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Will Cape Town’s Day Zero Arrive?

Feb 11, 2018
A longtime resident reports on the water crisis in the South African city, where the supply to homes and businesses is expected to be cut off in May, and his own efforts to slash consumption.
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Tom Brady’s Diet: It Seems to Work for Him

Feb 4, 2018
The quarterback drinks up to 25 glasses of water a day, mostly with his self-branded "TB12" electrolyte, and his diet is free of caffeine, gluten, dairy, fungus, sugar and GMO products. And hold the tomatoes.

Bracing for a Decade of Crisis

Jan 2, 2018
The impacts of the long mismanagement of climate change, inequality, militarism and other issues will soon be unavoidable. What we do now to prepare is crucial to the nation's viability.