Scientific American Editor

How American cities are rethinking their urban rivers

More Americans are living in cities than ever before. By 2050, nearly 90% of Americans are expected to live in metropolitan areas. This shift means rethinking how urban spaces are used to support a ...

American evangelicals’ faith in Trump shows signs of weakening

Democrats are trying to win over white churchgoers who have tired of the ex-president’s behaviour

World - Financial Times - October 22

Watkins, Bueckers lead preseason All-Americans

USC star JuJu Watkins and UConn's Paige Bueckers headline the AP preseason All-America women's college basketball team that for the first time includes three sophomores.

Sports - ESPN - October 22

American Airlines fined $50M for violating disability laws

The U.S. Department of Transportation on Wednesday announced a $50 million fine against American Airlines for its alleged mistreatment of passengers with disabilities, which the department said in ...

American Airlines lifts 2024 profit forecast after sales strategy shift, posts third-quarter loss

American Airlines raised its profit forecast for the year as CEO Robert Isom said the company's sales strategy shift earlier this year is paying off.

Business - CNBC - October 24

American Jews should not support Donald Trump

The real question is why any Jew, remembering the Holocaust, can support someone who uses migrants the same way Hitler used Jews — as the source of all evil and a danger to the country.

Politics - The Hill - October 24

Biden to apologize to Native Americans for boarding school atrocities

For more than 150 years, federal boarding schools for Native children forced them to assimilate, and often caused physical and emotional abuse.

Navalny widow to Americans: Don't take democracy for granted

Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, encouraged Americans not to take democracy for granted, in an interview on ABC’s “The View” that aired Thursday. "I ...

Politics - The Hill - October 24

Half of Americans see Donald Trump as a fascist: POLL

Half the country sees Donald Trump as a fascist in a new ABC News/Ipsos poll, amplifying concerns recently raised by Kamala Harris and past Trump administration members.

The many ways Donald Trump threatens American prosperity

Whatever errors the Biden administration may have made pale in significance to the damage Trump’s harebrained economic plans would do.

Politics - The Hill - October 25

Blackouts and water rationing as South American drought worsens

Bogotá limits water use and Quito schedules daily power cuts to cope with historically low rainfall

World - Financial Times - October 26

Election anxiety is scrambling Americans’ travel plans

Concerns about potential political unrest and economic fallout in the weeks around Election Day are reshuffling vacation dates, holiday plans and business trips.

Politics - NBC News - October 26