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There are still political and legal attempts to restrict people’s ability to vote. Social equality remains far off for many people, including undocumented immigrants, for example, and LGBTQ+ individuals.

The number of people directly exposed to wildfires more than doubled from 2000 to 2019. Three-quarters of this trend was driven by intense fires growing out of control and encroaching on existing communities. It’s a reminder of what’s at risk from human activities, such as fireworks on July 4, a day when wildfire ignitions spike.

When payments resume in October, the average student loan payment is expected to be between $200 and $500 per month. For those that resume making their federal student loan payments on time, this may lead to an increase in their credit score, while those that miss the first payment after payments resume can expect their credit score to fall.

A bitterly divided Supreme Court held that the free speech clause of the First Amendment prohibited state officials from requiring the designer to create a website that communicates a message with which she disagrees. Ensuring both freedom of speech and civil rights means more litigation is ahead.

Earth’s remaining ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are far more vulnerable to climate warming than models predict, and that the ice sheets may be destabilizing from inside.

The words nationalism and patriotism are sometimes used as synonyms, such as when Trump and his supporters describe his America First agenda. But many political scientists and citizens don’t typically see those two terms as equivalent – or even compatible.

More than 3.6 million electric cars are driving around the U.S., but if you live in an apartment, finding an available charger isn’t always easy. Several states and cities, aiming to expand EV use, are now trying to lift that barrier to ownership with “right to charge” laws. Florida is one of them.

A movement to weaken American child labor protections at the state level began in 2022. By June 2023, Arkansas, Iowa, New Jersey and New Hampshire had enacted this kind of legislation, and lawmakers in at least another eight states had introduced similar measures.

While the mutiny of mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and his Wagner brutes was short-lived and its goals unclear, it will have lasting effects – exposing the fragility of Putin’s grip on power and his ability to lead Russia to victory over Ukraine.

Tourists are generally seeking more authentic experiences that occur without prescribed paths or known endpoints. Technology can often make the extreme environments of adventure tourism more safe, but at the bottom of the ocean, the vacuum of space or the cold of a mountain summit the consequences of failure can be high.