| Sep 6, 2017 | Roundup|UncategorizedWhile much of Houston and southeastern Texas remain underwater, another succession of hurricanes — first Irma and then potentially Jose — is bearing down on the Caribbean and Florida. Storms like these are expected to be more frequent and more severe as climate change...
| Aug 30, 2017 | Roundup|UncategorizedLast weekend, in a late-Friday announcement in the middle of a hurricane, Donald Trump issued a pardon for Sheriff Joe Arpaio. America’s self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff” had been convicted of criminal contempt for refusing a federal order to stop...
| Aug 23, 2017 | Roundup|UncategorizedLast week’s Charlottesville debacle concluded with a major development for the Trump administration: the exit of chief strategist Steve Bannon, a longtime lightning rod for the White House on race issues. In this he was only the latest Trump confederate to get...
| Aug 16, 2017 | Roundup|UncategorizedThis week in OtherWords, we look at the fallout from the white nationalist violence Charlottesville. That march was a product of fear, says Olivia Alperstein — fear by a few white racists that the rights of others somehow diminish their own. And it’s proof,...
| Aug 9, 2017 | Roundup|UncategorizedThis week, in the sweltering month of August, Sarah Anderson explores the surprisingly short history of a treasured luxury: air conditioning. Most Americans now have it at home. But at work, it’s another story. Moreover, as the technology spreads to developing...
