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December 16, 2025

The Exploding Scope of the Military-Industrial Complex

Members of both major political parties have begun to question ballooning defense expenditures, which have almost tripled since the 1990s.

Sean Manning
Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow

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December 16, 2025

The Generations of Public Service We Lost in 2025

UCS Science Network

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December 15, 2025

Disinformation Undermines Our Right to Science

Kate Cell
Senior Climate Campaign Manager

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Sean Manning

Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow

Kristie Ellickson

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October 6, 2020

5 of California’s 6 Largest Fires on Record Are Burning Now: The Astonishing 2020 Wildfire Season in Context

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

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October 5, 2020

How Mail-in Ballots Might Affect Election Night

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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October 2, 2020

The Census Crisis: Commerce Secretary Tightens Grip on a Vital Public Good

Taryn MacKinney
Former Contributor

Jesse Springer

October 2, 2020

We Told OMB Why EPA’s So-Called Transparency Rule Is a Trap

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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September 30, 2020

Pendley Is Ousted, but Interior Continues to Protect Its Illegal Hire

Maria Caffrey
Former Contributor

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September 30, 2020

Celebrate the Nobel Prize Winning Immigrant Scientists — But Not at the Expense of the Greater Immigrant Community

UCS Science Network

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September 30, 2020

The 2020 Election’s October Surprise Could Be a Crisis in the Taiwan Strait

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

Cindy Shebley

September 29, 2020

Voting, Ballot Rejection, and Electoral Integrity in the 2020 Election

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

Charles Edward Miller

September 29, 2020

Hysterectomies at an ICE Facility and the Complicity of Science in Reproductive Rights Violations

Gretchen Goldman
President & CEO of UCS

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September 28, 2020

New Hampshire, Climate, and Public Health: New Commission Seeks to Up the State’s Game

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

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September 28, 2020

Scientists Step Up to Defend Democracy

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

September 28, 2020

My Testimony on Climate Change Before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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September 25, 2020

Why Environmental Justice Needs to Be on the Docket in the Presidential Debates

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow

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September 25, 2020

The Quandary of COVID-19 Vaccine Trials for Black Americans Who (Rightfully) Distrust Medical Researchers

Adrienne Hollis
Former Contributor

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September 25, 2020

Democratizing California’s Most Powerful Regulator

Mark Specht
Senior Manager, Western States Energy

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September 25, 2020

Why is the Transition to Clean Cars by 2035 Critical? To Avoid Worsening Impacts of Climate Change and Air Pollution

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

John Klossner

September 25, 2020

A Government for We, the People, Not Vested Interests: Recommendations for a 2021 President

Genna Reed
Former Staff

Jeff Vanuga/NRCS

September 25, 2020

EPA Chlorpyrifos Assessment: A Harbinger of Restricted Science Rule Havoc

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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September 24, 2020

Michigan Governor Whitmer’s Big Step Forward on Climate Leadership

James Gignac
Midwest Policy Director

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September 24, 2020

A UCS Guide to Involving the Public in Rulemaking

Taryn MacKinney
Former Contributor

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September 24, 2020

A 2021 Vision for a Stronger Office of Science and Technology Policy

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

Marion S. Trikosko

September 23, 2020

Lost Voters: Voter Turnout, Suppression and Mobilization in Key 2020 Election Counties

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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September 22, 2020

Las esterilizaciones forzadas de ICE son un crimen de lesa humanidad

Paula Garcia
Senior Bilingual Energy Analyst and Energy Justice Lead

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September 21, 2020

Climate, Clean Energy, and Environmental Justice in Massachusetts: The Legislature’s Next Move

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

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