As autoworkers strike across the country, “Hillbilly Highway” and “Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class” offer two views of the search for a better life by working-class migrants in the middle of the 20th century. When we … Read more

Treeless, breezeless tracts of hot concrete and pavement within cities have become known as urban heat islands. A growing body of research shows that people of color and people living below poverty levels are stuck in these islands, much more … Read more

The ancient village of Huqoq sits on a hilltop several miles from the shores of the Sea of Galilee, in north-east Israel. Since 2011, excavations at the site have been carried out as part of a joint research project by … Read more

Back in the first century, if food-borne bacteria didn’t kill you, you might be affected by the odors alone. In an episode of the Biblical Time Machine podcast, hosts Helen and Dave interview UNC archaeologist Jodi Magness for a frank … Read more

Blue-green algae — which is actually a group of photosynthesizing bacteria called cyanobacteria — is coming to a river or lake near you, almost without doubt. The scourge of toxic blooms is becoming increasingly problematic worldwide, in part due to … Read more

The U.S. Southwest has been in a drought since 2000 — in fact, it’s been the region’s driest period in 1,200 years. Many researchers have labeled this exceptionally dry period a “megadrought.” At the same time, an “exceptionally strong” El … Read more

Friedan wrote the 1963 blockbuster The Feminine Mystique. Smith added “sex” to Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. In 1965, Murray wrote the first legal analysis comparing Jim Crow to gender discrimination. With the benefit of hindsight, this … Read more

On Friday, Thailand’s king reduced former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s eight-year prison term to a single year following the divisive politician’s return last week from 15 years of self-imposed exile. “The whole process since the election has been one reflecting … Read more

The oceans of the world absorb the overwhelming majority of the heat caused by global warming, creating serious consequences for life in and around them, including humans. More dangerous algae blooms “Microorganisms like it hot,” Hans W. Paerl, professor of marine … Read more

Roland L. Freeman, a photographer who documented Black life for more than a half-century including vanishing quilt-making traditions in the rural South and civil rights struggles on the doorstep of the Capitol, died Aug. 7 at his home in the … Read more