It has been a long-standing tradition for major league sports teams that win a championship to visit the White House and celebrate their victories. Major league sports teams include teams in the
My father likes to talk about the day I learned that no woman had ever become President of the United States. According to family lore, I turned to him and commented, “Wow,
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On an unusually warm day in November, I knocked on New York City Council Member Shekar Krishnan’s door. I was in Queens, Diwali shopping with my family for our annual celebration. The
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For over five decades, the Assad family has held power in Syria. Bashar Al-Assad took power after his father died in 2000, and held that power until December 2024, when Syrian rebels
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In November, a new finance climate goal for 2035 was set. Less than two months later, the goal has already failed. The 29th COP, the annual conference organized by the United Nations
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As fires rage in southern California, Americans wonder how Donald J. Trump’s second presidential term, which started on January 20, 2025, will affect the climate. The answer, according to most climate activists,
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