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A farmer in Michigan spreads liquid fertilizer on a field. Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Politics

War‑induced fertilizer shortage may be reducing US soil and water pollution

Staff Writer - June 24, 2026

The Strait of Hormuz is just one example of a busy shipping lane where GPS signals are blocked and faked. Asghar Besharati/Getty Images

Business

From Hormuz to the cockpit: How warfare and criminal activity undermine GPS and the race to safeguard navigation

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Geneva Airport on June 17, 2026. Martial Trezzini/Keystone/Pool via AP

Politics

Trump doesn’t own the government – even though he acts as if Congress is not his equal in constitutional power and authority

Farmworkers harvest corn in a field. Much of U.S. agriculture, including Idaho’s dairy industry, relies on immigrant labor. Hill Street Studios/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Politics

In deep‑red Idaho, even Republicans break with Trump on farm labor

A man unloads humanitarian aid supplied by the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR at a school in Beirut used as a shelter for people displaced by Israeli airstrikes. AP Photo/Hassan Ammar

Politics

Refugee numbers dropped in 2025 – but aid cuts and others trends suggest little to celebrate

Politics

Kansas Governor Sam Brownback unexpectedly survives his own experiment

Staff Writer - November 7, 2014

Government

Wilson’s long shadow over Obama’s White House

Staff Writer - November 7, 2014

Government

California’s Proposition 47: softer on crime

Staff Writer - November 5, 2014

Government

It is inconceivable that Cameron did not foresee EU budget changes...

Staff Writer - November 5, 2014

Politics

Midterm elections: American politics still thrives on fear of the common...

Staff Writer - November 5, 2014

Government

How the midterm elections became such a confusing mess

Staff Writer - November 3, 2014

Politics

Too few minority politicians? You can’t win if you don’t run

Staff Writer - November 3, 2014

Diplomatic

Fears of Islamic State using Ebola in the US are an...

Staff Writer - November 3, 2014

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A sign on a dirt hiking trail in the Tongass National Forest in southeast Alaska points to naturalist John Muir’s cabin. Wanderluster/iStock/Getty Images

Politics

Paving paradise: Dismantling the US Roadless Rule threatens to disrupt wildlife,...

Staff Writer - June 15, 2026

Mariah Meek, Michigan State University and Travis Belote, Montana State University Pause for a moment and listen. What do...

Companies can be analyzed as moral actors, not just profit-makers. wildpixel/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Why corporate inclusion policies are moral decisions, not just business ones

June 14, 2026

As ocean temperatures rise during El Niño, fish can find themselves in hot water. Geoff Trodd/Unsplash

El Niño is back, and ocean temperatures are already near record...

June 12, 2026

In fall 2024, Tampa and other Florida cities on the Gulf coast were hit by hurricanes Helene and Milton within 13 days of each other. Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images

Home insurance and the unraveling of Florida communities

June 9, 2026

An Amazon data center sits next to a neighborhood in northern Virginia. Nathan Howard/Getty Images

5 ways data centers endanger their local communities and the country...

June 8, 2026