Trump Made False Claims About ‘Late-Term Abortion.’ Here Are the Facts
Amid concerns over the future of abortion rights, state lawmakers in New York and Virginia have debated legislation that would make it easier for women facing serious health risks or fetal complications to get an abortion in the second or third trimester of pregnancy. At a campaign rally in El Paso, Texas, on Monday, President Donald Trump criticized those bills, making...
4m Feb 13, 2019
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Just Try to Resist the Ridiculous and Wonderful Isn’t It Romantic
There are two New York Cities, the real one and the moviefied one, and you might need to love both at least a little to fall for Todd Strauss-Schulson’s goofy-delightful Isn’t It Romantic. The movie opens and closes in a version of the real New York, a stinky, noisy collage of 99-cent stores and food carts adorned with jaunty photos telling you what a falafel looks like, o...
6m Feb 13, 2019
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Google’s New Tool Tells You if Your Password Has Been Hacked
Change your passwords often? Of course not — you’re too busy logging in safely and securely, after all. But for the well-intentioned majority of us too busy procrastinating to update their insecure passwords, there’s help from Google in the form of a new Chrome web browser extension called Google Password Checkup.
2m Feb 13, 2019
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Twitter’s CEO Gives the Company a ‘C’ for ‘Tech Responsibility’
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey admitted Tuesday that Silicon Valley companies are not doing enough to combat abuse and misinformation online, and gave his social media platform a 'C' for "tech responsibility." Writing in an interview on Twitter with Kara Swisher, co-founder of tech news site Recode, Dorsey said his company has shifted the onus of dealing with abuse onto the vi...
2m Feb 13, 2019
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The Ilhan Omar Controversy Reveals a Larger Struggle Over Israel Among Democrats
The controversy that swirled around Congress this week after Rep. Ilhan Omar insinuated that politicians only support Israel because of donations from wealthy Jews died down as quickly as it began. Publicly rebuked by leaders of her own party for using "anti-Semitic tropes," the freshman Democrat issued an apology. But while this episode was short, the already tricky po...
10m Feb 13, 2019
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A Look At Some of the Top Breeds at the 2019 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show
All of the things you need to know now from the editors of TIME
2m Feb 13, 2019
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom Accuses Trump of ‘Fear-Mongering’ in Major Speech
On Tuesday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom took the stage in Sacramento to give his first "state of the state" address. It was a chance to lay out his vision for leading the world's fifth largest economy, a state that is home to some one in eight Americans. But while he addressed issues ranging from high-speed rail to homelessness, the 40th governor of California began by...
3m Feb 13, 2019
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California Scraps Plan to Build High-Speed Railroad Between Los Angeles and San Francisco
California Governor Gavin Newsom is abandoning plans to build a high-speed railroad between Los Angeles and San Francisco, saying the ambitious project that was approved by voters and championed by his predecessor is too costly. Instead, the state will finish roughly 120 miles of track already under construction in the Central Valley, a mostly rural agricultural region ...
3m Feb 13, 2019
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The Hidden Segregation of Military Executions During the Civil Rights Movement
The knotted rope and the fire hose, the lunch counter and the poll tax — the most notorious aspects of America’s ignominious record on race are well known, but they are not the whole story. One chapter has remained largely hidden for decades: how the United States Army, during the early years of the civil rights movement, dealt with the crucible issues of race and capital ...
5m Feb 12, 2019
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Is Kombucha Healthy? Here’s What Experts Say
Kombucha has a golden reputation in the beverage world. It’s everywhere: from supermarket shelves to workplace refrigerators and even on tap in cafés. As this fizzy fermented tea rose in popularity, so did claims of its health benefits, from improved digestion, metabolism, immunity, liver function, heart health and more. But are these claims backed by science — and i...
6m Feb 12, 2019
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Denver Teachers Go on Strike After Failing to Reach a Deal on Pay
(DENVER) — Striking teachers on Monday picketed outside of schools and marched through Denver's streets as car horns blared in support of the latest U.S. walkout amid a swell of educator activism that has affected at least a half-dozen state over the last year. Just over half of the 4,725 teachers working in district-run schools called in absent for Denver's first strik...
