Response to Authors of Manual on Scientific Evidence
The attorney general of West Virginia argues the removed climate science chapter is a litigation playbook packaged as settled scientific consensus.
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The Clinical Divide
Introducing a column about the chasm between patients’ experience and the health system.
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State AGs Ask for Chapter on Climate Science to Be Withdrawn
A group of 27 attorneys general write the chapter in a judges’ manual “places the judiciary firmly on one side of some of the most hotly disputed questions in current litigation”.
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An Open Letter from Authors of the Fourth Edition of the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence
Twenty-eight scientists say political pressure to remove a chapter on climate science in a manual for judges is a troubling turn for other disciplines, too.
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U.S. Development Policy Can No Longer Be Just About Aid
In an era of geoeconomic competition, development must also function as statecraft.
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Space Is Not a Human Rights Vacuum
The commercial space sector needs human rights due diligence.
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How to Ensure the Most Vulnerable Don’t Go Hungry
Advocacy must continue for the people most affected by the turmoil in nutrition support programs.
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Donors Can Invert the Power Dynamics of Global Mental Health Aid
A new multimillion dollar initiative can be a chance for local partners to determine which interventions work and who needs them most.
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How Addressing Water Challenges Could Reshape Immigration
As climate change accelerates, water scarcity fuels unrest, reshapes rural economies, and pushes people to migrate.
