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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

Turkey is paying for decades of divisive politics as it fights...

Staff Writer - October 21, 2014

Government

Grand strategy or no strategy? Obama’s intervention in Syria and Iraq

Staff Writer - October 21, 2014

Diplomatic

Why Western boots should stay out of Iraq and Syria

Staff Writer - October 21, 2014

Diplomatic

Blocking Islamic State’s online propaganda is the wrong answer to the...

Staff Writer - October 21, 2014

Military

What will happen when the US Fed starts hiking rates?

Staff Writer - October 21, 2014

Diplomatic

Germany may be the biggest loser if it doesn’t start spending

Staff Writer - October 21, 2014

Politics

How to make the House of Representatives representative

Staff Writer - October 21, 2014

Politics

In defense of NIMBYism

Staff Writer - October 21, 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