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If we want people to drive less, we have to end sexism

More women ride public transit (thanks, wage gap!), but we get harassed more. Which makes cars look REALLY attractive. Sorry, climate!

Holly Richmond Culture

Nancy Drew and the mystery of the secret oil spill

It took alert hikers to notice that four miles of a Utah national monument have turned black from an oil-field leak. What else are we failing to catch?

Heather Smith Climate & Energy

Want to attract a new generation to the national parks? Find a few new rangers.

If the Park Service wants more people of color to visit the great outdoors, it needs to make its staff look more like America.

Brentin Mock Climate & Energy

Oil workers and Jewish grandmas driving American metropolitan growth

This list paints a pretty bizarre picture of America's future.

Eve Andrews Culture

Khongoryn Els-Gobi Desert in Mongolia. Both a literal, and food desert

America’s worst food deserts: Map-lovers edition

Walkscore's got the skinny on which cities do a good job of offering groceries within walking distance and which fail. Go ahead, zoom in!

Nathanael Johnson Food

Here’s a shorebird’s-eye view of the Galveston oil spill

No cooing with disinterested horror over aerial shots of rainbow slicks over water this time -- pull on a pair of waders and slosh through the muck at sea level.

Amelia Urry Technology

Why do we work so hard? Cadillac and Ford have very different answers

Cadillac thinks we work hard because we want more stuff. Ford turns its back on that version of America.

Darby Minow Smith Technology

Why is New York’s Citi Bike losing tons of money?

In debt and on the ropes, New York City's flagship bikesharing program struggles to keep forging ahead.

Amber Cortes Culture

Samuel L. Jackson thinks going vegan will make him live forever

It's healthier than a Royale with cheese, anyway.

Jess Zimmerman Food

The Double O bike light is less dirty than it sounds, but still cool

It won't get you even one O. But it does snap easily onto your bike with a magnetic holder, and slide onto your U-lock for storage.

Holly Richmond Technology

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