5m Feb 12, 2019
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Who Is Michael Sanchez? The Brother of Jeff Bezos’ Girlfriend Faces Scrutiny
The brother of a woman who had an affair with Amazon head Jeff Bezos has denied being the source of personal texts published by the National Enquirer, but a new report again raised his name. Citing unnamed sources within AMI, the tabloid's parent company, a story in The Daily Beast late Sunday said that Michael Sanchez may have given the texts to the Enquirer. ...
4m Feb 12, 2019
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‘Tinder for Cows’ Is Now a Thing, and British Farmers Are Using it to Breed Cattle
Cows and bulls searching for “moo love” now have a mobile app to help their breeders. A U.K. farming startup introduced a Tinder-style app, called Tudder, that lets farmers find breeding matches by viewing pictures of cattle with details of their age, location and owner. Users hear a mooing sound as they swipe -- right to show they’re interested or left to reject possib...
3m Feb 12, 2019
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'Apex Legends,' EA's 'Fortnite' Competitor, Could Help it Survive the Video Game Battle
Electronic Arts Inc. rose to the highest in nearly four months as some Wall Street analysts weighed in favorably on the the potential success of the company’s latest game, Apex Legends. Free-to-play Apex Legends could be a competitor to the wildly popular game Fortnite, Bank of America Merrill Lynch suggested in a note, upgrading shares to buy.
1m Feb 12, 2019
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Government Shutdown Averted as Lawmakers Seal Deal 'in Principle'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional negotiators reached agreement Monday night to prevent a government shutdown and finance construction of new barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border, overcoming a late-stage hang-up over immigration enforcement issues that had threatened to scuttle the talks. Republicans were desperate to avoid another bruising shutdown. They tentatively agr...
6m Feb 12, 2019
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Pink’s Kids Gave Her the Most Adorable a Homemade Aluminum Foil ‘Grammy Trophy’
Although Pink didn't win any awards at the 61st Annual Grammys, her kids made sure that she didn't end the night empty-handed. Pink was nominated for best pop vocal album for her 2017 release Beautiful Trauma, but missed out on the award to Ariana Grande, who won for her 2018 album Sweetener. However, Pink — who was at home taking care of her 2-year-old son Jameson —...
1m Feb 12, 2019
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North and South Korea Want to Host the 2032 Olympics Together
North and South Korea are planning to launch a joint bid to host the 2032 summer Olympics together, the Guardian reports. The Koreas are expected to present their plans to co-host the Games at the International Olympic City in Lausanne, Switzerland, this Friday. Representatives from the two countries will be in attendance. The South Korean Olympic Committee chose Seo...
2m Feb 12, 2019
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The Best and Worst Moments of the 2019 Grammys
A show-stopping legend, a revelatory newcomer, a confused tribute. The 61st Annual Grammy Awards stretched across four and a half hours and contained its share of both triumphant and cringe-inducing performances. Here are some of the best and worst moments of the night.
10m Feb 11, 2019
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Review: ‘Kingdom Hearts 3’ Is a Series Finale That’s Too Little, Too Late
Kingdom Hearts 3, available now for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, feels like a game that hasn’t really grown up. Yes, it definitely is the desperately awaited sequel to 2005’s Kingdom Hearts 2, a title garnering critical acclaim and more than one re-release. It’s also the same action-packed adventure game that lets you take a peek into the visually delightful worlds of vario...
8m Feb 11, 2019
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21 Savage’s Immigration Case Has Mobilized the Music Community. Here’s Everything to Know
The arrest of rapper 21 Savage by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Atlanta on Super Bowl Sunday has prompted widespread outrage from the music community as well as immigration advocates and raised many questions. Attorneys for the rapper, born She’yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, dispute claims from immigration authorities that he first arrived in the United St...
10m Feb 11, 2019
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A Lesson About the Fight Against Drug Trafficking From the El Chapo Trial
Two brazen prison escapes is a lot for a jury to look past. But in closing arguments at the federal trial of the world's most famous accused drug lord, his lawyer pleaded with jurors to do just that. Look past the notorious nickname and headline-grabbing revelations of the trial, he implored in a voice first booming then softening, and see the man Joaquín Guzmán rather tha...
