From wineries to hardware stories, to newly rebuilt neighborhoods recovering from a devastating wildfire in 2017, blackouts are redefining a swatch of California.
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Why we need to treat wildfire as a public health issue in California
Fires are spreading into communities and increasingly affecting large numbers of Californians, sometimes repeatedly. Researchers say it is time to treat fires that affect communities as a public health challenge.
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More than 4,000 people have been lynched in the U.S.; Trump isn’t one of them
Lynching is a form of murder often used to terrorize black people. Impeachment is a legal process laid out in the U.S. Constitution.
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At least five House Democrats called Bill Clinton’s impeachment a ‘lynching’ in 1998
At least five House Democrats compared the impeachment proceedings of President Bill Clinton to a “lynching” or to a “lynch mob” in 1998. The comments came to light after President Trump on Tuesday compared the impeachment inquiry to a “lynching.”
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Trump lynching claim renews pain for kin of actual victims
President Donald Trump’s claim that the impeachment inquiry is a lynching struck a painful chord for black people whose relatives died in racist lynchings
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President Trump should hit reset on next fall’s debates
The president should consign the Commission on Presidential Debates to the dustbin of history.
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Five ways the debate could have – and should have – been much, much better
Overpopulated and mindbendingly long, the TV spectacle had plenty of merits and some serious flaws.
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They may not move the polls, but yes, the debates are shaping the race
The top candidates are still at the top, and others still struggle, but perceptions have shifted.
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Presidential ‘debates’ aren’t debates at all – they’re joint press conferences
Democratic presidential contenders gathered Tuesday evening in Ohio for the latest in a series of televised question-and-answer sessions in the lead-up to the 2020 primary season. These sessions are called debates by their sponsors and the participants. But are they really? Presidential debate scholars have long lamented that presidential debates are not really debates at all, but […]
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China’s war with the NBA and the frailty of the liberal order
A spat over Hong Kong’s protests is forcing a reckoning for Western corporations eager to do business in China.