A study predicted that the average size of animals will shrink 25 percent in the next century.
Read MoreA discussion about the recent spate of legislation that seems to threaten a woman’s right to choose
Read MoreUber added a “quiet mode” feature that allows passengers to choose from options such as “quiet preferred,” “happy to chat,” or “no preference.”
Read MoreFor folks on either coast, the story of climate change is also a story about extreme wealth disparity.
Read MoreLeft to the tender mercies of the state, a group of veterans and their families continue to reside in a shut-down town
Read MoreRag-and-bone: the resale of items trashed in the United States and shipped to Haiti says a lot about history, politics, and drugs
Read MoreThe United States is nearly drought-free for the first time in decades and is experiencing unprecedented levels of flooding.
Read MoreMarilynne Robinson on poverty; Alexander Chee, T Cooper, Garth Greenwell, T Kira Madden, Eileen Myles, Darryl Pinckney, Brontez Purnell, and Michelle Tea on Stonewall; and more
Read More“The Times has used every opportunity to present Sanders as an obstacle to Trump’s eventual overthrow.”
Read MoreOlive branch as a club: a former president of Doctors Without Borders outlines how the justifications for war have evolved
Read MoreA fund-raiser for a charter school in California was canceled after QAnon conspiracy theory believers bombarded the school with threats on the basis of their interpretation of a tweet by former FBI director James Comey, in which he listed five jobs he had held in the past.
Read MoreOlivier Assayas’s latest film holds on to the old world while recognizing the new
Read MoreMen-children desperately want to grow up, and the world would be better for it. But they’ve got to do more than make their beds.
Read MoreAt a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Trump criticized the alleged support among Democrats, including that of Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers, for what he called “extreme late-term abortion,” in which “the baby is born, the mother meets with the doctor, they take care of the baby, they wrap the baby beautifully, and then the doctor and the mother determine whether or not they will execute the baby,” before making a chopping guillotine motion with his hands.
Read MoreIndividuals and corporations have donated over $1 billion to rebuild Notre Dame, a sum that has drawn international criticism and prompted protests by the Yellow Vests.
Read MoreThe Cairo, New York, police department advised drivers to “overcome the fear” after a woman crashed her car when she saw a spider.
Read MorePierre Jarawan explores the evolution of identity and home in his debut novel
Read MoreKevin Baker on the (Green) New Deal; Daniel Castro meets the negotiator of a historic gang truce in El Salvador; Joe Kloc encounters full-time boat residents in Sausalito
Read MoreA student at the University of Iowa asked Robert Francis O’Rourke, who was speaking on campus that day, “Are you here to see Beto?”
Read MoreFamily history: the phenomenon of widespread, wrongful international adoption in Guatemala, and its long shadow
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