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Deep-sea mining is unregulated. Some want to forge ahead anyway
The Trump administration announced this past week that it has entered talks with the Cook Islands to research and develop seabed mineral resources.
T…
1 year, 1 month ago
Investigating the Russia investigations. What's left to learn?
The question of whether Russian interference in the 2016 election was a decisive reason Donald Trump won the presidency is one that has dogged Trump …
1 year, 2 months ago
How some online networks target and radicalize kids
The FBI is investigating at least 250 people who may be tied to online networks that target children.
These networks encourage kids to hurt themselves…
1 year, 2 months ago
Hurricane Katrina helped change New Orleans' public defender system
In 2006, Ari Shapiro reported on how Hurricane Katrina made an already broken public defender system in New Orleans worse. The court system collapsed…
1 year, 2 months ago
How gerrymandering became a blood sport
Fights over Congressional maps never used to be this intense. On Tuesday, Texas Republicans voted to issue civil arrest warrants for Democrats who fl…
1 year, 2 months ago
What happens to the internet if no one clicks search links?
Google's AI Overviews feature can deliver an answer to your question before you click a single link. But it spells bad news for the publishers that w…
1 year, 2 months ago
Is climate change a reason not to have kids?
Some young people are hesitant to start a family because they are worried about the impact it will have on the environment.
But some experts argue, t…
1 year, 2 months ago
A tricky reporting assignment: covering your own workplace
The job of a media reporter is to examine the role the press plays in our democracy, and the choices the large corporations operating newsrooms are m…
1 year, 2 months ago
Trump's tariffs are (still) coming
Thursday night, President Trump announced new tariff rates, and a new deadline. For weeks, the administration said that new, tougher tariffs would go…
1 year, 2 months ago
A fact checker hangs up his Pinocchios
"In an era where false claims are the norm, it's much easier to ignore the fact-checkers." Those are the final words of the final column of Glenn Kes…
1 year, 2 months ago