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Gender and Glacial Agency inย The Ice Sings Back

Maria Tane reviews feminist geographer and glaciologist M Jackson's debut novel, which reveals a profound connection between melting ice and missing women.

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Elite Virginia High Schoolโ€™s Admissions Policy Does Not Discriminate, Court Rules

Parents had objected to Thomas Jefferson High School in Virginia changing its admissions policies, including getting rid of an exam. The case appears headed for the Supreme Court.

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Va.

The Chrysler Pacifica is still the best plug-in hybrid minivan on the market

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Enlarge / The Pinnacle of minivans. (credit: Eric Bangeman)

If you're in the market for a battery-electric vehicle or plug-in hybrid, you're increasingly spoiled for choice. Want a two-row BEV SUV? There are plenty of options. Luxury fastbacks? Check. Pickup truck? Ford cannot make the F-150 Lightning fast enough. There's even a fully electric Hummer!

But what of the lowly minivan? One of the most reviled but practical of all form factors, there are no BEV minivans on the market. Even though they're better than SUVs for so many things, we have to wait for the arrival of the Volkswagen ID.Buzz for the first electric minivan to go on sale in the US in 2024. That's a shame because the typical use case for minivansโ€”short trips to school, the store, practices, and rehearsalsโ€”is a perfect fit for electrification.

In 2018, the only PHEV minivan option was the Chrysler Pacifica. Five years later, the only PHEV minivan option is the Chrysler Pacifica. We drove it again and came away impressed with the improvements Chrysler has made and saddened that there aren't more models like it on the market.

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Trapped by Empire

The government of Guam has appointed a Commission on Decolonization, but U.S. control means that all of the islandโ€™s options, including the status quo, have substantial downsides.

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