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AI and the Environment
The AI boom has caused a huge surge in energy consumption, so how is the tech industry thinking about its environmental footprint as it invests in ne…
1 year ago
Reporting on how America reduced the number of opioid deaths
After reaching historic levels, fatal overdoses from opioids are dropping rapidly.
Today we bring you a reporter's notebook from NPR's national addic…
1 year ago
Why did Israel restart the war? One answer: Bezalel Smotrich.
Bezalel Smotrich's views were once fringe in Israel. He's an ultranationalist West Bank settler, who has repeatedly called for Israel to resettle the…
1 year ago
The Southeastern U.S. faces a future with more wildfires
Six months ago, Southern Appalachia was devastated by Hurricane Helene.
Now, after a dry spell and a windy March — the region faces wildfires that are…
1 year ago
Campus protesters have faced deportation threats before
In January of 1987, Michel Shehadeh, a Palestinian man who'd lawfully immigrated to the U.S. as a teenager, was taking care of his toddler son at hom…
1 year ago
The fallout from the Signal breach begins
In the 24 hours since a bombshell Atlantic article, senators have grilled Trump administration intelligence officials — but there are no signs yet th…
1 year ago
Trump targets Big Law, and Big Law appears intimidated
For weeks, President Trump has been issuing executive orders and memos that levy or threaten sanctions on major law firms.
The moves suspend security …
1 year ago
How an obscure legal theory shaped the immunity decision and Trump's second term
In Trump v. United States, the Supreme Court held that the president has "absolute immunity from criminal prosecution" for official acts.
To reach tha…
1 year ago
On the road in Greenland, north of the Arctic Circle
Greenland is a lot more than an object of Donald Trump's territorial ambitions. It's a place whose small population is facing big questions – about …
1 year ago
The long history of Russia's broken promises to Ukraine
Representatives from Russia and Ukraine will be in meetings to try to hammer out details of a ceasefire on Monday. But peace is still a long way off.…
1 year ago