6m Feb 11, 2019
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The Number of U.S. Workers Involved in a Strike in 2018 Was the Highest Since 1986
The number of U.S. workers involved in work stoppages, which includes strikes and lockouts, was the highest of any year since 1986, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released on Friday. More than 90% of these 485,000 workers were in the education, health care and social assistance industries. This should come as no surprise, as waves of teacher activism and s...
3m Feb 11, 2019
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren Officially Announces Her 2020 Presidential Candidacy
(LAWRENCE, Mass.) — Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren made her bid for the presidency official on Saturday in this working-class city, grounding her 2020 campaign in a populist call to fight economic inequality and build "an America that works for everyone." Warren delivered a sharp call for change at her presidential kickoff, decrying a "middle-class squeeze" that has l...
7m Feb 11, 2019
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Bill Gates: What This Legendary Artist Can Teach Us About Innovation
When I think about the connection between art and optimism, the first person who comes to mind is Leonardo da Vinci. I’ve been reading about Leonardo for decades—including Walter Isaacson’s outstanding 2017 biography—and in 1994 I bought one of the notebooks, known as the Codex Leicester, in which Leonardo recorded his thoughts and sketched out ideas. What does a Ren...
3m Feb 11, 2019
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Meghan Markle Already Knows Prince Harry Is Going to Deserve a ‘Best Dad’ Mug
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle may still be a ways away from becoming parents, but that isn't stopping the Duchess of Sussex from making predictions about her husband's future parenting ability for their royal baby. “He’s going to be the best dad," Markle was heard telling attendees at the Endeavor Fund Awards at Drapers' Hall in London on Thursday, according to People....
1m Feb 11, 2019
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Laverne Cox: When I Need Hope, I Look to the History of Black Brilliance
“A voice like yours is heard once in a hundred years,” Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini told Marian Anderson after he heard her sing during a European concert tour. The brilliant black singer had traveled to Europe in the 1930s to avoid the racial prejudice she faced in America. During her European concert tour, the operatic contralto became a sensation. But when she ret...
4m Feb 10, 2019
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How FDR’s New Deal Laid the Groundwork for the Green New Deal—in Good Ways and Bad
On Thursday, freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey revealed an outline for a Green New Deal program, calling for a "new national, social, industrial, and economic mobilization on a scale not seen since World War II and the New Deal." Some of the proposals have already been implemented over the course of the last several years, with government support...
6m Feb 10, 2019
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Who Should Win at the 2019 Grammys?
The 60-year history of the Grammys is littered with lapses in judgment: Macklemore over Kendrick Lamar, Beck over Beyoncé, Milli Vanilli over literally anyone. This year’s 61st Annual Grammy Awards, which air on Sunday, Feb. 10 after a year of turmoil for the Recording Academy, present another opportunity for fresh embarrassment.
10m Feb 10, 2019
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‘You Can’t Just Stop.’ Hollywood Legend Cicely Tyson on Why She’ll Never Retire
Forty-five years after Cicely Tyson received an Academy Award nomination for her role as Rebecca Morgan in Sounder, the actor, at age 93, ascended the stage at the Governors Awards in November 2018 and accepted an honorary Oscar. "I just hung in there. You’ve got to live long enough,” says Tyson, now 94, whose acting credits span from her film debut in Carib Gold in 1956 ...
7m Feb 09, 2019
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Why John Dingell Was Never Too Impressed That He Was the Longest Serving Member of Congress
John Dingell of Michigan was the longest serving member of Congress — ever. He recently wrote, “59 years, ... the record for continuous service in the United States Congress, seems to impress a lot of people. I’m not one of them. I don’t give a rat’s ass about records. It’s what you do with your time that matters.” And what a doer he was. The heart of this fearless l...
3m Feb 09, 2019
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Preeti Mistry: I'm a Queer Brown Immigrant Chef. I Don't Have the Luxury of Staying Silent
It was on Sept. 11, 2001, that I decided to become a chef. As the horror unfolded that day, we didn’t know what to do but stay glued to our televisions. That evening, I went into the kitchen and started making dinner for my girlfriend—now my wife—and me. After a day of not really knowing what to do with myself, the act of cooking a meal connected with something in my soul....
