The right whale is struggling to survive because of ongoing ship strikes and entanglement in fishing gear. With only about 380 left, right whales are one of the most endangered animals on Earth.

The H-1B Wage Gap THE H-1B WAGE GAP How the H-1B Program Undercuts American Workers Source: George J. Borjas, NBER Working Paper No. 34793 (Revised March 2026) KEY FINDING H-1B workers earn 15% less than comparable American workers – generating payroll savings exceeding $100,000 per hire over a six-year visa term. This is after controlling … Continued

As the system became overwhelmed, authorities began releasing migrants more quickly and issuing work permits so they could earn money while their cases moved through backlogged immigration courts. At the same time, multiple administrations narrowed enforcement priorities to focus almost exclusively on illegal aliens with criminal records.

If current trends continue, the Colorado River system will lose its remaining resilience to withstand further dry periods. The combination of declining flows and rising demand threatens the region's rivers, wetlands, fish, and wildlife.

Three recent pieces of writing – a New York Times column by Binyamin Appelbaum, a New York Times guest essay by Johns Hopkins economist Jonas Nahm, and a newsletter from American Compass by Oren Cass and Daniel Kishi – converge on a conclusion that should reshape how Americans think about immigration policy: mass immigration is … Continued

Wildlife conflicts are not as much the result of animals encroaching on humans, but of people expanding into wildlife space. Human population growth narrows migration corridors, reduces buffer zones, and displaces habitat. As a result, encounters that once would have occurred deep in forests or remote valleys now happen in neighborhoods and school zones.

As more people move into the Chesapeake Bay region, development has turned forests, farms and other landscapes into subdivisions, shopping centers and parking lots. As more people have moved in, the health of the Bay has, inevitably, declined.

From an infrastructure perspective, total wastewater load rises as population increases. The duration of high-flow stress, peak flows during wet weather, and cumulative fatigue on aging pipes all increase, reducing safety margins. As pipes approach -- and sometimes exceed -- their operating limits, sewer systems become more vulnerable to structural failures.

"There has not been the same intensity of recruiting young African and young Latino Americans to be in the pipeline. . .We know that there is no talent deficit. There is an opportunity deficit."