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Howard Lutnick, left, is President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Commerce Department. AP Photo/Evan Vucci

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Commerce oversees everything from weather and salmon to trade and census...

Staff Writer - January 29, 2025

Linda J. Bilmes, Harvard Kennedy School The U.S. secretary of commerce oversees the smallest but arguably most complex of...

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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

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Home insurance and the unraveling of Florida communities

Staff Writer - June 9, 2026

Zac Taylor, Delft University of Technology While visiting family in St. Petersburg, Florida, in November 2024, I found myself...

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

Large-scale solar power plants are key elements of energy policies in New York and other states. Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images

Building more renewable energy sources means rethinking land use for agriculture...

June 5, 2026

Sophrosyne is a constellation of characteristics that includes moderation, reflectiveness and self-knowledge. PM Images/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Why sophrosyne, an ancient Greek virtue, matters more than ever in...

June 5, 2026

Workers prepare to burn imported plastic waste at a dump in East Java, Indonesia, in 2018. Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images

A lot of ‘recycled’ plastic is being burned overseas – and...

June 3, 2026