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Are states helping with climate change?
…the federal government must ultimately be the leader on climate policy; states can aid and increase the work the federal government does to drive deeper cuts, but because so many of them will be unwilling to lift a finger to help. Only the national government will be able to force emissions reductions in every state.
Why They Leave
There was “an unspoken accusation to all of the other All-Star students that ‘You have been raised, and we’ve given you everything you are and made you…you’re going to then take that and go somewhere else.”
The End of the Electoral College?
The Electoral College is closer to death than most people realize. It may seem like the only way to change the US’s peculiar election process is through the Constitution, which would be almost impossible in today’s political environment. However, there’s…
Critical Race Theory: The Battle over America’s Classrooms
In 1954, Brown vs Board of Education was hailed as the start of racial progress in America. This landmark case set the precedent to overturn laws enforcing segregation across the country, from buses to bathrooms, after the Supreme Court ruled…
Breaking Down Biden’s EV Executive Order: The EV trend is already underway. Will the order have an impact?
A journey that started with a 50-mile range two-seater Norwegian-American Ford crossover brought Geller to a career of environmental advocacy –– and a trip across the United States in his updated Tesla.
More Than a Job
The Rust Belt is coming to grips with the changing world of work. Automation, international competition, and industry consolidation eat away at steel and coal production. As manufacturing jobs lose ground to white-collar or low-wage service work, a new work ethic is developing and threatening to replace the work culture that sustained a blue-collar middle class. Economic security now demands a college education, but many resist what seems foreign to blue-collar values based on manual labor. From joining gangs to opting out of work entirely, resistance to the cultural transformation of the post-industrial economy takes on many forms, most of which hinder the transmission of a work ethic from parent to child. Now, people in the Rust Belt are not just worried about the future of work; they are uncertain if there will even be one.
Paradise Locked: A Housing Crisis Hits Western America’s Resort Towns
In late July, the wildflowers are at their peak in Crested Butte, Colorado. Snow lingers on the north-facing shadows of the Elk Range while green aspens blanket the valley. It doesn’t get much better than summer in the alpine, and tourists and second-home owners know it.
Citizen v. Citizen: Vigilantism in Texas Abortion Rights Debate
Growing up in a small town in South Texas, aggressive abortion restrictions come as no surprise to Emerald Belmarez.
Emerald was born and raised in the Rio Grande Valley, the most impoverished region in the state — and the least safe for reproductive rights. Only one abortion clinic serves a population of 1.3 million Texans.