Xavier Becerra, nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, answers questions during his confirmation hearing…
Day: March 11, 2021
House passes bill to expand background checks for gun sales
An assortment of rifles hang in a gun shop in Salem, Oregon. | AP Photo/Andrew Selsky…
Outcry at Australia’s coal plant closures misses the point: change is coming | Adam Morton
If ever there is a case where the headline doesn’t tell the full story it is…
If Johnson thinks he can charm his way to success at Cop26, he’s sorely mistaken | Larry Elliott
It ought to be simple, but it will be anything but. When almost 200 countries gather…
House lawmakers strike bipartisan deal to extend small business loan program
Rep. Nydia Velazquez listens at a House committee hearing. | Michael A. McCoy/Getty Images By ZACHARY…
The Green New Deal’s time has come – but where has Labour’s radicalism gone? | Adam Tooze
What a difference power makes. The past 18 months saw political defeats for the left on…
Democratic centrists balk at more red ink after Covid spending spree
Sen. Angus King speaks during a Senate committee hearing. | Alex Wong/Getty Images Democrats are eyeing…
‘Ecological island’: as Maasai herding lands shrink, so does space for Kenya’s elephants
Kenyan elephants risk a slow extinction in a bleak, ever-shrinking “ecological island” in one of the…
Budget cuts and collapse in tourism revenue pose ‘severe’ threat to nature
Job cuts in nature reserves and environmental rollbacks by governments during the Covid-19 pandemic could undermine…
A wet March makes a sad autumn? How Victorians viewed weather
The Victorians did not have much idea what caused weather patterns but they knew what effect…