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A man paddles out to check on a home surrounded by floodwaters.
Personal Finance
FEMA’s maps undercount the U.S. flooding risk by about 6 million homes — and some of those maps are two decades old
By Yilei Yu, Dylan Connor, James R. Elliott and The ConversationNovember 8, 2026
Christmas decorations for sale in a retail store in Pleasant Hill, California.
Retail
You won’t be able to return a Christmas gift you bought on Amazon purchased before Nov. 1
By James Malm and The ConversationNovember 8, 2026
A firefighter hoses down the remains of a home destroyed in the Old Trails Fire in Spokane, Washington.
Environment
‘Fast fires’ were just 2.7% of U.S. wildfires but destroyed 78% of the structures lost — and up to 449,000 could be lost by 2060
By Virginia Iglesias and The ConversationNovember 7, 2026
An empty university lecture hall.
Lifestyle
Bullying rates reach 68% at some colleges, on par with emergency services — and students angling for better grades are the biggest source
By Jason Walker and The ConversationNovember 7, 2026
‘Everyone knows why we lost,’ JD Vance points to the Iran war — which has already cost at least $38 billion and 19 American lives
Politics
‘Everyone knows why we lost,’ JD Vance points to the Iran war — which has already cost at least $38 billion and 19 American lives
By Javed Ali and The ConversationNovember 6, 2026
Gen Z voters broke for Democrats 66% to 31% in the midterms — and the Iran war cracked their top three issues
Politics
Gen Z voters broke for Democrats 66% to 31% in the midterms — and the Iran war cracked their top three issues
By Sara Suzuki and The ConversationNovember 6, 2026
Gas was pricier on this Election Day than any before it — up almost 40% to $4.15 a gallon since the Iran war began
Energy
Gas was pricier on this Election Day than any before it — up almost 40% to $4.15 a gallon since the Iran war began
By Michael A. Mische and The ConversationNovember 6, 2026
Florida voters nearly tripled the homeowner tax break — blowing an $11.8 billion hole in county budgets
Economy
Florida voters nearly tripled the homeowner tax break — blowing an $11.8 billion hole in county budgets
By Abigail Hall, Aaron D. Wood and The ConversationNovember 6, 2026
People walk amid stands selling merchandise supporting Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Politics
A WhatsApp channel called Lula’s Army grew from 50,000 to more than 10 million subscribers as Brazil’s president staged a historic comeback
By Anthony W. Pereira and The ConversationNovember 6, 2026
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AI
A dead French philosopher who lived through World War II and the Cold War offers an eerie warning about the age of AI
By Shahnaz Bashir and The ConversationNovember 6, 2026
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Big Tech
States agreed to ‘fully, finally, and forever’ release Meta from claims they didn’t know existed — with $459 million for Cambridge Analytica claims
By Emma L. Briant and The ConversationNovember 4, 2026
Workers assemble power transformers at a factory in Neijiang, China.
Energy
America’s grid upgrade hinges on a 400-ton machine designed in the 1800s — and just one U.S. mill makes the special steel inside it
By Jasmine Garland and The ConversationNovember 4, 2026
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Economy
The richest 10% outspend the poorest quarter over 13 to 1 per child on childcare, education and activities — up from about 3 to 1 in the early 1980s
By David Blazar and The ConversationNovember 4, 2026
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Politics
Trump approved nearly 90% of disaster aid requests from all-Republican states and only 23% from all-Democratic ones
By Daniel P. Aldrich and The ConversationNovember 4, 2026
The U.S. Capitol at sunrise the day after the 2026 midterm elections.
Politics
House Democrats are eyeing Trump’s pardons and his family’s crypto deals — the last time they ran oversight, his administration ignored subpoenas
By Drew Kurlowski, Gibbs Knotts and The ConversationNovember 4, 2026
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