President Donald Trump announced that the US would intervene to end the civil war in Sudan. This promise came at the request of the Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman. The conflict in Sudan — which has been marked by serious human rights abuses by both sides — recently reached a turning point. The Rapid […]

How often, on average, do you forget to take your daily meds? For me, it’s about twice a week. And that’s for something as low-stakes as a vitamin D supplement. It’s not the end of the world if I’m a little deficient. But when it comes to HIV prevention, missing a dose of your prescribed […]

Some of the world’s biggest meat companies are finally facing a degree of accountability for allegedly deceiving the public about their pollution. On Monday, America’s largest meat producer, Tyson Foods, agreed to stop marketing a line of its so-called climate-friendly beef and to drop its claim that it could reach “net-zero” emissions by 2050. The […]

The Trump administration has been something of a pendulum in its position on the war in Ukraine, swinging between pro-Ukraine and pro-Russia positions over the past year. This week, it is swinging hard toward Moscow.  Earlier this week, Axios reported on a new 28-point Trump administration plan to end the war in Ukraine, echoing the […]

What must it feel like to be a fish — to glide weightlessly through the sea, to draw breath from water, to be (if one is lucky) oblivious to the parched terrestrial world above?  Maybe you suspect there isn’t much to fish — and you could hardly be blamed for it. For centuries, Western natural […]