Trump’s EPA fights to keep controversial insecticide in use
“Citrus growers hope to fend off fruit-munching katydids, but one weapon is under scrutiny. Researchers found that children growing up near fields where the insecticide chlorpyrifos was deployed...
Nobel Peace Prize winners fight rape as ‘a weapon of war’
“The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday in Oslo, Norway. The winners are two people fighting sexual violence. Twenty-five-year-old Nadia Murad, from Iraq, escaped enslavement, rape, and...
U.S. may be in a different era for workers’ wages despite economic gains
“Federal Reserve chairman Jay Powell discusses the state of the economy, bigger changes in the job market and why wages haven’t caught up with other economic trends in a conversation with Judy...
With visa rule change, Indian workers’ spouses could lose work permits
“The Trump administration has signaled it plans to strip employment authorization from spouses of some H-1B visa holders. The change would mean that nearly 100,000 people — predominantly...
Why it will take more than basic recycling to cut back on plastic
“In the 70 years that plastic has been around, humans have created 9 billion tons of it — most of which still exists. Are the existing strategies for tackling plastic pollution —...
Architects designing for prisons confront ethical questions
“The number of prisons in the U.S. has exploded from nearly 500 in the 1970s to almost 2,000 today, becoming a source of business for the architects who design them. But some in the profession...
Puerto Rico’s beleaguered public schools after Hurricane Maria
“Puerto Rico’s school system was struggling long before Hurricane Maria struck a year ago. But the disaster exacerbated deep problems, as schools were destroyed, thousands of children...
Puerto Rico’s fragile power system suffers outages as storm passes
“In our news wrap Friday, power was out across Puerto Rico as a tropical storm passed south of the island where Hurricane Maria hit just a year ago this month. Also, a powerful typhoon has...