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Last year, San Francisco voters did something exceedingly rare in car-crazy America: They closed two miles of a coastal highway to vehicles, creating a sprawling park for pedestrians, joggers, and cyclists. …
E-bikes could cut carbon, congestion, and costs — if cities take them seriously Read More
Samantha Power directs the think-and-do tank, the BioFi Project, which seeks to reimagine how capital flows can support place-based biocultural regeneration. The Mint spoke with Power about her critique of …
The nurture nature argument Read More
The consistently higher returns of the U.S. stock market compared with its European and Asian counterparts year after year have led investors across much of the world to focus their …
Stock market exodus to Wall Street hits 20-year high Read More
MAGNOLIA, Ky. (AP) — The leafy soybean plants reach Caleb Ragland’s thighs and are ripe for harvest, but the Kentucky farmer is deeply worried. He doesn’t know where he and …
Trump’s trade battle with China puts US soybean farmers in peril Read More
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s push to revitalize American manufacturing by luring foreign investment into the U.S. has run smack into one of his other priorities: cracking down on illegal immigration. …
With Hyundai raid, Trump’s immigration crackdown runs into his push for foreign investment Read More
The rats scurried into the shed. Flinching at the sound of a horde of tiny claws scratching at the ground, Migdalia Mass Llorens kept vigil over her sleeping family huddled …
Puerto Ricans are devising the food system of tomorrow Read More
“The road was a raging river. It was like the ocean,” recalled Maria Blancett. “There were white caps going down the street. There were fish in the road.” Maria and …
How Florida is rebuilding for a stormy, costly future Read More
As soon as they take off from the Panamanian coast, there is a sigh of relief. Surrounded by 30 other Venezuelan migrants, packed inside an overloaded midsize speedboat, Edinson holds …
The Great Reverse Migration Read More
The tariff wars between the US and its trade partners have rarely been out of the news since the US president, Donald Trump, revealed his plans for sweeping “liberation day” levies …
How tariff wars are reshaping migration and raising the risk of human rights abuses in supply chains Read More
Mounting evidence shows that gas stoves — used in nearly 40% of U.S. homes — pose serious health risks. Now, Coloradans have a new tool to learn about the dangers of cooking with little …
Colorado now requires health warning labels on gas stoves Read More