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Louisiana Has Seen 6.9 Trillion Gallons Of Rainfall In One Week

A flood of this magnitude only comes around once every 500 years

Infographic: The Global Hospitality Index

Would you invite a refugee into your home? Ordinary citizens all over the world say yes—even where you’d least expect it

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UNICEF Creates a Virtual Girl To Bring Attention To Children Living In Conflict

She was created using the faces of 500 children around the world

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The Catastrophic Failure of a Dam in Iraq Is Terrifyingly Close

The coming rainy season could finally mean the end of the vital Mosul Dam

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Interest in Moving to Canada Spikes With Trump Super Tuesday Victories

Threatening to relocate to the Great White North is a proud American tradition.

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A New Installation Gamifies the Future of Los Angeles

Always “becoming something else” is an essential part of L.A.’s urban DNA.

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Felons, Flames, and the New Debate Over Prison Labor

California's worrisome dependence on inmate firefighters needed a good challenge—and accidentally got one.

17 Signs Our World Is Already Changing for the Better

When you change where you are, you're taking the first necessary steps to changing the entire planet. #globalgoals

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Why Chelsea Clinton May Be the Surprise Superstar of Hillary’s Latest Email Release

A passionate plea for help in Haiti shows the former First Daughter has the head–and heart–to be a true change-maker.

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Celebration and Politics, 10 Years After the Storm

Writer and filmmaker Lolis Eric Elie on treacherous policy and the trials of preservation

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The Lessons We Have Not Learned

Environmental justice activist Robert Bullard says Hurricane Katrina exposed failings far deeper than simple governmental ineptitude.

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This Haitian Classroom Lacked Books, Until These College Students Stepped In

A college French class decided the best way to learn a language was to use that language—for an awesome cause.

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These Emergency Shelters Made From Earthquake Rubble Will Inspire You

Japanese architect Shigeru Ban responds to the post-quake crisis in Nepal with brilliant design.

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This is What Ten Years of Oklahoma Earthquakes Sounds Like

Years worth of data transformed into a unique soundtrack of increasingly frequent seismic activity affecting the Sooner State.

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Disaster Film San Andreas Gets Reviewed by an Actual Seismologist

Dr. Lucy Jones took a break from studing real earthquakes to tell the world what she thinks of cinematic ones.

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Oklahoma State Bans Oklahoma Towns From Banning Fracking

An 80-year-old staute allowing local control of drilling was just overturned by state legislators.