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America’s unique, enduring gun problem, explained
The factors that lead to tragedies like Uvalde are deeply ingrained in US politics, culture, and law.
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No, the gun control debate was not “over” after Sandy Hook
The reality of Uvalde is horrific. That doesn’t mean we should give up hope.
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Australia confiscated 650,000 guns. Murders and suicides plummeted.
It was one of the world's largest mandatory gun buybacks — and it was a smashing success.
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WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann’s new crypto project sounds like a scam within a scam
Turning carbon credits into crypto won’t fix climate change.
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Countries are limiting food exports. It may make global hunger worse.
Trade is vital to mitigating the global food crisis.
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With Ricky Gervais’s new special, Netflix yet again suffers transphobic fools
Does Netflix even care that Ricky Gervais’s SuperNature is rife with transphobic TERF ideology?
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How the Supreme Court made it impossible to solve America’s gun violence problem
If you can’t ban handguns, you’re just spinning your wheels.
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In Appalachia, a race to preserve the practice of plant healing
Even as ginseng, St. John’s wort, and other herbs grow in popularity, the region is struggling to keep its age-old practice of herbalism alive for a new generation.
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Welcome to the May issue of The Highlight
In this issue: The anti-abortion movement’s post-Roe future, the plant peddlers of Appalachia, the real effect of the child tax credit now that it’s gone, and more.
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The profound impact of giving American families a little more cash
Six months of payments lifted millions of children out of poverty. Then they stopped.
