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Hawaii is banning sunscreens that kill coral reefs

Common sunscreen chemicals oxybenzone and octinoxate have been found to increase coral bleaching. In the past three years, one-fifth of…

6 years ago

The Trump administration says it must lock up families to keep them together. That’s not true.

The legal argument behind Trump’s new family detention policy makes no sense. The Trump administration has a new official policy…

6 years ago

Honesty first: how to make politicians pay for lying

Voters are more likely to call out a lie if they first discuss the importance of being honest. In early…

6 years ago

A Capital Gazette shooting survivor doesn’t want your thoughts and prayers

Reporter Selene San Felice wants you to vote. Selene San Felice, a survivor of the Capital Gazette shooting, will take…

6 years ago

Racism and authoritarianism go hand in hand

Two features of American politics are omnipresent in the current media landscape. First, Donald Trump’s rhetoric regarding nonwhites routinely betrays…

6 years ago

López Obrador, a Trump-bashing leftist, won Mexico’s presidency in a landslide

He has vowed to fight Mexico’s widespread corruption problems, but it won’t be easy. Mexico’s leftist candidate Andrés Manuel López…

6 years ago

Harvey Weinstein has been indicted on 3 additional felony charges

Two carry a potential life sentence. On Monday, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. announced that Harvey Weinstein had…

6 years ago

How to date a prisoner

How prisoners stay intimate with romantic partners on the outside. Many people who end up in relationships with prisoners say…

6 years ago

The brilliance of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s bold campaign design

Ocasio-Cortez won on the issues — but her campaign’s unique branding certainly didn’t hurt. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s congressional campaign began as…

6 years ago

Michael Cohen isn’t sounding so loyal to Trump anymore

The president’s personal lawyer says his priority is his family and the country — not Trump. Michael Cohen is sounding…

6 years ago