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Column: Energy Independence is Becoming Solar's Strongest Selling Point

Column: Energy Independence is Becoming Solar's Strongest Selling Point

Americans are seeking out solar, batteries, and electric vehicles at a pace unlike anything the clean energy movement has seen in fifty years. In the...

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Alexis Abramson

How to Make an Impact in the AI Economy

How to Make an Impact in the AI Economy

Leaders everywhere are being asked to deliver AI-driven change. New tools, new budgets, big expectations. But what will set successful leaders apart...

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Julie Averill

Frank Wills and the Importance of Ordinary Americans Doing the Right Thing

Frank Wills and the Importance of Ordinary Americans Doing the Right Thing

On June 17, 1972, Frank Wills, a 24-year-old, black security guard, working the night shift at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C., detected a...

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Wesley Brown

The Battle of the Sexes Over Air Conditioning

The Battle of the Sexes Over Air Conditioning

Record-breaking heat waves have arrived early across Europe and the United States. At the same time, corporate America is pushing workers back into...

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Karen Korellis Reuther

Turkey's Erdogan Is Running Out of Tricks

Turkey's Erdogan Is Running Out of Tricks

The electoral defeat of Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary in April reminded the world that despite having rewritten the rules of the political...

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Ian Bremmer

Why Fines Alone Won’t Make Social Media Safer For Kids

Why Fines Alone Won’t Make Social Media Safer For Kids

A landmark New Mexico case, which alleges that Meta failed to protect children online, has entered a pivotal new phase—one that will test whether...

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Peter Chapman

The Pain and Promise of Summer Camp

The Pain and Promise of Summer Camp

It is a common misconception that memories are permanent and immovable—that the way we recall things is an exact replica of events. In reality,...

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Rachel Wisniewski

America and Iran Have an Agreement. And 60 Days to Prevent the Next War

America and Iran Have an Agreement. And 60 Days to Prevent the Next War

“Ships of the World, start your engines. Let the oil flow!” President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social on Sunday evening, while announcing a...

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Ali Vaez

The Resurgence of Bracero Logic

The Resurgence of Bracero Logic

In May, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that, except under “extraordinary circumstances,” non-immigrant visa holders...

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Cara a. kinnally

America’s New Critical Minerals Playbook

America’s New Critical Minerals Playbook

When President Donald Trump met China’s leader Xi Jinping in Beijing in May, an economic chokepoint hovered over their negotiations: critical...

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Jared Cohen

Why Brexit Still Haunts British Politics

Why Brexit Still Haunts British Politics

Due to the technical or legal reasons, readability mode is not available for this article. Thank you for your kind understanding.

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Anand Menon

What Working in a Grocery Store Taught Me About American Inequality

What Working in a Grocery Store Taught Me About American Inequality

Cindy had been bagging groceries for nine years when I became her colleague at a grocery store in Utah. My coworkers agreed to speak with me about...

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Ann Larson

America’s Teachers Can’t Afford to Teach

America’s Teachers Can’t Afford to Teach

Teachers’ paychecks have never fully reflected their passion or professionalism, but as America’s cost-of-living crisis persists, educators...

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Randi Weingarten

What Lyndon B. Johnson’s Toothbrushes Show Us About Public Health Today

What Lyndon B. Johnson’s Toothbrushes Show Us About Public Health Today

By all the grand machinery of history, President Lyndon B. Johnson should be remembered for his command of power. During his time in office from 1963...

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Jean paul laurent

The U.S. Needs a Commission of Inquiry into State Capture

An unaccountable concentration of political and private power is increasingly reshaping how America’s federal government operates, bending its...

10.06.2026 3

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Lucy Lang

The Fight Over AI Is Really a Fight Over Who Governs

At the University of Arizona’s commencement ceremony last month, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt told the class of 2026 that they would shape AI’s...

10.06.2026 2

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Vilas Dhar

Young People Don’t Need Another Lecture About Phones

The first time I banned devices from one of my classes, I thought I was restoring attention. I was tired of half-lit faces and distracted discussions,...

10.06.2026 1

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Adam Howard

How Trump Keeps Exploiting America’s Legal Loopholes

How Trump Keeps Exploiting America’s Legal Loopholes

In his first term, legal experts reassured us about the invincible sanctity of our democratic and legal processes that President Donald Trump...

09.06.2026 2

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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld

I Helped Write the Refugee Act. Trump is Trampling It

I Helped Write the Refugee Act. Trump is Trampling It

On June 20, 75 years ago, the United Nations adopted the Refugee Convention. Every year, we honor that occasion by celebrating World Refugee Day. This...

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Elizabeth Holtzman

Miscarriage Is Hard Enough Without the Silence

Miscarriage Is Hard Enough Without the Silence

As physicians, we care for patients in some of the most frightening and devastating moments of their lives. One such instance is early pregnancy loss,...

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Dara Kass

Stonewall’s Legacy Can’t Be Taken for Granted

Stonewall’s Legacy Can’t Be Taken for Granted

Each year since 1988, the National Trust for Historic Preservation has issued its list of America’s most endangered historic places, spotlighting...

07.06.2026 4

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Diana rodriguez and ann marie gothard

Madre Tierra: Indigenous Environmental Defenders in Latin America Are Fighting For Their Land

Due to the technical or legal reasons, readability mode is not available for this article. Thank you for your kind understanding.

06.06.2026 1

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Jhanisse vaca daza and anjan sundaram

Why AI Agents Are the Next Great Technological Transformation

For decades, technological innovation has followed a similar pattern: computers become more powerful, hardware grows smaller, and new user interfaces...

06.06.2026 1

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Cristiano Amon

AI Is Already Shaping Who We Are

This spring, every graduation speech seemed to pick a side on AI. Either AI is threatening everything that makes us human, and we should be afraid. Or...

