As federal immigration operations intensify in Minnesota, a series of shootings, mass arrests, and economic disruptions have reshaped daily life in the Twin Cities, sparking widespread protest and deepening concerns about the human and civic costs of sustained enforcement.

Seven years after its passage, Local Law 97 remains central to New York City’s climate strategy, but uneven enforcement, financing gaps, and housing affordability pressures now threaten the law’s ability to meet its 2030 emissions targets.

In Utqiaġvik, Alaska, climate change is reshaping not only sea ice and hunting routes but the food systems, health, and cultural continuity of the Iñupiat people, raising urgent questions about sovereignty and survival in a rapidly warming Arctic.

A record-breaking shutdown, a sudden freeze on SNAP, and a 118% surge in need: inside the East Harlem pantry fighting to feed a city as government aid collapses.

Faith-based organizations have helped communities rebuild trust, but their track record also includes moments of exclusion and bias, raising difficult questions about when faith helps mend divisions, and when it reinforces them.

As Zohran Mamdani steps into New York’s political spotlight with a similar ethos as Ekrem İmamoğlu, his path forward may look uncannily similar: full of promise, but shadowed by warning.

Behind the glittering infrastructure plans lies a middle class stretched to its breaking point, with wages stagnant, debt climbing, and savings evaporating.

Drawing on cases from Estonia to South Korea, this piece shows how digital resilience has become a strategic asset.

As AI detectors misfire and universities race to redefine “original work,” the authors ask: what does learning look like when every sentence might be suspect?

Chan unpacks how OpenAI’s $100 billion deal with Nvidia and a second pact with AMD have effects that extend far beyond Silicon Valley, fueling a new front in the geopolitical struggle over AI dominance.

This article examines how corporate mismanagement by Luma Energy and government inaction have deepened the island’s energy crisis, and how community-led solar projects like Casa Pueblo are lighting a new path forward.

When the Trump administration dismantled USAID in 2025, canceling 83% of its programs, China moved quickly to fill the void, launching new education, health, and development initiatives in Cambodia that mirrored suspended U.S. projects.

When Columbia faced sweeping research funding cuts alongside the detainment of a SIPA student, questions of free speech, science, and survival collided. This piece unpacks how the University and its students were forced to confront the price of compromise.