Private school choice advocates expect that 2025 will be the year that they finally bring the last big red state, Texas, into the fold. The likely victory would, in turn, pose the next big challenge for the controversial movement: Can it win in enemy territory — that is, blue states — too? Randi Weingarten, right,… Continue reading On the March, School Choice Takes Its Fight From Red, Right to Blue
Let African Communities Manage Their Climate Adaptation Plans
When I was a baby, a long drought drove my family from our rural village in Kenya to Kibera, the largest slum in the country. My single mother wanted to provide us a better life, but with few prospects we ended up in the most vulnerable part of Nairobi. Climate change has shaped my life… Continue reading Let African Communities Manage Their Climate Adaptation Plans
What Trump Can—And Probably Can’t—Do to Reverse U.S. Climate Policy
November 8, 2024 5 min read What Trump Can—And Probably Can’t—Do to Reverse U.S. Climate Policy The new president-elect can go beyond just pulling out of the Paris Agreement. But it may be more difficult to roll back clean energy policies By Gautam Jain & The Conversation US In 2019, then-President Donald Trump visited a… Continue reading What Trump Can—And Probably Can’t—Do to Reverse U.S. Climate Policy
A Misdiagnosis of Substance Abuse
Six pages into his latest contribution to the literature of recovery, William Cope Moyers tells us that the “tried and true routes to recovery” failed him in his battle against a slip into opioid addiction. The venerable combination of meetings, the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), and abstinence that has helped millions of people… Continue reading A Misdiagnosis of Substance Abuse
The Lucy Fossil’s Extraordinary Journey to Becoming an Icon of Human Evolution
Fifty years ago researchers working in the Afar region of Ethiopia recovered a remarkable fossil of an ancient relative of ours. This specimen of a female hominin, or member of the human family, soon became the most famous fossil in the world. If you’ve ever had even a passing interest in human origins, you have… Continue reading The Lucy Fossil’s Extraordinary Journey to Becoming an Icon of Human Evolution
Baseball Mud Bath Has Scientific Backing
Rachel Feltman: Happy Monday, listeners! For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, this is Rachel Feltman. First, I just want to say that I believe radical optimism is going to be an important part of our tool kit in the months to come. So I’m going to do my best to bring you stories that show how… Continue reading Baseball Mud Bath Has Scientific Backing
I Destroyed a Car to Explore Some Music Myths
November 11, 2024 6 min read I Destroyed a Car to Explore Some Music Myths Two years of experimentation taught a Nashville guitarist not every musical myth makes sense By Jim Lill edited by Daniel Vergano Jim Lill playing his guitar made from a car. This is the story of how (and why) I had… Continue reading I Destroyed a Car to Explore Some Music Myths
Worker Protections for Extreme Heat in Peril after Trump’s Election
November 11, 2024 3 min read Worker Protections for Extreme Heat in Peril after Trump’s Election A Biden administration proposal that would require employers to provide cooling measures under extreme heat conditions may be scuttled by the incoming Trump administration By Ariel Wittenberg & E&E News A worker adjusts his helmet on a construction site in… Continue reading Worker Protections for Extreme Heat in Peril after Trump’s Election
Civic Education: The Phoenix Arises
The study of American history and government is undergoing an unprecedented renewal, akin to the phoenix – a mythical bird that is reborn by rising from the ashes of its predecessor. Major universities have recently launched independent institutes, sometimes called “schools of civic thought,” dedicated to the in-depth exploration of an American political tradition that… Continue reading Civic Education: The Phoenix Arises
Inserting Yourself Into the Bible (Weird Questions)
Podcast: Download MYS344: During Christmas week, we’re bringing you another round of weird questions for Jimmy Akin posed by Cy Kellett of Catholic Answers Live, including time travel and inserting yourself into the Bible, Adam and Eve and belly buttons, lost letters of St. Paul, Jimmy’s most wanted lost books of history, and more. Get… Continue reading Inserting Yourself Into the Bible (Weird Questions)