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It’s last call for San Francisco’s government hooch. A COVID-era program that guzzled $5 million of taxpayer money annually to serve booze to homeless alcoholics will finally shutter this year, San ...

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The Write Field Program is a writing and public speaking program for minority middle school and high school girls and boys. We are recruiting for the 2025-26 school year. The Poynter Institute’s Write ...

Many hands make light work.

In her mid twenties, Yesi Ortiz was starting an exciting career as a radio host. At home, she was the new legal guardian of her six nieces and nephews. Our Slate colleague David Plotz discusses recent ...

The Environmental Protection Agency rejected the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being. It means the agency can no longer regulate them. By Lisa Friedman ...

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Welcome to Nat Geo Your Shot: National Geographic’s global community for aspiring visual storytellers. Find the community on Instagram @NatGeoYourShot and follow along for hashtag challenges, tips, ...

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One evening in the early 1970s, Michael Pachovas and a few friends wheeled themselves to a curb in Berkeley, Calif., poured cement into the form of a crude ramp, and rolled off into the night. 1 For ...

If you’ve ever climbed stairs, carried a heavy object, hiked up a mountain, played tug of war, or done a squat, congratulations: You’ve done resistance training without even knowing it. This form of ...