Trump Loves ICE. Its Workforce Has Never Been So Miserable.
A “mission impossible” deportation campaign has left many employees burned out and morally conflicted.
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When the earth drinks in the last of the waters, the places that remain will be different than they were before—turned sacred by overwhelming loss.
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Greg Baker / AFP / Getty Photos: The Scale of China’s Solar Power Projects
As the Trump administration’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” eliminates many clean-energy incentives in the U.S., China continues huge investments in wind and solar power, reportedly accounting for 74 percent of all projects now under construction worldwide.
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Daniel Zender How the Grateful Dead Nearly Solved the Problem With Live Music
The band’s innovative sound system made them sound better than ever. It also nearly broke them.
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It’s time for everyone to engage in the depopulation debate, says Dean Spears, a co-author of After the Spike.
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Illustration by Jan Buchczik How to Keep on the Sunny Side of Life
Ensuring a daily dose of sunlight will be good for your happiness.
Why Do So Many People Think Trump Is Good?
The work of the moral philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre helps illuminate some central questions of our time.
She Was More Than the Next Marilyn Monroe
Jayne Mansfield’s life might seem like a tragedy—but it wasn’t, a new documentary argues.
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How Joseph Kurihara lost his faith in America
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Since the completion of the first atomic bomb nothing has been accomplished to make the world more safe from war, while much has been done to increase the destructiveness of war. (From 1947)
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“No city in the world appeals more strongly to the poetic imagination than Venice.” (From 1878)
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Diane Macdonald / Getty radio atlantic•Episode 137Should You Be Having More Babies?
It’s time for everyone to engage in the depopulation debate, says Dean Spears, a co-author of After the Spike.
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We know how to end extreme poverty. Why haven’t we done it?
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George Conway on Trump, the rule of law, and why the legal system is failing
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Younger generations are having a hard time imagining their future.
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There are authoritarian tactics already at work in the United States. To root them out, you have to know where to look.
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