US Leads World in Plastic Waste Generation

US Leads World in Plastic Waste Generation

The U.S. is the world’s leading producer of plastic waste by volume, the largest plastic waste producer per capita and the second-largest exporter of plastic waste, according to a report published in Science Advances on Oct. 28. Globally, there was a 26% increase in...
All the Light We Cannot See

All the Light We Cannot See

Going to bed with uncertainty and waking up to the same after only four hours of sleep wasn’t my ideal Tuesday evening or Wednesday morning. What I hoped would be revealed through the 2020 election – a clear, forceful repudiation by the U.S. public not of a political...
US Imprisonment Rate Declines to 1995 Levels

US Imprisonment Rate Declines to 1995 Levels

The U.S. imprisonment rate declined for the 11th straight year, reaching 1995 levels, according to a Bureau of Justice Statistics report published Oct. 22. In 2019, there were 419 prisoners per 100,000 in population, down from 432 per 100,000 in 2018 – a 3% decrease....