Idaho’s ‘wind rush’ meets opposition outside a WWII prison camp
In 1942, when Mary Abo was 2 years old, the U.S. government arrested her father and took the rest of the Abo family from Juneau, Alaska, to the Minidoka prison…
Author: Lina Tran
Summer forecast: Extreme heat with a chance of rolling blackouts
It’s looking to be a hot summer for just about everyone in the United States. And there’s not much hope for rain to ease the heat. That’s according to the…
People vs. cargo: How a battle over Amtrak’s Gulf Coast line could shape the future of passenger rail
Ever since Hurricane Katrina swept across the Deep South in 2005, shredding the region’s railways, it’s been impossible to take a train heading east from New Orleans to the rest…
What I learned from pruning Milwaukee’s orphaned fruit trees
The apple trees looked half-dead. They formed a neat line in a scrubby lot on a quiet neighborhood street. I felt compelled to pat their scrawny trunks and say, “It’s…
UN report: People have wrecked 40% of all the land on Earth
A new United Nations report released Wednesday shows farming, mining, and logging has marred more than half of the planet. In a portrait of land degradation across the globe, the…