The Uphill Battle to Save the Amazon Rainforest

Germany, the U.K., and Norway have warned that this legislation threatens Peru’s international climate commitments. The United Nations’ special rapporteur on Indigenous rights has even sounded the alarm that it could fuel further violence against native communities defending their territories. Continue reading The Uphill Battle to Save the Amazon Rainforest

Harriet Tubman and the Most Important, Understudied Battle of the Civil War

To tell this story, Fields-Black relies on an underutilized archive. The pension files of former Union soldiers, housed at the National Archives, contain, Fields-Black tell us, thousands of pages of testimony from the dependents of Black Civil War veterans, of Continue reading Harriet Tubman and the Most Important, Understudied Battle of the Civil War

The Battle Over Church and State Could Take Down the Charter School Movement

In spite of all the culture-war headlines these days, Americans tend to like their children’s public schools, and charters have thrived by lying low in the broad, confusing middle ground between public and private schools. They are public schools, in Continue reading The Battle Over Church and State Could Take Down the Charter School Movement

This Year’s Most Bruising Political Battle Will Be in Virginia

Youngkin’s 2021 victory catapulted him to national prominence, stirring chatter among political observers that he could someday cut an imposing, red-vest-wearing figure as a potential Republican presidential candidate. Although Youngkin has thus far declined to run for president in 2024, Continue reading This Year’s Most Bruising Political Battle Will Be in Virginia

Vivek Ramaswamy Is Trying to Use His Campaign to Dodge a Legal Battle

Vivek Ramaswamy is trying to use his presidential campaign as an excuse to wiggle out of legal proceedings against him. Ramaswamy was a board member of both Roivant Sciences, which he founded in 2014, and Sumitovant Biopharma until earlier this Continue reading Vivek Ramaswamy Is Trying to Use His Campaign to Dodge a Legal Battle

The Democrats’ Battle Plan for Three Red-State Upsets

Kentucky, Mississippi, and Louisiana may not seem to be obvious opportunities for Democrats to win major statewide races. But a new memo from the Democratic Attorneys General Association, first obtained by The New Republic, argues that the upcoming elections in Continue reading The Democrats’ Battle Plan for Three Red-State Upsets