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An Emerging Branch Of Climate Science Helps Tell Us Whether Climate Change Is To Blame For Specific Weather Events
A decade ago, scientists weren’t able to confidently connect any individual weather event to climate change, even though the broader climate change trends were clear. Today, attribution studies can show whether extreme events were affected by climate change.
08.25.21 | 1:20 pm
The For The People Act Still Has Life. But You Wouldn’t Know It From Reading The Coverage.
The more news stories that wrongfully declare a bill dead, the harder it is to mobilize people to fight for it — the declaration becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
08.24.21 | 1:52 pm
DHAKA, BANGLADESH - 2021/08/18: A health worker seen registering sex workers against the Covid-19 coronavirus at special vaccination drive held in Daulatdia outskirt of Dhaka. (Photo by Piyas Biswas/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) DHAKA, BANGLADESH - 2021/08/18: A health worker seen registering sex workers against the Covid-19 coronavirus at special vaccination drive held in Daulatdia outskirt of Dhaka. (Photo by Piyas Biswas/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES - 2021/01/06: Security forces respond with tear gas after the US President Donald Trump's supporters breached the US Capitol security. Pro-Trump rioters stormed the US Capitol as lawmakers were set to sign off Wednesday on President-elect Joe Biden's electoral victory in what was supposed to be a routine process headed to Inauguration Day. (Photo by Probal Rashid/LightRocket via Getty Images) WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES - 2021/01/06: Security forces respond with tear gas after the US President Donald Trump's supporters breached the US Capitol security. Pro-Trump rioters stormed the US Capitol as lawmakers were set to sign off Wednesday on President-elect Joe Biden's electoral victory in what was supposed to be a routine process headed to Inauguration Day. (Photo by Probal Rashid/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Congress Has The Power To Prevent A Repeat Of January 6 
Modernizing the Electoral Count Act (“ECA”) is the fix most likely to stop an effort to overturn the results of a future election that can receive bipartisan support.
08.16.21 | 2:42 pm