Does every cent still count? The penny is officially retiring, and while big retailers and banks will save money, small Main Street shops and cash-dependent Americans could face higher costs from rounding and card fees.
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Who wins and who loses as the US retires the penny
Ending production of the 1-cent coin will save the government money and could streamline big retailers’ operations. But it could also pinch small...
America’s farmers are some of Trump’s strongest supporters, but now they’re absorbing the steep costs of new tariffs, visa crackdowns and shrinking subsidies for renewable energy (which have been propping up rural economies).
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Farmers – long Trump backers – bear the costs of new tariffs, restricted immigration and slashed renewable energy subsidies
In the past, farmers have balanced their political beliefs against market logic. How much pressure can farmers endure?
Pecans weren’t always holiday pie royalty 🥧 They spent thousands of years being traded, poached, ignored and reinvented. But they’re nutritious and versatile and even went to the Moon on Apollo missions (yes, literally 🚀)
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How pecans went from ignored trees to a holiday staple – the 8,000-year history of America’s only native major nut crop
Pecans are a truly American nut: They grew on George Washington’s estate, and they flew to space on an Apollo mission.
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Trump’s move to open 13 million acres of Alaska’s protected Arctic reserve to oil drilling puts caribou, migratory birds and fragile tundra at risk. Plus – it could unleash even more climate-warming carbon from thawing permafrost.
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What’s at risk for Arctic wildlife as Trump expands oil drilling access in the fragile National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska
Caribou, migrating birds and many other types of wildlife rely on this expanse of wetlands and tundra. Humanity and the climate depend on a healthy...
Centuries before the American Revolution, Native nations created sophisticated systems to prevent tyranny: consensus councils, balanced leadership and protections for future generations. Their political blueprint rivals anything the founders designed.
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Before the American Revolution, Native nations guarded their societies against tyranny
Native American communities were elaborate consensus democracies, many of which had survived for generations because of careful attention to checki...
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#OTD 50 ago, Spain’s dictator Francisco Franco died. Spaniards are still healing from the scars of his regime, and dealing with the intergenerational trauma caused by an authoritarian regime reaching into the most intimate parts of life.
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50 years after Franco’s death, giving a voice to Spanish dictator’s imprisoned mothers
Women were often jailed for their association with anti-Franco male relatives. Behind bars, they suffered mental and physical torture.
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“Survival cannibalism” isn’t often in the news these days, but a landmark 1884 legal case on whether shipwreck survivors are justified in eating one another is surprisingly relevant to the question of whether the Trump administration’s attacks on suspected drug-running boats are legal, or murder
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Trump’s aggression in the Caribbean could violate a Victorian-era court ruling on cannibalism at sea
A landmark 1884 court ruling essentially outlawed ‘murder by necessity’ on the high seas. Is Donald Trump running afoul of the law with his boa...
Aging comes with big decisions, and most Americans aren’t ready. A geriatrician lays out what to know about long-term care costs, advance directives and choosing a caregiver, and why it’s crucial to start planning earlier than later:
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Americans are unprepared for the expensive and complex process of aging – a geriatrician explains how they can start planning
Addressing the financial and personal aspects of aging proactively helps to ensure that you will receive the care you need – and want – as you ...
Black student unions have long been essential spaces for support and community on campus, and they’re under new pressure as universities cut funding and roll back DEI programs. How students are stepping up to keep them alive:
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Black student unions are under pressure – here’s what they do and how they help Black students find community
Black student unions date back to the late 1960s, and were formed so Black students could find community, and also make their schools more responsi...
Retailers made returns free during the pandemic when their sales were plummeting. Now they’re tightening up the rules.
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Retailers are quietly changing their return policies – here’s why you should be on the lookout this Black Friday
During the pandemic, retailers used generous return policies to win over shoppers. Now, those policies are costing them billions – prompting a wi...