Identifying and combating the opportunists hastening global breakdown.

Podcast Episode · The LRB Podcast · 6 October · 54min

A New York Times Bestseller "INVALUABLE. A CLASSIC OF OUR TIME. Everybody should read it." —RACHEL MADDOW A deeply reported manual about how anyon...

An unvaccinated minor in Allegheny County tested positive for measles, the health department confirmed on Monday.

Governor Hochul issued an Executive Order declaring a State Disaster Emergency in response to the growing number of measles cases across rural areas of New York and neighboring states.

The British capital of black gold stands at the center of the United Kingdom's heated debates over how quickly to move away from fossil fuels. The city is eagerly awaiting a potential green light from the government to begin developing two new fields, one oil and the other gas.

Congressional races will take center stage on Nov. 3, but they’re just the tip of what to watch. Prosecutors and governors, attorneys general and sheriffs, school boards and mayors, utility... Read Mo...

What's NewOn Aug. 18, 2026, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brook L. Rollins announced that the proposed rule and draft environmental impact statement that recommends removing the 2001 Roadle...

More than 16,000 families are on a waitlist for subsidized childcare after the program ran out of money.

"Let the Record Show" covers historical Supreme Court cases.

Documentary Podcast · Updated Semiweekly · Investigative reporters at ProPublica chase down evidence of wrongdoing and bring it to light. That evidence can be on paper — or on thumb drives, in secret ...

As wildfires grow bigger and hotter in many parts of the world, researchers have embarked on an airborne mission to learn more about the severe storm clouds that sometimes form over the most intense b...

An eye-opening account of how the data-center boom is pushing our planet past its breaking point. A new book by Paris Marx.

Insect ‘detectives’ have discovered two new types of large stick insects, showing scientists are still uncovering new species in some of Australia’s most well-studied landscapes.

Staff raced against rising floodwater to evacuate 36 residents from a nursing home in New Richland, Minnesota. It's one of 100 facilities KFF Health News identified as facing some of the nation's wors...

Alt: Ms Rachel and Mamdani pretending to be crying babies

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