The Private Credit Panic Is Overblown by Dambisa Moyo
Private credit markets are under growing stress, fueling fears of a financial crisis that could spill over to the real…
Hormuz Today, Taiwan Tomorrow by Todd G. Buchholz
By closing the Strait of Hormuz, Iran has handed the Trump administration a practice test. To pass—and preserve deterrence against…
War, climate change, and AI: What’s at stake at this year’s UN Indigenous forum
This story is published through the Indigenous News Alliance. Hundreds of delegates are arriving at the United Nations this week…
The state of solar: Despite partisan rhetoric, the industry is still booming
The future looked dire for renewable energy in the United States last spring. Republicans in Congress started gutting the Inflation…
Maine presses pause on large data centers. Will other states follow its lead?
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.…
A more troubling picture of sea level rise is coming into view
This story was originally published by Yale E360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Sea…
The World Needs an Oil Buyers’ Club by Isabella M. Weber & Gregor Semieniuk
As the world is plunged into another energy crisis, market allocation is leading to grossly unjust outcomes, as the rich…
Fossil-Fuel Investments Are a Fiduciary Risk by Nicole Martens
The Iran war has reminded everyone, but especially Africans, of the structural instability of fossil-fuel prices. For African trustees, directors,…
A European Populist Defends an American Pope by Fabrizio Tassinari
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s response to Donald Trump’s attacks on Pope Leo XIV may strain her relationship with the…
Diving robots help crack the mystery of Antarcticas’ vanishing sea ice
Something strange has been swirling in the waters around Antarctica. From the 1970s until a decade ago, the floating sea…
American farmers bet on solar. Then Trump changed the rules.
This story was published in partnership with The Associated Press. Over the past few years, Kentucky sheep farmer Daniel Bell…
Ask a Climate Therapist: Why should I plan for my future when I feel we don’t have one?
Dear Leslie, I’m a young adult trying to figure out what I’m doing with my life. It feels really hard…
Republicans deployed a little-known law to open Minnesota wilderness to mining
Minnesota’s Boundary Waters comprise a vast stretch of wilderness bordering Canada, with over a million acres of untouched forest and…
Trump Has Made the Case for International Law by James A. Goldston
By taking a wrecking ball to the global rules-based order, Donald Trump has thrown the entire world into chaos, reminding…
How to Future-Proof the Global Economy by Mohamed A. El-Erian
The backlash against globalization, the slow death of the Washington Consensus, and the rapid rise of AI are fueling volatility…
Is the US Falling Victim to the Resource Curse? by Jeffrey Frankel
The argument that the natural-resource curse is at work in the US rests on the assumption that rising oil and…
Hungary’s Counter-Counterrevolution by István Rév
BUDAPEST – There is a short, frivolous explanation for Viktor Orbán’s downfall: the Hungarian autocrat was thrown to the wolves…
A ‘super typhoon’ just devastated the Mariana Islands — months before peak storm season
The strongest storm of 2026 slammed into the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands this week, where it flooded homes,…
‘A bellwether for new forms of repression’: 2 Indigenous rights advocates remain behind bars in Russia
Daria Egereva was supposed to be in New York next week. The Indigenous Selkup climate advocate was expected to return…