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The Many Benefits of Making (and Eating) Chocolate Right Where It Grows

Dried cocoa beans historically have been shipped to Europe and the U.S. for chocolate making. But keeping the process close to home empowers farmers and supports local economies.

Simran Sethi | Mar 10, 2017

Mental health

Why Defending Human Rights Is Women’s Work

“It is important to celebrate these women who are building a more peaceful world that is open, just, and filled with love.”

Rucha Chitnis | Mar 8, 2017

In a Rust Belt Town Where Tuition Is Covered, Economy Begins to Revive

After Kalamazoo, Michigan, offered college tuition for nearly all high school graduates, dropout rates declined and the city’s population began to rebound.

J. Gabriel Ware | Mar 2, 2017

We Aren’t So Different—3 Steps to Overcome Hate and Fear

Avoiding Trump supporters only increases our already dangerous polarization. Here’s how to really listen and find compassion.

Amanda Abrams | Feb 24, 2017

What It Takes to Change Hearts and Minds

To get someone’s support, you need more than just facts.

Colin Beavan | Feb 23, 2017

The Student-Built Website That Keeps Government Climate Data Safe

Since Trump’s election, scientists have been scrambling to save climate change data sets. And one Michigan graduate student thought the more copies, the better.

Terri Hansen | Feb 21, 2017

Pruitt Ignored Cries to Regulate Fracking in Okla. Now Residents Face Big Oil on Their Own

The Senate just confirmed Scott Pruitt to run the EPA. But as residents reported major damage from fracking-related earthquakes, the then-attorney general closed his office’s environmental enforcement unit.

Adam Lynch | Feb 17, 2017

Why Science Can’t Be Silent

Up against the White House’s “alternative facts” and attempts to hide climate data, new allies—citizens and science—can prevail against politicians and corporations.

Clo Copass, Kim Eckart | Feb 15, 2017

In California’s Imperial Valley, Residents Aren’t Waiting for Government to Track Pollution

For marginalized communities along the California-Mexico border, projects to gather and share scientific reports are crucial to holding agencies accountable.

Paulina Phelps | Feb 14, 2017

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