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How suburban sprawl causes segregation and isolates the poor

When well-off white people flee to the suburbs, it's bad for those left behind in inner cities and bad for the environment too.

Ben Adler Politics August 13, 2015

To sort or not to sort? That is the recycling question

A reader wants to know whether "single stream" recycling is more efficient than the usual sort-paper-and-plastic approach. Umbra digs up the answer.

Ask Umbra® Culture July 27, 2015

Baltimore riots flared up in a toxic environment

A local youth activists says the enraged protesters’ “behavior is a result, or correlates with the environment that they live in.”

Brentin Mock Cities April 29, 2015

Polar bears are now eating dolphins thanks to climate change

The polar bears are even saving frozen dolphin for later.

Liz Core Climate & Energy June 11, 2015

June was a scorcher in the Western U.S.

Heat records are being broken across the Western U.S.

Andrea Thompson Climate & Energy July 8, 2015

Railroad safety fact check: Fires and spills are up despite industry claims

The railroad industry says 2014 was its safest year on record -- but a close look at the numbers isn't going to make you feel very safe.

Isaiah Thompson Technology May 20, 2015

Texas doesn’t give a damn about your reproductive rights

The majority of women in Texas encounter some sort of barrier to accessing reproductive healthcare.

Eve Andrews Culture May 13, 2015

Drought forces cuts to some of California’s oldest water rights

In a step it hasn't taken since the 1970s, the state water board tells key rights holders, including municipalities and water districts, to draw less H2O.

Nathanael Johnson Politics June 12, 2015

Slate: Anti-GMO activists say the darnedest things

An article details the contradictory claims activist groups have made over the years in their fight against genetically modified crops.

Nathanael Johnson Food July 15, 2015

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