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How local communities are challenging Big Tech data centers’ noise, pollution and rising electricity bills
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Americans keep voting for scandal-prone candidates because they just don’t want the other party to win
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How political leaders use combat spectacles to symbolize national power and purpose
Throughout history, rulers and political movements have used public spectacles of combat to evoke courage, sacrifice, collective strength and national…
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Colorado criminal cases are dismissed at a higher rate when prosecutors face heavier workloads
Nearly 1 in 5 felony cases filed in Denver and resolved in 2025 was dismissed with no strings attached. For…
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Prediction markets are opening many new opportunities for unregulated insider trading and unethical bets – in the name of making a game out of politics
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The world agreed to protect 30% of the ocean by 2030 – but marine protection can’t be judged by area alone
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Trump’s US‑Iran ceasefire deal is a costly return to prewar conditions – and resolving nuclear questions will run into the ‘indivisibility problem’
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Who was the first transgender person?
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Dismantling the US Roadless Rule threatens to disrupt wildlife, water and peace in the last quiet places in America
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This successful Arctic fishing treaty has kept Russia, China, the US and others working together for 5 years – it could be a model for future diplomacy
Lately, much of the news about the Arctic has been bleak. The far north is warming three to four times…
