A thoughtfully curated collection of articles on innovative solutions, brought together to inspire and inform.
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Sketchplanations – A weekly explanation in a sketch
Easy explanations in the form of sketches.
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Behind the curtain of Wells Fargo’s corporate PAC
Donations made by corporate PACs must be disclosed publicly. But corporations are generally tight-lipped about why they donate to certain politicians. Documents obtained by Popular Information, however, reveal the internal workings of Wells Fargo’s PAC, the third-largest PAC in the financial services industry. It’s not a pretty picture.
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A fresh look at the cyclocopter
Moble Benedict and Carl Runco from Texas A&M University shared their academic research findings on the cyclocopter aircraft concept.
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EarthSky | How solar storms impact the global power grid
Image via The Conversation/ Svein-Magne Tunli/ Tunliweb.no/ Wikimedia Commons.
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Opinion | May We Rage and Love Well in 2022
And may we remember that real change demands our active and sustained participation, even in the tender aches of living in the unknown.
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Opinion | Being Disabled Shouldn’t Mean Living in Poverty
Supplemental Security Income, a lifeline for the elderly and disabled, hasn’t been updated since the 1970s. Now is the time to close the gap.
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What the Pandora Papers Reveal About the Wealth of World Leaders
And how tax havens—including in the U.S.—are used to hide money from tax authorities.
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Beans May Be the ‘Food of the Future,’ but U.S. Farmers Aren’t Planting Enough | Civil Eats
Legumes are great for people and soil, but high prices for corn and soy, plus extreme weather due to climate change, threaten domestic production.
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Are Co-op Restaurants a Practical Response to the Pandemic?
The pandemic has changed what we mean by “restaurant” to include market hybrids, more take-out, less brick-and-mortar—and more restaurants that want to upend the hierarchy that defines dining out.
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Opinion | 2022’s Imperative: Letting Go of Our Past to Birth Our Future
Building an ecological civilization is the only way forward to saving both the planet and humanity. And time is running out.
