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How Trump is Remaking America’s Nuclear Regulator
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Gothic romance reaches new 'Heights' as fan communities collide
Of course now was the moment for a Charli xcx-assisted Wuthering Heights: Pop fandoms and literary ones have rarely had more in common, especially when...
Letter From Minnesota: “We Had Whistles, They Had Guns.”
The first time I visited the African American Museum at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C. was 2017. I had just been elected to the Minneapolis...
Letter From Minnesota: This is Our Fight Response
Right now Minnesota is in the middle of a fight response. This is the gift of our ancestors, the capacity to turn towards a threat...
Letter From Minnesota: When Men With Guns Enter the Neighborhood
The television was mounted high in the corner of the salon, flickering between music videos and breaking news. Three women sat in a row beside...
How the Feeble Human Biped Came to Dominate the Natural World
One scene above all others from the BBC’s 2011 series Human Planet demonstrates how humans have come to dominate the natural world. In the film,...
Apple Music Connect Launches as Promotional Resource for Labels and Distributors
Apple has launched Apple Music Connect, a new resource for labels, distributors, and partners to manage promotional assets, upload press photos, and help coordinate how...
The Myth of the Red-Lipped Suffragette
Google “red lipstick” and “suffrage,” and pages of links will spill from a number of credible outlets, all recounting—and usually extolling—the penchant among First Wave...
Imagination is Not Enough: Why Fiction Needs Fieldwork
When I began reading fiction in middle school, I had a naïve and romantic idea of writing. I imagined writers isolating themselves on a mountain...
What We Talk About When We Talk About Crime
Reading the news, you’d think that crime is something naturally occurring, universally observable, and perhaps a little bit subjective, like a groundhog’s opinion of seasonal...
Why I Wrote a Middle Grade Book About Religion
When I started sixth grade at my local Catholic school, all I could think about was avoiding Jesus. He was everywhere. In portraits that painted...
On Dancing As Rebellion and The Problem of Embodiment
I remember, at forty, lying on the surgical table during my C-section, numb from the chest down. I couldn’t move and the anesthesia had given...
The Shared Responsibility of Public Health
Public health, by its nature, is a shared responsibility. It extends far beyond the realm of health care to include housing, education, employment, urban planning,...
Ukraine peace talks enter second day as Zelensky slams ‘unfair’ US pressure
Negotiators from Ukraine and Russia were due to begin a second day of talks in Geneva on Wednesday, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the...
Ukraine peace talks enter second day as Zelensky slams ‘unfair’ US pressure
Negotiators from Ukraine and Russia were due to begin a second day of talks in Geneva on Wednesday, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the...
Peru's interim president impeached after just four months in office
Peru's Congress on Tuesday ousted President Jose Jeri just four months into his term over a scandal involving undisclosed meetings with a Chinese businessman, extending...
Peru's interim president impeached after just four months in office
Peru's Congress on Tuesday ousted President Jose Jeri just four months into his term over a scandal involving undisclosed meetings with a Chinese businessman, extending...
Working with robots at work? Why team-based reviews may protect morale
Comparisons and competitiveness among employees have been around as long as there have been workplaces. But those frictions are taking fresh shape as the use...
Working with robots at work? Why team-based reviews may protect morale
Comparisons and competitiveness among employees have been around as long as there have been workplaces. But those frictions are taking fresh shape as the use...
African Nations Rush to Sell Dollar Bonds as Costs Drop
Kenya and Ivory Coast are the latest African nations to return to the international bond market, seeking to take advantage of lower borrowing costs and...
‘Carb-loading’ is a myth. But how much carbohydrate do athletes really need?
Endurance runners often use carbohydrate gels to 'fuel' their muscles. Real Sports Photos/ShutterstockFor many years, sports nutrition was rooted in a simple metaphor: the body...
The last newspaper hawker in Paris honored with knighthood
Ali Akbar, a 73-year-old immigrant from Pakistan, has been hawking papers on the streets of Paris for the last 50 years. French President Emmanuel Macron...
Sanae Takaichi’s push to revise Japan’s constitution could put an end to decades of post-war pacifism
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the Akasaka Palace in Tokyo, Japan. Carlos110/ShutterstockJapan’s Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, has already made history since taking office in...