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Mass atrocities in Sudan raise questions about responsibility to protect
Sudanese people walk with belongings after crossing the border from Sudan to southern Egypt, on May 18. According to the UNHCR office, some…
Conservative Supreme Court majority rewriting basic understandings of U.S. law
In the recent 2022-23 term, the U.S. Supreme Court again addressed religion and the power of the federal bureaucracy, also adding race as a major…
Remote work marks the path to a greener future
Traffic jams are another, much maligned part of many people’s lives, and working from home helps with that, too. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI…
Elon Musk, Donald Trump necessitate mulling the unthinkable
1 of 4 | Elon Musk's control of Starlink satellites give him control over Ukraine's access to information in its defense against the…
Donald Trump’s battle with U.S. justice system is stress test for democracy
About 80% of Republicans believe the Georgia indictment of former President Donald Trump over election-rigging is politically motivated, compared…
To fight climate change, we need to measure costs of extreme heat
Israeli children cool off in a water fountain near Jerusalem's Old City on August 13 as temperatures reach 102 degrees Fahrenheit, during a…
IRS using new funding on better technology to collect taxes
IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel released a plan in early 2023 promising that "technology and data advances will allow us to focus enforcement on…
U.S. spending billions to reduce forest fire risks; it’s not enough
1 of 4 | Members of a hot shot crew remove fuel along a containment line during the Caldor fire near Meyers, Calif., in 2021. File…
Infrastructure work holds greatest promise for U.S. economy
1 of 3 | President Joe Biden speaks about the government's investment in infrastructure at the White House in June. File Photo by Rod…
Modern warfare turns neighborhoods to battlefields; hope focuses on rebuilding
1 of 7 | People check a destroyed house after an operation by the U.S. military in the Syrian village of Atmeh, in Idlib province,…