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What the 2020 census can — and can't — tell us about LGBTQ+ people

Thursday, May 25, 2023

The Census Bureau has released the most comprehensive national statistics to date about same-sex couples living together in the U.S. But many other LGBTQ+ people remain invisible in the census data.

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Living in the shadow of a dangerous shrinking glacier

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Melting glaciers are leaving behind unstable lakes around the world. Millions of people live downstream, in places increasingly threatened by deadly flash floods. What will it take to protect them?

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Why Texans need to know how quickly Antarctica's ice is melting

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Ice in Antarctica is melting rapidly. That's driving sea level rise around the world. But some places are threatened more than others, and Texas is in the crosshairs.

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The world's melting ice has surprising impacts. Can you guess them?

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Melting glaciers and ice sheets are far from where most people live. But the impacts stretch across the planet. See if you can guess how.

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The unexpected link between imperiled whales and Greenland's melting ice

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Climate change is pushing already endangered right whales to the brink. Scientists say the oceans will fundamentally shift as the world's ice melts.

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The surprising connection between Arctic ice and Western wildfires

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

The ice that covers the Arctic Ocean is shrinking as the climate gets hotter. Scientists are finding it could be linked to weather that's helping fuel disasters.

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A shrinking reservoir signals Ukraine and Russia are waging a dangerous water war

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Russia is using a dam it controls to release water from Ukraine's massive Kakhovka Reservoir. It's one of dozens of cases where the war is limiting access to safe water.

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If there's a war against climate change, Saint-Louis is on the front line. And losing

Monday, February 13, 2023

The UNESCO World Heritage city of Saint-Louis is perched precariously between the Atlantic Ocean and the Senegal River. And it's on borrowed time.

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Russia is draining a massive Ukrainian reservoir, endangering a nuclear plant

Friday, February 10, 2023

Satellite data show water levels plummeting at the Kakhovka Reservoir. The reservoir supplies drinking water, irrigates vast tracts of farmland, and cools Europe's largest nuclear plant.

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When the seas rise in Senegal, so do the fortunes of far-right parties in Europe

Monday, February 06, 2023

Sweeping global trends are changing the world. As climate change heats up the planet and pushes people to migrate, far-right politicians see both a threat and an opportunity.

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What do you want to accomplish in 2023? This New Year's resolution guide can help

Monday, December 26, 2022

Scroll through Life Kit's expert guides to discover practical and inspiring ways to grow in 2023.

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How life got pricier (and, yes, cheaper!) this year — in 7 charts

Thursday, December 22, 2022

Boy, have we talked a lot about inflation. It affected every part of our lives (and the economy) in 2022. Here are some of its highest highs and lowest lows. (It wasn't all bad news!)

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How I discovered a love for ballet as an adult

Monday, December 12, 2022

Sometimes you can find new interests in old places. For me, it was taking ballet classes alongside a group of around 20 Chinese ladies, all of them starting ballet as adults.

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Bills targeting trans youth are growing more common — and radically reshaping lives

Monday, November 28, 2022

An NPR analysis finds that over the past two years, state lawmakers introduced more than 300 bills targeting trans people. Most of this legislation, 86%, takes aim at the rights of trans youth.

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The next round of counting begins in Alaska. Here's how ranked-choice voting works

Tuesday, November 22, 2022

This process will decide two outstanding congressional races: Republican Lisa Murkowski's seat in the Senate and Democrat Mary Peltola's seat in the House.

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Songs of Remembrance

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

At least 1 million people have died in the U.S. from COVID-19. NPR's Songs of Remembrance project shares some of their stories and the music they loved.

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The ripple effects of Russia's war in Ukraine are changing the world

Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Stores running out of cooking oil. Gas prices soaring. Farmers scrambling for fertilizer. Nations rethinking alliances. We zoom in on the war's seismic, far-reaching repercussions.

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'I, too, was living a double life': Why trans fans connect to 'The Matrix'

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Long before writers Lilly and Lana Wachowski confirmed that the original film was written as a trans allegory, fans connected to its themes of self-actualization.

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House retirement tracker: Senior Democrats exit as the GOP is confident of a takeover

Thursday, December 09, 2021

A growing number of House lawmakers have opted not to run again in 2022, but so far more Democrats than Republicans are choosing to end their service.

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Jan. 6 panel and subpoenas: Committee targets witnesses linked to day of attack

Saturday, November 06, 2021

The committee investigating the attack has sent out a number of subpoenas to get information and compel people with knowledge about the events of the day to tell them what they know.

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