Immigration has emerged as one of the administration’s most urgent challenges — seized on by Republicans as a political cudgel, posing risks to Democrats in the 2022 midterms and potentially undermining Biden’s governing agenda.
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Automakers embrace electric vehicles. But what about buyers?
From small SUVs to giant pickup trucks, automakers plan to roll out 22 new electric vehicles in the U.S. this year
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The myth of electric cars: Why we also need to focus on buses and trains
Life cycle assessments of electric vehicles show that they cannot fully eliminate the greenhouse gas emissions of personal travel. We also need bikes, buses and trains to solve our climate problems.
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To make the US auto fleet greener, increasing fuel efficiency matters more than selling electric vehicles
Electric cars get a lot of hype, but what really matters for the climate are excess emissions from the many millions of gasoline vehicles still sold each year.
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Shining some light on Daylight Savings Time in Maine
Daylight Savings Time is now here and with it an occasion to take a glimpse at how we arrived at It. The concept of Daylight Savings was first notably advocated in a 1784 article by Benjamin Franklin. But it took many decades before it gained a foothold in America. Though the twice a year changes […]
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Are Republicans really interested in improving journalistic ethics?
GOP lawmakers propose a bill that supposedly seeks to stop the press from destroying a person’s reputation.
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Why the US is unlikely to deliver justice for the murdered journalist
In the long term the US still needs Saudi Arabia as an ally in the Middle East.
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The administration can and must do more on Khashoggi’s murder
The actions announced in the past week must not be the final word.
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Why Jamal Khashoggi’s murder took place in a consulate
Jamal Khashoggi’s murder happened at a consulate, a space not subject to the laws of the host country, Turkey. That means the alleged murderers did not fear interference by local authorities.
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Is basic income a good idea? Here’s what the evidence from around the world says
Short-term schemes make it difficult to assess, but nine basic income-style programs from Canada to Iran reveal some fascinating outcomes.