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Trump’s Onslaught Hits Staffers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Staff at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the Department of Energy division that guides public and private research and development...

06.05.2025 30

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Government Cancels Disinformation Grants in Disinformation-Filled Statement

Lisa Fazio expected her National Science Foundation grant to be cancelled. The associate professor of psychology and human development at Vanderbilt...

22.04.2025 20

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While Fallen Soldiers Returned Home, Trump Hit the Golf Course

President Trump’s absence at the dignified transfer of four US servicemen who died during a training exercise in Lithuania is being noticed. While...

08.04.2025 3

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“The Opposite of Efficiency”: DOGE’s Credit Card Crackdown Is Making Research Slower, Harder, and Worse

An employee at one government-run national research lab spent half a day this week cancelling orders for equipment—time that, as a technician, he...

27.03.2025 10

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Department of Veterans Affairs Ends Transgender and Intersex Care Directives

On Monday, citing Donald Trump’s “Defending Women” executive order, the federal Department of Veterans Affairs announced that it would “phase...

18.03.2025 20

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Storm Deaths Mount, Exacerbated By DOGE and Trump’s Climate Chaos

On Friday and Saturday, a mega-storm system hit the Midwestern and southern United States with a devastating combination of tornadoes, wildfires,...

17.03.2025 60

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Democrats Are Furious With Chuck Schumer

In the wake of votes by a handful of key Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, to pass a GOP-led continuing resolution funding...

17.03.2025 9

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White House Scared of Trans Mouse

“Eight million dollars for making mice transgender. This is real,” Donald Trump said in his first joint address to Congress on Tuesday, leading to...

06.03.2025 40

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America Will Pay Dearly for the NIH’s Mindless War on Wokeness and DEI

One Sunday in January, biologist Mark Peifer, a professor at the University of North Carolina’s medical school, got a call from campus police....

17.02.2025 50

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“I Am Not Leaving My Patients”: What It’s Like to Treat Trans Kids Under Trump

On January 28, President Donald Trump signed an executive order attempting to sharply curtail access to gender-affirming care for transgender minors...

12.02.2025 5

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Can the Rule of Law Save the IRA?

Trump promised retribution in his second term. For our March April issue, we spoke with those targeted about lessons from the first term, fears of a...

11.02.2025 4

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The Hidden History of Trans Health Care

As of Saturday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website has scrubbed all mention of LGBTQ folks. The State Department has removed the...

07.02.2025 20

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For Scientists Studying Environmental Health, Trump’s Diktats Are a Slow-Moving Disaster

Gabriel Filippelli opened up his email inbox on Monday to encounter some unexpected news: a notice that his $300,000 grant from the State Department...

30.01.2025 2

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Trump Signs Sweeping Trans Military Ban

Donald Trump has signed an executive order targeting transgender members of the armed services. In 2017, President Trump banned transgender Americans...

28.01.2025 2

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New Wildfires Are Breaking Out in LA

It’s been two weeks since the outbreak of the devastating Los Angeles wildfires that have burned more than 40,000 acres and killed at least 28...

24.01.2025 9

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One Week In, LA’s Fires Are Still Spreading

It has been a week since Los Angeles’ devastating wildfires began, driven by powerful winds that have made the blazes highly difficult to fight....

15.01.2025 7

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Meet the Mayor of GreenSky

Ketan Joshi did not mean to become the manager of all things climate on Bluesky, the fast-growing social media platform that’s trying to compete...

13.01.2025 2

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Wildfires Have Engulfed Los Angeles

Ethan Swope/AP Four large fires have burned over 15,000 acres in 24 hours in Los Angeles County, with wind gusts reaching hurricane-level strength...

08.01.2025 2

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Hero of 2024: Chase Strangio. What More Can I Say?

Chase Strangio Mother Jones illustration; Kevin Dietsch/Getty The staff of Mother Jones is, once again, rounding up the heroes and monsters of the...

31.12.2024 2

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Hero of 2024: Pop Music

Chappell Roan Mother Jones illustration; Gilbert Flores/Variety/Getty The staff of Mother Jones is, once again, rounding up the heroes and monsters...

27.12.2024 5

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