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It’s never too late for love, goes the adage. But is it harder to find intimacy as you age? And is it worth the trouble?
Just the Facts
Long touted as an environmental panacea, mass tree planting can actually do more harm than good.
Among the forecast effects of climate change, one in particular poses special concern: We’re running out of water.
Fatness is treated as a moral failure, but the facts show it is all systemic.
What equitable resource distribution looks like.
New research reveals how to make social change.
How to reduce stigma in society? Check your facts.
The U.S. is better at subsidizing wealthy people than low-income people.
There are huge profits to be made in privatization, and much of it will come from teacher pay.
We spend less time in the kitchen than ever. But here's why Michael Pollan says cooking could be an important solution to our public health crisis.
What do we really trade for all of the cheap stuff we buy?
Why support the co-ops in your community? The benefits might be further-reaching than you think.
Left alone, natural systems keep nitrogen, carbon, and other key ingredients of life balanced.
Just 60 years ago, the average American had 291 square feet of living space. Now it’s close to 1,000 square feet. Have we changed our needs that much? Or just our wants?
For corporations, paying for tax breaks is still the best investment around.
The American problem with mass incarceration is less about crime than it is about how—and who—we lock up.
We can feed the world and still eat meat—but only a little bit.
Mixed-race couples, single parents–they're all part of the new "normal."
Why build resilience now? Because here's what we can't rely on ...
How much water do we use? More than any other country, it turns out. And we could save a lot.
We've made meaningful progress toward embracing our cultural diversity in the United States. But we've got a long way to go before we clean up the economic fallout from years of institutional racism.
Hunger. Pollution. Instability. Obesity. The problem with corporate food--by the numbers.
A better economy doesn't necessarily mean a happier country.
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