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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

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December 15, 2025

Disinformation Undermines Our Right to Science

Kate Cell
Senior Climate Campaign Manager

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Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow

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Flooding, Locusts, and COVID-19: A Triple Disaster for Eastern Africa

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The EPA Is Set To Ignore Science and Risk Your Health on Particulate Pollution: Your Voice Needed

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May 14, 2020

Put Workers First in COVID Response

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May 13, 2020

Six Ways Nancy Beck Showed Us She Doesn’t Care About Us or Science

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May 13, 2020

Kids, Families, and Food Workers Need a “HEROES Act.” Will Congress Deliver?

Sarah Reinhardt
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May 13, 2020

Which States Are Prepared for the 2020 Election?

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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May 13, 2020

On the Heels of Rollback, Auto Makers Seek Another Hand Out

Dave Cooke
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May 12, 2020

As Oil Prices Crash, BLM Wants to Open Up Public Lands in New Mexico for More Extraction

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May 12, 2020

Pandemic’s Stay-at-Home Order Shrinks California Energy Demand

Adenike Adeyeye
Former Contributor

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May 11, 2020

COVID-19 Collision with the 2020 Fire Season Will Ignite Multiple Threats

Carly Phillips
Research Scientist

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May 8, 2020

Timeline: 23 Years of Attempts to Restrict Public Health Science at EPA

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor

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May 8, 2020

The Push to Relax COVID-19 Protections Exposes Age-Old Racial Wounds

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow

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May 8, 2020

We Need a New Normal Post-COVID-19 That’s Not a Death Sentence to Black People

Adrienne Hollis
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May 8, 2020

The Latest US Test Flight of a Hypersonic Weapon: the Common Hypersonic Glide Body

Cameron Tracy
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May 6, 2020

Hot Weather and COVID-19: Added Threats of Reopening States in Summer

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

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May 6, 2020

BlackRock Faces the Reality of Climate Activism

Nicole Pinko
Former Contributor

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May 6, 2020

Responding to COVID-19 Doesn’t Have to Mean Sacrificing Frontline Communities

Genna Reed
Former Staff

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May 6, 2020

Responder al COVID-19 no tiene que significar sacrificar a las comunidades vulnerables

Genna Reed
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May 5, 2020

Why Congress Must Invest in Environmental Justice and Equity in the Next Recovery Package

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May 5, 2020

New Study Shows Benefits of Voting by Mail

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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May 5, 2020

Ask a Scientist: What Should a Post-Pandemic Economy Look Like?

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May 4, 2020

Nuclear Weapons, Frontline Communities, and the COVID Stimulus. What You Need to Know.

Lilly Adams
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May 2, 2020

Movie Review: Michael Moore’s “Planet of the Humans” Traffics in Myths, Errors, and Dangerous Misdirection

John Rogers
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May 1, 2020

Does Japan Have Nuclear Weapons?

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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