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Carmindo Alves Barbosa Amado, originally of Cape Verde, waves the American flag after being sworn in during a naturalization ceremony in Boston in April 2024. Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Economy

Immigrants are unsung heroes of global trade and value creation

Staff Writer - September 19, 2024

Running a dairy farm isn’t easy, especially when the costs of production rise faster than income. AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall

Economy

America’s dairy farms are disappearing, down 95% since the 1970s − milk price rules are one reason why

Steelworkers line up for their paychecks at U.S. Steel’s South Works in Chicago in 1959. Bettman Collection via Getty Images

Economy

Why people stay after local economies collapse − a story of home among the ghosts of shuttered steel mills

South Sudanese voters are slated to go to the polls in December. But will they? AP Photo/Sam Mednick

Economy

South Sudan’s long-delayed election will be a landmark moment − but economic decline and political strife put vote at risk

The breakdown of global order in the 1930s resulted in totalitarian leaders pulling the strings. Philippe Clément/Arterra/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Economy

No, the world isn’t heading toward a new Cold War – it’s closer to the grinding world order collapse of the 1930s

Black women are among the demographics with the least time for college. Klaus Vedfelt/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Economy

‘Time poverty’ can keep college students from graduating − especially if...

Staff Writer - August 22, 2024

Economy

Driving the best possible bargain now isn’t the best long-term strategy,...

Staff Writer - August 7, 2024

Economy

Why do airlines charge so much for checked bags? This obscure...

Staff Writer - August 2, 2024

Economy

Asthma meds have become shockingly unaffordable − but relief may be...

Staff Writer - August 1, 2024

Economy

Ethnic diversity is still a serious issue at the top level...

Staff Writer - August 1, 2024

Economy

The true cost of food is far higher than what you...

Staff Writer - June 19, 2024

Economy

How Florida’s home insurance market became so dysfunctional, so fast

Staff Writer - May 5, 2024

Economy

Teenagers often know when their parents are having money problems −...

Staff Writer - May 4, 2024

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EXPLORING NATURE

The Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project, under construction, will be one of India’s largest hydropower dams. Nayan J. Nath, CC BY

Environment

India’s new mega-dam will roil lives downstream with wild swings in...

Staff Writer - September 4, 2024

Parag Jyoti Saikia, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill “Hey Rupam, open the door. Take this fish,” a...

Horses supported travel, communication, agriculture and warfare across much of the ancient world. Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images

Domesticating horses had a huge impact on human society − new...

September 3, 2024

People enjoy spending time in nature but don’t always feel they have the ability to protect it. John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Image

Americans love nature but don’t feel empowered to protect it, new...

August 28, 2024

Fusarium oxysporum spores can remain hardy in soil for decades. Andrii Volosheniuk/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Banana apocalypse, part 2 – a genomicist explains the tricky genetics...

August 18, 2024

Sharks, turtles and other sea creatures face greater risk from industrial...

March 7, 2024