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5 ways to deal with climate despair

FORGET CLIMATE ANXIETY: many people are in flat-out climate distress. About two-thirds of Americans (65%) report being worried about global warming, according to a January report from the Yale Program for Climate Communication. One in 10 say they've recently felt depressed over their concerns for the planet, and a similar percentage describe feeling on edge or like they're unable to stop worrying about global warming.

Rooftop solar might be on the verge of collapse

A DECADE AGO, SOMEONE KNOCKING ON YOUR DOOR TO sell you solar panels would have been selling you solar panels. These days, they are probably selling you a financial product likely a lease or a loan.

Toby Keith

Toby Keith, who died of stomach cancer on Feb. 5 at 62, signed his first record deal in 1993.

King Charles III

A monarch ails

Where do Americans stand on consensual nonmonogamy?

NEARLY ONE-THIRD OF SINGLES IN AMERICA HAVE HAD a consensually nonmonogamous relationship, but many singles are still committed to the concept of traditional sexual monogamy.

Unhappy farmers unsettle Europe

TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FARMERS have taken to the streets across Europe in recent weeks to protest the combined effect of poor economic conditions created by falling incomes, high costs, ongoing disruption from the war in Ukraine, and competition from cheap imports. Their discontent is further fueled by the European Union's recent announcement of more-stringent environmental policies affecting agriculture, which they say will make things worse.

NOT A QUIET LITTLE TOWN

The incessant din of a bitcoin mine in overlooked rural America

The enduring appeal of Usher

LAST SUMMER, A VIDEO OF USHER SERENADing actor Keke Palmer onstage at his Las Vegas residency made the rounds online. In the clip, Usher slow-dances with the star like she's the only person in the room, while crooning his falsetto-laden 2010 ballad \"There Goes My Baby.\"

The spy who married me

DONALD GLOVER IS KNOWN AS a provocateur, taking aim at pieties around race, celebrity, and pop culture in dark comedies like Atlanta and Swarm. But he also has a romantic side-one that has fueled Atlanta storylines about his character's bond with his daughter's mom and music he's released as Childish Gambino.

The Real Housewives of Truman Capote's New York

WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN queer men and glamorous women so intimate-and so volatile? Consider Jennifer Coolidge's tragic White Lotus character, Tanya, who wandered off with a crew of fortune hunters she memorably described as \"high-end gays.\" Or Andy Cohen playing ringmaster to a universe of pugnacious Real Housewives.

DREAMS OF THE SANDMAN

With Dune: Part Two, Denis Villeneuve reaffirms his commitment to big-screen artistry

ISSA RAE

Spreading the wealth

Derailed

A hazardous chemical accident takes place almost every day in the U.S. The worst in recent history occurred on Feb. 3, 2023, in East Palestine, a small Ohio town on the Pennsylvania border.

The noises in my head at a silent retreat

OF COURSE, THERE WASN'T A PLUNGER. THERE'S NEVER a plunger when you need one. But there's always an audience: in this case, three women sitting on the other side of the thin bathroom door waiting for their turn to use a toilet that was now horribly, hopelessly clogged.

Earth 2.0(°C)

MANY HIGHLY VULNERABLE POPULAtions and ecosystems are already facing the devastating impacts of climate change.

HOW THE WAR WILL END

In the aftermath of the Hamas attack of Oct. 7, Israel declared an ever expanding list of war aims, ranging from the return of all hostages to the creation of a buffer zone separating Israel from Gaza's population. Yet no Israeli leader has explained how the military campaign, even as it has destroyed much of the Strip, could possibly achieve its objectives. That's because it can't-and they know it.

5 ways to scale back on social media

EMMA LEMBKE JOINED INSTAgram when she was 12. The last of her friend group to sign up, she had sensed the appeal of the app in the gazes of friends; people who used to look at her now looked at their phones. \"I thought to myself, There has to be something incredibly magnetic and magical and connective that pulls people into these apps,\" recalls Lembke, who's now 21 and founder of a nonprofit dedicated to helping kids use social media in a healthier way.

A wounded city marks the Lunar New Year

ONE YEAR AFTER A MASS SHOOTING LEFT 11 DEAD AND nine injured at Star Ballroom Dance Studio during a Lunar New Year dance party, Monterey Park, Calif., is preparing for its annual festival. But the festivities will carry a different weight this year.

A rhino with a future

Hope for a species on the brink

Is it dangerous to keep getting COVID-19?

BY NOW, MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD COVID-19 NOT JUST once, but two, three, or even more times, making it much less scary and more common than it was three years ago. Often, repeat infections aren't as severe as they were the first time, leading to a sense of complacency about getting COVID-19 again and again.

Why India's Ram temple is so controversial

THE INAUGURATION OF a vast temple dedicated to Lord Ram, one of Hinduism's most revered deities, on Jan. 22 has set India on edge once again.

THE ROAD AHEAD

After New Hampshire, only one path to victory remained visible

4 food trends to ditch in 2024

The start of the 2020s-marked by the pandemic and its aftermath-changed how we eat. Early lockdowns made kitchens, gardens, and pantries the new centers of culinary culture, and the rise of TikTok democratized recipe creation, turning home cooks into trendsetters.

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO TONY SOPRANO?

On its 25th anniversary, a revolutionary drama is more influential than ever. But could it even be made in 2024?

Fix the E.U.'s weakest link

INSIDE ROBERTA METSOLA'S PLANS TO SHAKE UP EUROPE'S PARLIAMENT

Get ready for the year ahead in AI

JUST BEFORE CHATGPT WAS PLACED BEFORE THE PUBLIC in November 2022, OpenAI's head of sales was informed that the company would be quietly releasing a \"low-key research preview,\" which wouldn't affect sales. Over 180 million users later, it's fair to say that forecasting the world of AI is difficult.

To fight poverty, support small farmers

LAST YEAR THE WORLD BANK REPORTED THAT AT LEAST 1 in 5 Africans goes to bed hungry and an estimated 140 million people in Africa face acute food insecurity.

Make sense.Make peace

I BELIEVE IN UNIVERSAL HUMAN WORTH, HUMAN RIGHTS of all people, natural rights, and international law-flawed, hypocritical, and ineffective as it can be, it's still a beacon.

Can America lead?

SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN AND THE TEST OF U.S. POWER

Origin Story

THE UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT'S FORMATIVE YEARS IN HIS HARD-BITTEN HOMETOWN AND POST-SOVIET MOSCOW