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Does a critique of EU migration policies reveal more than it intended to?

With electric demand from data centers skyrocketing, the state considers how to meet its goal of decarbonizing the grid.

There is much rending of hair over Trump winning delay in his election interference case that will push any trial past the election.

New York City’s Mount Sinai is trying to shutter acquired Beth Israel and its own respected eye and ear facility despite state opposition

~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics, Biden’s cognitive decline, Alvin Bragg’s helpers, “mild,” more Boeing whistleblowers ~

Israel desperately wants a hotter conflict with Hezbollah even though Israel is likely to lose bigly. What next?

A cogent discussion of the complex, accelerating legitimacy crisis masked by bleats about “defending our democracy”

California joins the list of states trying to choke health industry profiteering via spending limits. Can it work?

New York State is trying to bar radioactive wastewater releases from out-of-service nuclear plants, as proponents insist they are safe.

~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; Biden’s interview with Time; carbon dioxide, viruses, and climate; Nabokov’s Pale Fire ~

Biden attempts to throw big bone to the right on immigration. But will he satisfy anyone?

Claudia Sheinbaum’s epic electoral victory would not have been possible without AMLO’s enduring — indeed, ripening — popularity. The question is: what will she do with her newfound power?