Who pays and who benefits from a massive expansion of solar power?
Electricity generation produces a quarter of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions that drive climate change. The electric grid also is highly …
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Use of HIV prevention treatments is very low among Southern Black gay men
The big idea Use of antiretroviral treatments to prevent HIV infection – called pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP – is very …
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How a Supreme Court decision limiting access to abortion could harm the economy and women’s well-being
The Supreme Court on Dec. 1, 2021, heard oral arguments in a case that may result in a ruling that …
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Why Public Banking Is A Step Toward Revolutionizing Our Economy
The potential for public banking — or managing taxpayer funds through publicly-controlled financial institutions rather than private banks — first …
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The Brutal Trade In Enslaved People Within The US Has Been Largely Whitewashed Out Of History
For my recently published book, “The Ledger and the Chain,” I visited more than 30 archives in over a dozen …
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The ‘Burn Scars’ of Wildfires Threaten the West’s Drinking Water
Colorado saw its worst fire season last year, with the three largest fires in state history and more than 600,000 acres …
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Did Aliens Build the Pyramids? And Other Racist Theories
One afternoon in June, I found an email in my inbox from Atlantis Rising: The Research Group. The blog and …
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What Harvard’s humanist chaplain shows about atheism in America
At the end of August 2021, Harvard University’s organization of chaplains unanimously elected Greg Epstein as president. Epstein – the …
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Combating Anti-Black Racism in Brazil and Beyond
As the United States continues to reel in the aftermath of the killing of African American George Floyd by former …
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Facebook has known for a year and a half that Instagram is bad for teens despite claiming otherwise – here are the harms researchers have been documenting for years
Facebook officials had internal research in March 2020 showing that Instagram – the social media platform most used by adolescents …
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Confronting Anti-Blackness in “Colorblind” Cuba
In the 1960s, Fidel Castro’s revolutionary Communist government claimed to have eradicated racism in Cuba. An anthropologist explores how racial …
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Lower Drug Prices for Americans ‘Too Good to Be True,’ Declares Big Pharma
With a key fight underway in Congress, industry is trying to leverage its role in successful coronavirus vaccine development to …
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How Young Voters Are Fighting Back Against Voter Suppression
Many organizations that have long advocated for young voters are now finding they need to push back against restrictive new …
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Donald Trump Built a National Debt So Big (Even Before the Pandemic) That It’ll Weigh Down the Economy for Years
The “King of Debt” promised to reduce the national debt — then his tax cuts made it surge. Add in …
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Everyone Is Talking About AI—But Do They Mean the Same Thing?
In 2017, artificial intelligence attracted $12 billion of VC investment. We are only beginning to discover the usefulness of AI …