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The Trump administration is facing a tough choice.
Chain restaurants vowed to make children’s menus healthier. But our analysis of menus across the country shows that kids’ choices still aren’t very good for them.
Australian jurisdictions should enact permanent solutions to juvenile justice crises that replace large and ineffective youth prisons with a safer, more decent alternative.
For the Blackfeet, Lakota and other Native American people, water does more than sustain life – it’s the place of the divine.
Import bans in Africa are a poor substitute for the creation of incentives that enable
local producers to compete favourably.
The technical consensus is clear: Adding ‘backdoors’ to encryption algorithms weakens everyone’s security. So what are the police and intelligence agencies to do?
To weigh the economic impact of climate change policies, we need to estimate the social cost of carbon. An economist explains how it’s done and why the Trump administration shouldn’t end the practice.
Childbirth in the U.S. can be dangerous and dehumanizing. An ob/gyn who traveled recently to India to review childbirth there says the U.S. and India fall short in similar ways.
Basic safeguards are not enough to protect against insider threats. It requires rethinking how to overcome the biases that cause us to dismiss the danger.
Pope Francis appears to have defended Native American protests on the North Dakota pipeline issue. Indigenous cultures have a right to defend ‘their ancestral relationship to the Earth,’ he said.
Recyclage, location, allongement de l’usage : comment les stratégies d’économie circulaire peuvent améliorer la performance du secteur automobile.
President Trump has ordered federal agencies to cut two regulations for every new one they enact – ignoring the fact that many regulations produce large social benefits.
Other major laws to improve the health of Americans faced opposition, but none has faced the wrath that Obamacare has faced. Here’s a look at what’s different in the political response to Obamacare.
The gains reported in 2016 went hand in hand with overall growth in Africa over the last two decades.
Former prime minister Kevin Rudd writes of Australia having lost its national bearings and being powerless to act to find its way in the world.
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry has experience with energy, but if confirmed as secretary of energy, he should get ready to learn a lot about DOE’s big jobs: nuclear security and basic science research.
Book on agricultural innovation has had key policy impacts at the micro and macro level.
Thousands of people, both those within Native American communities and their non-Native allies, felt called to go to Standing Rock. What was the motivation?
Mahatma Gandhi is one of the most influential personalities in history, celebrated for his advocacy of non-violent resistance. But his dark side is now receiving increased attention.
Trump has won the White House by offering a vision of a bygone era, in favour of a more cosmopolitan, sophisticated future.



















