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More Americans now hold absolutist positions, supporting legal access to abortion in all or most cases and opposing government regulation altogether.
More school systems are providing digital devices for students to use in the classroom, making it harder to justify students having personal cellphones in class.
The staircase was originally acquired due to its craftsmanship. Only later did scholars realize that it was where Harriet Jacobs suffered abuse at the hands of her enslaver.
The Trump administration wants to abolish FEMA and hand disaster recovery over to states. But local officials are best positioned to help local people in a crisis.
Fires are a natural part of the landscape and essential for many species. But scores of fires at once were more than anyone bargained for.
Democrats are desperate to retake control of Congress; Republicans want to keep it. To win, it helps to know what kind of voter is willing to cross party lines.
Climate change is not just about facts. It is wrong to dismiss the disengaged on the grounds that they are out of touch with reality.
A long-running pickup game in North Carolina – made up of ‘geezers’ with various political leanings – thrives by reducing conflict.
Disaster recovery isn’t just about repairing bridges, roads and homes. Conservationists from the Smithsonian were on the ground in North Carolina helping families piece their lives back together.
Prisons and jails are difficult to evacuate when wildfires or storms approach. Many of these facilities lack evacuation plans and may keep incarcerated people on-site instead of moving them to safety.
LGBTQ+ voters make up a relatively small percentage of the American electorate. But they’re poised to play an outsize role in the
‘tipping-point’ states most likely to decide the election.
Donald Trump won North Carolina in 2016 and 2020, but that doesn’t mean he can win again in 2024. Such is the nature of elections in a purple state.
As Florida and North Carolina change voting rules because of the hurricanes, they might face legal challenges – and open the doors to false claims of election fraud.
A scholar of emerging immigrant destinations says that when anti-immigrant politicians bring their hateful rhetoric to those towns, locals tend to come down on the side of peace and inclusion.
Helene’s size and speed worsened everything from its storm surge to its extreme flooding in the mountains. And another hurricane was coming right on Helene’s heels.
If your area experiences a 1,000-year rainfall event, don’t assume that you’re off the hook for the next 999 years.
Weather disasters, particularly floods, can create health threats that linger for months, from infected cuts to mold growth to mental stress.
With Debby’s storm track, much of the East Coast is forecast to get soaked. Climate change also plays a role in the downpours.
In the mountains, heavy downpours can be devastating, washing out roads and homes and triggering landslides.
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