05.06.2026 0

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Laura manley

Does The Future of Climate Resilience Lie Beneath Our Feet?

We often look to the sky for climate solutions. We debate carbon markets, map wind patterns, and calculate atmospheric emissions. Yet one of the most...

05.06.2026 2

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Susan gardner and philip lymbery

Why My Family Left Iowa

My children, now in kindergarten and third grade, are finally old enough to be good company in restaurants. There’s no tripping of waiters, very...

04.06.2026 3

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Andrea uptmor

What The Next 250 Years of American Justice Should Look Like

This July 4, the United States turns 250. We’ll celebrate with fireworks, parades, and barbecues. But for millions of Americans, the promise of that...

03.06.2026 4

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Ana zamora

To Quit Smoking, I Started Hiking

Despite decades of public health campaigns, smoking remains stubbornly persistent. Around 10% of American adults still smoke cigarettes, while...

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Kimberly mccreight

Why Poland Has Been Left ‘Dazed and Confused’ by the Trump Administration

Poland is among America’s most loyal allies, a bulwark of European security, and the rare NATO nation that has escaped the wrath of President Donald...

02.06.2026 1

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Thomas nagorski

The Long Run Against AIDS

In the early 1980s, as AIDS began its terrifying spread through New York’s gay community, Brent Nicholson Earle was an actor and house manager...

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Christina Ray Stanton

To Save Democracy, We Need to Reimagine the Economy

It was almost Inauguration Day, and autocracy was in the air. Armed guards patrolled federal buildings; machine-gun-toting snipers perched on...

02.06.2026 2

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Sarita Gupta, Ai-Jen Poo

What Japan Wins in Every World Cup

On Jun. 11, the FIFA World Cup kicks off in Mexico City. The coming days will deliver an opening ceremony spectacle, dazzling goals, dubious VAR...

01.06.2026 8

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Bobby Ghosh

To Be a Better Negotiator, Learn How to Give a Little

Whatever your occupation, whether you are in a relationship or single, raising kids or keeping up with family, helping to take care of parents or...

01.06.2026 3

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Attia qureshi and john richardson

Curiosity Makes Me a Better Parent

My five-year-old loves The Magic School Bus. He likes when I paint the windows of my truck with planets, stars, and rocket ships to resemble Ms....

01.06.2026 3

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Mac crane

The Boulder Tragedy One Year Later

One year ago, on June 1, 2025, a man walked up to a group of Jewish community members on Boulder's Pearl Street Mall and firebombed them.  They...

01.06.2026 5

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Susan rona

Replace or Reshape: How AI Could Change the Way We Work

Due to the technical or legal reasons, readability mode is not available for this article. Thank you for your kind understanding.

30.05.2026 7

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Christopher Marquis

Measuring the Erosion of American Democracy

On May 7, 2026, state troopers cleared the gallery of the Tennessee House after protesters chanted “No Jim Crow 2.0.” KeShaun Pearson, brother of...

29.05.2026 3

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Bruce sibley

The Future of AI and Trade

For all the constant buzz around AI, broad-based announcements about how AI has boosted profits are noticeably missing. The reason for this loud...

29.05.2026 3

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Olivia white and tiago devesa

Jealousy Is Not a Moral Failure

Jealousy may be the most condemned emotion in modern life. We treat it as evidence of insecurity, bitterness, or emotional immaturity—something...

29.05.2026 10

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Meehika Barua

What America’s Fastest-Growing Cities Tell Us About the Future

Last month, Walmart asked me to do a signing for my book, Capitalism For All: Inclusive Economics and the Future-Proofing of America, at their new...

27.05.2026 4

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John Hope Bryant

Why Corporate Corruption Is so Common

The truth is, we're all one acquisition, one IPO, one board meeting away from watching something we love turn into something we hate. But we lack...

27.05.2026 3

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Eric Ries

A Ceasefire Alone Won’t Solve Lebanon’s Mental Health Crisis

I recently traveled to Lebanon. Every person I met showed signs of trauma.  There were mothers fearful about what the future would bring for their...

27.05.2026 4

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Kelly razzouk

Why We Need to Tax AI

Americans are hanging on by their fingernails in an economy that funnels wealth to the ultra-rich and leaves crumbs for working people. AI threatens...

27.05.2026 10

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren

The Democratic Tradition We’ve Forgotten

In 1897, the philosopher William James honored Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment—one of the first...

27.05.2026 3

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Trygve throntveit

How to Save the Global Trading System

The future of the global trading system is on the line. President Donald Trump’s tariff wars are often cited as the principal source of today’s...

27.05.2026 5

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Inu Manak

Iran Did Not Win the Meme War

A panicked Lego Donald Trump flips through a folder marked “Llrey Epstein File.” A cackling Lego Benjamin Netanyahu eggs him on, and a Lego Satan...

27.05.2026 10

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Bobby Ghosh

The Long Shadow of American Wars on Iraq

On a recent afternoon, I was driving across Baghdad, resigned to the whims of my city’s traffic. An old woman in the backseat of the car beside mine...

26.05.2026 9

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Nabil Salih

From China to Iran, Putin’s Power in a Multipolar World

Due to the technical or legal reasons, readability mode is not available for this article. Thank you for your kind understanding.

23.05.2026 30

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Anna Nemtsova

The Ebola and Hantavirus Outbreaks Offer an Ominous Warning

Ebola, which is currently spreading in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), is a nightmare disease. The virus floods the immune system,...

22.05.2026 9

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Neil Vora

State Leaders Must Prepare Now for an AI Storm

When a tornado puts you on its path or a severe blizzard is forecasted, a governor’s job is straightforward. You activate the emergency operations...

21.05.2026 8

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Eric Holcomb