The United States has reached a milestone in the effort to end the coronavirus pandemic. As of April 18, about 130 million adults—half of all adults in the country—had gotten at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to…
On April 20, a 12-person jury in Minneapolis, Minnesota, found former police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of the murder of George Floyd. Chauvin killed Floyd during an arrest in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020. A bystander captured the event on…
In January, one of the world’s major automakers, General Motors (GM), announced that it would stop selling gas-powered cars by 2035 and make more battery-powered vehicles. In March, Swedish automaker Volvo stepped up the timeline, saying it would go all-electric…
Computer algorithms are instructions that tell machines to solve problems and make predictions. They help us use our smartphones and stream videos, and someday they’ll drive our cars. But can they make us more creative? Some artists think so. They’re…
Brighid Pulskamp has made hundreds of face masks for the people of the Navajo Nation. The tribe inhabits parts of Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico. Pulskamp wants us to remember the story of how the Navajo weathered the pandemic. “Our…
In November, Hurricane Eta made landfall in Central America. The storm caused destruction from Panama to Florida. Two weeks later, Hurricane Iota arrived, even more powerful, pouring rain on places that were already flooded. President Juan Orlando Hernández, of Honduras,…
