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The essayist Jia Tolentino wrote last year about people being in the grip of “houseplant fever”;…
Vulnerable Republicans seek lifeline from SCOTUS hearings
Amy Coney Barrett will be grilled during her Supreme Court confirmation hearings. But four Republican senators…
Protect the poor from being penalised by carbon taxes | Torsten Bell
In those glorious pre-pandemic days we only had climate change to worry about. Post-pandemic, we’ll need…
Coronavirus infects three senators, derailing Senate schedule
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High and dry: will India’s swimming camels be the last of their kind?
Ayub Amin Jat treats his camels like his children. But then his camels are no ordinary…
‘Dramatic’ plunge in London air pollution since 2016, report finds
Air pollution in London has plunged since Sadiq Khan became mayor, with a 94% reduction in…
N.C. Democratic Senate candidate admits to intimate texts with woman
Democratic North Carolina Senate candidate Cal Cunningham speaks during a televised debate with Sen. Thom Tillis.…
Country diary: sunk in the bones of the moor
For all its apparent wildness, the landscape around Headland Warren was once a heavily worked industrial…