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Read this article in English. Esta historia cuenta con el apoyo del Centro Pulitzer. JALAPA, Guatemala—En una tarde calurosa y bochornosa, en el pequeño pueblo montañoso de El Duraznal, Soila Elizabeth Cruz recogía basura plástica atrapada en la tierra debajo de una cerca con alambre de púas, mientras los camiones pasaban zumbando. La comunidad se […]

VINELAND, N.J. – Community and environmental groups are demanding answers from Microsoft after an investigation alleged that an AI data center backed by the company in Vineland, N.J. has been running dozens of gas generators without permits, in direct violation of federal and state law. According to the investigation published earlier today by Floodlight and […]

The new slasher film Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma promises “a frenzy of psychosexual mania.” What director Jane Schoenbrun delivers is tamer but considerably funnier.

When ocean temperatures soar, the consequences reverberate beyond the water. In coastal communities, marine heat waves threaten livelihoods, food security and human health—particularly the well-being of children.  New research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found that greater exposure to marine heat waves increases the odds of children dying, suffering stunted growth […]

Researchers analyzing modern and fossil corals from the Galápagos Islands concluded that global warming has intensified El Niño cycles over the last 40 years, making them more extreme than natural variations seen during the previous millennium. Their study, published Thursday in Science, revealed sharper swings in sea surface temperatures in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean […]

Media coverage around Michigan’s Senate race and Abdul El-Sayed’s ties to Hasan Piker has become constant and hysterical. Less discussed: Michigan Republican Mike Rogers’s career-long advocacy for an Iran war now wreaking economic havoc on Michigan.

Democratic Party centrists’ well-funded and single-minded war on socialists is leading them to take increasingly contorted, absurd positions against figures like leftist streamer Hasan Piker.

Blue-collar and white-collar workers increasingly find themselves on opposite sides of the groundswell against AI data centers. But there are opportunities for building trades unions to make common cause with data center opponents.

United Auto Workers members are now voting by mail ballot for their top officers. The election will decide whether President Shawn Fain, who led 2023’s stand-up strike against the Big Three automakers, will continue the effort to reform the UAW.

Spooked by anti-billionaire talk from the Democratic Party base, ultrawealthy donors are backing Republicans this cycle. That confronts the Democrats with a choice they’ve spent years avoiding: chase big money or build mass politics.

Rooftop solar installers feel like a dog that’s been repeatedly kicked. President Donald Trump has made solar more expensive—or at least slowed the long-term decline in costs—by imposing tariffs on imported photovoltaic panels and other parts. Trump also signed a measure last year that phased out the main federal tax credit for rooftop solar. The […]

Caparezza is one of Italy’s most inventive rappers, and one of few who combine mainstream success with political engagement. He spoke to Jacobin about music, freedom, and his hometown of Molfetta, which recently elected a communist mayor.

Environmental regulators in Texas issued an emergency order on Tuesday evening suspending requirements for the drought-stricken city of Corpus Christi to release water from its reservoir system in support of coastal wetlands. On the same day, Corpus Christi lifted restrictions on watering lawns that had been in place since 2024, when its reservoirs remained below […]

As farmers balk at skyrocketing fertilizer costs and runoff threatens drinking water sources in Iowa, North American manufacturers are raking in cash. Illinois-based CF Industries and Canadian company Nutrien dominate the domestic market for nitrogen-based fertilizers. Together, the two corporations are responsible for 55 percent of U.S. fertilizer production. In recent years, they have seen […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has proposed a sweeping rewrite of federal radiation protection regulations.

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From Dr Frank-N-Furter to Pennywise the killer clown, Tim Curry played every role at full volume — and made a six-decade career out of refusing to be small.

This month, as we celebrate the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, Stand.earth speaks with Luene Karipuna, a leader of the Karipuna people from Oiapoque, Brazil. At 27, Luene is the first young woman to serve as executive coordinator of the organization representing 11 Indigenous Peoples in Amapá and northern Pará. Her journey is […]

CHICAGO—Extreme heat is filling up emergency rooms, and not just with heat stroke victims.  Periods of extreme heat in Chicago in recent years were linked to more emergency department visits for a range of health harms, from kidney dysfunction and multiple sclerosis symptoms to injuries from some kinds of accidents and violence, according to a […]

The harshest critics and the biggest boosters of childcare programs are trapped in an unproductive debate. We need much more generous funding for both daycare and at-home childcare so families can choose the option that works best for them.

Daron Acemoglu, who won the Nobel Prize in 2024, is no heterodox economist. But now The Economist magazine has damned his work, because it challenges the untrammeled power of Big Tech elites.