued against any kind of…
Sun Tzu’s Advice for Donald Trump by Stephen S. Roach
Amid a series of massive, illegal policy blunders, US President Donald Trump has set his sights on stabilizing relations with…
Indigenous peoples bear the brunt of climate change — and get almost none of the money to fight it
This story is published through the Indigenous News Alliance. Billions of dollars have been pledged to fight the climate crisis,…