A holistic approach for the US behavioral health crisis during the COVID-19 pandemic
COVID-19 creates additional challenges for healthcare leaders seeking to improve behavioral health while offering an opportunity for […]
FDA blindsided as Trump Admin cripples agency on its way out
It’s “a full-frontal assault on public health,” one official said. The US Food and Drug Administration is […]
Chomsky and Prashad: There are 3 major threats to life on Earth that we must address in 2021
Large parts of the world—outside of China and a few other countries—face a runaway virus, which has […]
If all governments are borrowing to fight Covid, who is lending?
Money does not work how you might think. Earlier this month, comedy writer and director Armando Ianucci […]
E.P.A.’s Final Deregulatory Rush Runs Into Open Staff Resistance
While the Environmental Protection Agency’s career scientists are more openly challenging the Trump administration’s rules and rollbacks, […]
The fractal biology of plague and the future of civilization
At the time of writing, the CoViD-19 pandemic was in its second wave with infections doubling every […]
World pushes ahead with climate action as U.S. remains in limbo
The Biden administration will confront new global climate politics while stuck on sidelines of a Dec. 12 […]
G20 governments have committed $151 billion to fossil fuels in COVID-19 recovery packages
The new Energy Policy Tracker offers a near-real-time snapshot of public funding commitments and other government policies […]
Trump officials move to relax rules on killing birds
Overhaul of the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act would not hold firms liable for ‘incidentally’ causing scores […]
Biden vowed to ban new drilling on public lands. It won’t be easy.
Climate pledge to halt federal drilling permits faces legal and political obstacles. One of Joe Biden’s boldest […]
Welcome To The ‘Turbulent Twenties’
We predicted political upheaval in America in the 2020s. This is why it’s here and what we […]
The Plastic Pandemic
COVID-19 trashed the recycling dream. COVID-19 has hit plastic recycling, just as big oil firms are investing […]
Experts explain how your brain tricks you into taking risks during the pandemic
It was mid-February and Maria Konnikova — a psychologist, writer and champion poker player — was on […]
Extreme poverty set for first rise since 1998, World Bank warns
Extreme poverty is set to rise this year for the first time in more than two decades, […]
Billionaires see fortunes rise by 27% during the pandemic
Billionaires have seen their fortunes hit record highs during the pandemic, with top executives from technology and […]
Doomscrolling Is Slowly Eroding Your Mental Health
Checking your phone for an extra two hours every night won’t stop the apocalypse—but it could stop […]
I Lived Through Collapse. America Is Already There.
Living in Sri Lanka during the end of the civil war, I saw how life goes on, […]
‘It’s been so, so surreal.’ Critics of Sweden’s lax pandemic policies face fierce backlash
On 5 April, Anders Tegnell, chief epidemiologist for the Swedish public health authority, sent an email to […]
Dying in a Leadership Vacuum
Covid-19 has created a crisis throughout the world. This crisis has produced a test of leadership. With […]
Climate Change Will Force a New American Migration
Wildfires rage in the West. Hurricanes batter the East. Droughts and floods wreak damage throughout the nation. […]
‘We’re No. 28! And Dropping!’
A measure of social progress finds that the quality of life has dropped in America over the […]
Investors that manage US$47tn demand world’s biggest polluters back plan for net-zero emissions
Climate Action 100+ group put 161 fossil fuel, mining, transport and other big-emitting companies on notice in […]
To Beat the Coronavirus, Build a Better Fence
In March, I wrote two widely read articles about the emerging coronavirus pandemic, “Why You Must Act […]
How Trump damaged science — and why it could take decades to recover
The US president’s actions have exacerbated the pandemic that has killed more than 200,000 people in the […]
Extinctions in next 20 years may near 20th-century total
The loss of land-based animals is accelerating, researchers report. Their analysis of thousands of vertebrate species reveals […]
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