For ProPublica and the New York Times Magazine, Abrahm Lustgarten reports that the devastating effects of climate change will cause mass migration in the United States. And ProPublica also uses data to create maps that show how the changing climate will reshape the country. In a new investigation, NPR and PBS Frontline find that much of the plastic people think they’re recycling is ending up in landfills. Laura Secor for the New Yorker reveals that an Iranian scientist faced a yearslong legal battle after refusing to become an FBI informant. The Washington Post brings us a story of a letter delivered by the USPS after being lost in the mail for a hundred years.

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