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Socioeconomic Inclusion

Everything you need to know about Trump’s deportation plans

Donald Trump is back in power, promising mass deportation that could affect millions of people

Updated January 31, 2025

Just Transition

Africa’s artisanal miners may benefit from global renewables push

Entrepreneurs, victims, or criminals? Artisanal miners could reinvent themselves as the world flocks to Africa's critical minerals

Kim Harrisberg

Published January 28, 2025

Socioeconomic Inclusion

How are ‘sanctuary’ cities coming under attack by Trump?

Communities that seek to safeguard unauthorized migrants could slow the U.S. president-elect’s mass deportation threat

Carey L. Biron

Updated January 27, 2025

Socioeconomic Inclusion

How Trump could impact U.S. LGBTQ+ asylum rules

Reaching safety has never been easy for LGBTQ+ refugees, but the new U.S. administration could make it even harder

Jade Wilson

Published January 24, 2025

Just Transition

What are biofuels and are they green?

Biofuel production has become a popular alternative to fossil fuels, but has several climate impacts

Bhasker Tripathi

Published January 23, 2025

Money, Power and People

Where do US states stand on abortion bans as new Trump era dawns?

Abortion rights groups fear Donald Trump's second presidential term will lead to more

Emma Batha

Updated January 20, 2025

Climate Risks

In Data: Wet weather turns wild as climate change bites

Climate change turns wet weather into new hazard, as millions are disrupted and displaced by extreme wet weather

Noah Anthony Enahoro

Published January 17, 2025

Big Tech

Meta drops fact checkers in US, what does this mean for the world?

Zuckerberg revamps Meta's content policy, ending fact-checking and modifying speech rules

Adam Smith

Published January 16, 2025

Nature

How biodiversity impacts every corner of human life

As wildlife vanishes from much of the planet, nature's role in human life is highlighted in new WWF report

Andre Cabette Fabio

Published January 15, 2025

Climate Risks

What do the LA wildfires mean for home insurance?

How the ongoing destructive wildfires threaten to upend long-awaited reforms to California's homeowners insurance market

David Sherfinski

Published January 10, 2025