Some parts of the U.S. will have an easier time coping with climate change than others. A New York Times reporter talked to a climate adaptation expert who has decided that Duluth, Minnesota, may be the “most climate-proof city” in America and a prime destination for future “climate migrants.” Houston Jul 28, 2020
One of the country’s primary coronavirus hotspots is in Houston’s Harris County, Texas, where more than 65,000 cases have been reported. The New York Times followed one Houston family after multiple members caught coronavirus and two were hospitalized. Netflix Jul 24, 2020
A new documentary from Netflix and The New York Times, “Father Soldier Son,” follows a U.S. Army Ranger platoon sergeant and the impact of his deployment to Afghanistan on his family. Directors and Times journalists Catrin Einhorn and Leslye Davis joined LX News to discuss what they learned about how military service affects families.
Some parts of the U.S. will have an easier time coping with climate change than others. A New York Times reporter talked to a climate adaptation expert who has decided that Duluth, Minnesota, may be the “most climate-proof city” in America and a prime destination for future “climate migrants.” Houston Jul 28, 2020
One of the country’s primary coronavirus hotspots is in Houston’s Harris County, Texas, where more than 65,000 cases have been reported. The New York Times followed one Houston family after multiple members caught coronavirus and two were hospitalized. Netflix Jul 24, 2020
A new documentary from Netflix and The New York Times, “Father Soldier Son,” follows a U.S. Army Ranger platoon sergeant and the impact of his deployment to Afghanistan on his family. Directors and Times journalists Catrin Einhorn and Leslye Davis joined LX News to discuss what they learned about how military service affects families.
To the Editor:
There are two additional critical reasons beyond those Jesse Wegman cites that the Electoral College should be abandoned:
First, by eliminating battleground states, which the Electoral College creates, it would become virtually impossible to “fix” an election. Currently results in battleground states say Wisconsin, Arizona and Georgia, which are often close can often determine who becomes president. To “fix” an election, one would have to change votes in a very few states by a small number. Without the Electoral College, every vote throughout the country would be equal. There would be too many votes to change.
Second, candidates would have to campaign in virtually every state. When is the last time Democrats or Republicans bothered to seriously campaign in California, New York, Texas, Kansas, the Dakotas or any other non-battleground state? Their electoral votes are already predicted. Instead they campaign in states whose electoral outcome is usually clo
Dec. 15, 2020
Credit.Illustration by The New York Times; photographs by Erin Schaff/The New York Times and Anna Moneymaker for The New York Times
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On Tuesday, Senator Mitch McConnell, the most powerful Republican in Congress, finally recognized Joe Biden as the president-elect after the Electoral College certified his victory on Monday. “The integrity of our elections remains intact,” Mr. Biden said in a speech after the Electoral College vote. “And so now it is time to turn the page, as we’ve done throughout our history. To unite. To heal.”
The Last Time They Tried to ‘Steal an Election’
The Trump campaign is out of steam. The dozens of lawsuits the president’s legal team filed have been almost entirely withdrawn or dismissed. No court evaluating the campaign’s petitions has found evidence of the kind of fraud the president insists marred the 2020 vote. The public figures and electors tasked with ratifying November’s vote have resisted the pressures on them to overturn the public’s verdict. The “Kraken” turned out to be calamari.
But the president shows no interest in backing down. He continues to berate the Republican elected officials presiding over the certification of Joe Biden’s victory. Trump has not and will not concede the race, and he seems intent on flogging the allegation that his loss was illegitimate all the way into 2024. That is unprecedented. The usurpation that cynical Trump loyalists have attempted to execute over these last few weeks has no parallel. Yet, those who maintained confi