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A police officer in Ipswich, Mass., wears a WatchGuard body camera on July 29, 2020. Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

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Why ICE’s body camera policies make the videos unlikely to improve accountability and transparency

Staff Writer - February 24, 2026

Coast Guardsmen stand in front of two truckloads of liquor seized on April 14, 1931, after a battle between three policemen and several alcohol smugglers near Falmouth, Mass. AP Photo

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Enforcing Prohibition with a massive new federal force of poorly trained agents didn’t go so well in the 1920s

U.S. Border Patrol agents stand guard at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, Minn., on Jan. 8, 2026. Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images

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I’m a former FBI agent who studies policing, and here’s how federal agents in Minneapolis are undermining basic law enforcement principles

In Detroit, Mich., volunteers with the Detroit People’s Assembly put together whistle kits designed to alert the community when immigration agents are nearby. Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

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Anti-ICE protesters are following same nonviolent playbook used by people in war zones across the world to fight threats to their communities

Ukrainian firefighters extinguish a fire in a house after it was hit by a Russian drone on Jan. 15, 2026. Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images

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Russia’s drone pipeline: How Iran helps Moscow produce an ever-evolving unmanned fleet

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Why did a military superpower fail in Afghanistan?

Staff Writer - August 22, 2021

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Disrupting pro-ISIS online ‘ecosystems’ could help thwart real-world terrorism

Staff Writer - June 16, 2016

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What the US can learn from Cuba during Obama’s historic visit

Staff Writer - March 22, 2016

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Donald Trump supporters caught between respect for military and hatred of...

Staff Writer - July 27, 2015

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Is the Jade Helm 15 conspiracy theory a sign that Americans...

Staff Writer - July 16, 2015

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How the largest association of psychologists in the US colluded in...

Staff Writer - July 16, 2015

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The failed effort to ban the ultimate weapon of mass destruction

Staff Writer - June 9, 2015

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The Civil War: the one we fought, the one we’re still...

Staff Writer - April 29, 2015

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Rising global temperatures are increasing the risk of heat stroke on hot days, among many other human harms. Ronda Churchill/AFP via Getty Images

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Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...

Staff Writer - February 12, 2026

Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Portland cement, widely used for concrete, is responsible for about 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Photovs/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Polymers from earth can make cement more climate-friendly

February 12, 2026

There is still a great deal unknown about RNA and its modifications. Christoph Burgstedt/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

RNA is key to the dark matter of the genome −...

February 10, 2026

A farmer near Quemado, Texas, prepares to take hay to cattle amid the drought in June 2022. Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Sixth year of drought in Texas and Oklahoma leaves ranchers bracing...

February 9, 2026

A baby orangutan was seized by Thai police in an anti-trafficking operation in May 2025. Thai police Central Investigation Bureau via AP

New technologies are stepping up the global fight against wildlife trafficking

February 8, 2026