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A masked Joe Biden looks down at his notes during a meeting with immigration policy advisors.

Felipe De La Hoz

Joe Biden, Tear Down Stephen Miller’s Administrative Wall

Rather than shred Trump’s immigration restrictions, Biden is responding with his own regulations that may only make things worse.

Decolonize the Lithium Boom

Rhetoric about American energy independence has long been used to trample Indigenous rights. The new era of renewables should be different.

Rahm Emanuel Gets Another Job He Doesn’t Deserve

Editor’s Picks

Jacob Silverman

Low Wages and Crappy Jobs Gave Us the Labor “Shortage”

Republicans think overly generous unemployment benefits are keeping people from working. Biden might be taking the bait.

Animated cicadas on a clock overlaying a world map

Eleanor Cummins

Listen Closely to the Cicadas. They’re Telling Us Something.

Periodical cicadas were born out of crisis. Now we’ve created a crisis they may not survive.