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Three explosive cases are about to test whether conservative Supreme Court justices are seen to rule according to their professed legal principles—or their politics.
Dramatic Photos Capture How Humans Have Changed the Earth
Filmmakers traveled all over the world to make dramatic aerial images of an enormous landfill in Nairobi, Kenya; forests damaged by oil spills in Nigeria; Italy's Carrara marble quarries; a gigantic open pit coal mine in Germany; a concrete sea wall under construction in China and several other sites.
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Protesters take to the streets in the UK on September 20 as part of Global Climate Strikes, which were largely inspired by 16-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg. Organizers say 4 million people on every continent—including scientists in Antarctica—took part. Independent researchers who documented the 2017 Women’s March are working to create their own estimates of how many people took action against climate change policies around the world.
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Since the 2016 election, Senator Mark Warner has been Silicon Valley's most active and vocal watchdog on Capitol Hill.
Downtime
From the temples of 15th century Japan to mid-20th century chapels in Arizona, celebrating the spiritual on earth has yielded some truly breathtaking results.
When LexisNexis Makes a Mistake, You Pay For It
The company aggregates and sells consumer data—on people like you. It holds 83 billion public records on 282 million unique identities, and these records can contain costly mistakes.
Cillian Murphy on 'Peaky Blinders' Season 5 and the Rise of Fascism
The series deals a lot with the rise of fascism in Britain and with Oswald Mosely...he uses phrases like "Make Britain Great Again" and "false news."
