April 26, 2023

The History and Politics of “More Guns”

Patrick J. Charles

To those who emphatically support gun rights, having “more guns” is generally seen as the solution to society’s woes. The way these people see it, the more guns there are, the less likely it is that crimes will be committed...

April 25, 2023

Max Gillman on The Spectre of Price Inflation

“Why are prices so high? Is this a temporary spike due to Covid or the war in Ukraine?” In my new book, The Spectre of Price Inflation, I argue that our current predicament of price inflaction is unlikely to be...

April 18, 2023

Three Reforms That Congressional Committees Should Institute

Maya L. Kornberg

Committees are essential institutions in Congress. My book, Inside Congressional Committees: Function and Dysfunction in the Legislative Process, unpacks the contemporary legislative process to show what is working, what isn’t, and what can be changed. Based on my research, here...

April 14, 2023

25 Must-Read Books for Earth Month 2023

During Earth Month, people worldwide unite to awaken our environmental consciousness and raise awareness of our planet’s health. The books on this list speak to the challenges we face today, including climate change, natural disasters, climate resilience, living and conducting...

April 13, 2023

Five Steps You Can Take to Jump-Start Action on Climate Change

Michael Gunter, Jr.

Climate change. That’s a polarizing phrase in America, one that too often shuts down discussion before it ever begins. Heck, former Florida governor and now sitting U.S. Senator Rick Scott banned state officials from even using the term during his...

April 11, 2023

Why (Expert) Human Talk Matters in the Age of ChatGPT

Alex Preda

We live in an era of techno-financial capitalism in which financial trading is largely conducted by machines and the spoken word doesn’t seem to play much of a role anymore. We have come a long way from the time when...

April 6, 2023

The Truth About Rising CO₂ and Its Effect on Plant Biology

Lewis H. Ziska

We recognize that the global concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other heat-trapping gasses is rising, that global warming, or climate change, is going to be a consequence. For many people, that consequence is seen through images that have become...

April 5, 2023

Learning from Nature How to Inhabit the Earth

Henry Dicks

Earth Month provides an opportunity not just to raise environmental awareness but also to think more deeply about alternative ways of inhabiting the earth. In my new book, The Biomimicry Revolution: Learning from Nature How to Inhabit the Earth, I...

April 4, 2023

Rob Verchick in Conversation with Robyn Massey About The Octopus in the Parking Garage

In November 2016, Richard Conlin discovered an unexpected guest in his parking garage: an octopus. The photos he took quickly went viral, but to Rob Verchick, a leading climate law scholar and the author of The Octopus in the Parking...