How a Group of Midwestern Museum Docents Wound Up at the Center of a Right-Wing Media Firestorm
Docents, the kindly volunteers who give museum tours to school children, may not seem like a group prone to setting…
See 10 of the Exhilarating Installations at the Spring/Break Art Show, From a Shrine to Giantesses to One Absurdly Big Ham
Spring/Break Art Show, the upstart cool kid’s fair, kicked off its 10th New York edition—yes, you read that right—in uncharacteristically…
Radicalism mixed with openness: how Desmond Tutu used his gifts to help end Apartheid
This piece is part of a new series in collaboration with the ABC’s Saturday Extra program. Each week, the show…
How Golda Meir, Israel’s ‘Iron Lady’, helped establish an independent Jewish state
This piece is part of a new series in collaboration with the ABC’s Saturday Extra program. Each week, the show…
Today Show’s Karl Stefanovic Clashes With Senator Over Handling Of Brittany Higgins’ Rape Allegations
Channel 9Karl Stefanovic (L) and Senator Matt Canavan on the ‘Today’ show on Wednesday ‘Today’ show host Karl Stefanovic didn’t…
Chamber warns Biden not to submit to progressive wish
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is urging the Biden administration not to go around Republicans to pass the president’s $1.9…
Democrats seek progressive overhaul of the U.S. financial system
Now in control of Congress, Democrats are looking to give the U.S. financial system a progressive overhaul, incoming Senate Banking…
Enjoy them while you can? The ecotourism challenge facing Australia’s favourite islands
I fell for Kangaroo Island from my first visit. I recall standing on a headland on the island’s southern coast,…
Lake Poopó: why Bolivia’s second largest lake disappeared – and how to bring it back
A huge lake in Bolivia has almost entirely disappeared. Lake Poopó used to be the country’s second largest, after Lake…
After a record 22 billion-dollar disasters in 2020, it’s time to make US disaster policy more effective and equitable – here’s how
The year 2020 broke disaster records across the country in destructive and expensive ways. The Atlantic had so many hurricanes,…
Cities could get more than 4°C hotter by 2100. To keep cool in Australia, we urgently need a national planning policy
In cities around the world, temperatures could rise by more than 4℃ by 2100 under a high-emissions climate change scenario,…
Pikas are adapting to climate change remarkably well, contrary to many predictions
Climate change is harming many special places and iconic species around our planet, from Glacier National Park’s disappearing glaciers to…
2020 was a terrible year for climate disasters, but there are reasons for hope in 2021
Climate disasters started early in 2020 — and kept on coming. The catastrophic fires in Australia in early 2020 were…
Can a future ban on gas-powered cars work? An economist explains
The U.S. transportation sector is one of the largest contributors of carbon dioxide, the potent driver of climate change. Transportation…
What’s the best way to boost the economy? Invest in high-voltage transmission lines
When, in the midst of the pandemic, the Economic Society of Australia invited 150 of Australia’s keenest young thinkers to…
The Caspian Sea is set to fall by 9 metres or more this century – an ecocide is imminent
Imagine you are on the coast, looking out to sea. In front of you lies 100 metres of barren sand…
Magnetic induction cooking can cut your kitchen’s carbon footprint
To curb climate change, many experts have called for a massive shift from fossil fuels to electricity. The goal is…
Young Muslim women are leading environmental movements grounded in their beliefs
Weeks prior to the lockdowns and closures that came with the COVID-19 pandemic, UN Secretary General António Guterres said 2020…