3m Feb 09, 2019
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The Backstreet Boys Explain How They’re Still on Top After 25 Years
After 25 years, are the Backstreet Boys still considered a boy band? A "man" band? A "dad" band? (All five members of the musical group — now in their late 30s and 40s — have at least one child.) For Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell, AJ McLean and Kevin Richardson, whose new album DNA became their first release to top Billboard charts since 2000's Black & Blue, l...
3m Feb 09, 2019
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This Study Disproves a Common Myth About Hangovers
Hangovers are virtually unavoidable for the drinking public. But despite how common they are, scientists don't fully understand how to cure or prevent hangovers, or even what causes them. In the absence of evidence, people have come up with plenty of their own rituals, from pre-bedtime routines (chugging water) to strict rules about when to drink which type of alcohol (bee...
4m Feb 09, 2019
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The U.K.’s Prosecution of Peaceful Protestors Is Raising Fears Over Anti-Terror Laws
It was a chilly night in late March 2017 when the fifteen activists broke into Stansted Airport, one of the main air transport hubs outside London. They used wire-cutters to break through a perimeter fence before making their way toward a Boeing 767 parked in stand 505, in a remote part of the airport. On board were 60 men and women about to be deported back to West Africa...
9m Feb 09, 2019
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Inside the 'Single Most Important Vote' of Rep. John Dingell's Record-Breaking Career
The career of the longest-serving member of Congress in U.S. history, John David Dingell Jr., who died Thursday in his home state of Michigan at 92, was one of many votes. But out of all the votes that the Detroit-area Congressman cast during his nearly 60 years in the House of Representatives, one stood out. His "the single most important vote" of all, he said as part ...
4m Feb 08, 2019
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Democrats Are Taking the First Steps Toward Getting Trump's Taxes. But Don't Expect to See Them Soon
President Donald Trump clearly wanted to send a warning sign to House Democrats poised to investigate him and his Administration. "If there is going to be peace and legislation, there cannot be war and investigations," he said in Tuesday's State of the Union. But Democrats are moving right ahead. This week, investigations from the Democratic-controlled House of Represen...
4m Feb 08, 2019
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The 2020 Election Will Expose Whether Americans Can Still Pay Attention to What Matters
As the presidential rollouts begin, the contenders will tell us what to expect of them--as they calculate what to expect of us. What will it take to capture our imagination and, even more urgent, our attention? Donald Trump has shaped that test for all who hope to succeed him, and we're about to find out what that means. Here comes as diverse and intriguing a crop of co...
5m Feb 08, 2019
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Trailblazing Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Frank Robinson Dies at 83
Crowding the plate, fearsome and fearless, Frank Robinson hammered his way into the Hall of Fame. His legacy, however, was cemented that day in 1975 when he simply stood in the dugout at old Cleveland Stadium — the first black manager in Major League Baseball. Robinson, the only player to earn the MVP award in both leagues and a Triple Crown winner, died Thursday at ...
10m Feb 08, 2019
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Guillermo Del Toro: Being Optimistic Is the Most Radical and Rebellious Choice You Can Make
Optimism is radical. It is the hard choice, the brave choice. And it is, it seems to me, most needed now, in the face of despair—just as a car is most useful when you have a distance to close. Otherwise it is a large, unmovable object parked in the garage. These days, the safest way for someone to appear intelligent is being skeptical by default. We seem sophisticated ...
2m Feb 08, 2019
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Researchers Are Working on a Surprising Way to Deliver Insulin Without an Injection: Swallowing the Needle
Needles aren't popular. For people with type 1 diabetes (and some with type 2 diabetes) that can be a problem, since treatment requires regular injections with insulin. Now, researchers at MIT have come up with a novel way to one day eliminate the need for injections: with a tiny swallowable device that can automatically inject insulin directly into the stomach wall. ...
4m Feb 08, 2019
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer of ‘Extortion’ Over Explicit Personal Photos
(LOS ANGELES) — Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says he was the target of "extortion and blackmail" by the publisher of the National Enquirer, which he said threatened to publish revealing personal photos of him unless he stopped investigating how the tabloid obtained his private exchanges with his mistress. Bezos, who is also owner of The Washington Post, detailed his interactio...
7m Feb 08, 2019
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Refugee Author Behrouz Boochani Documents the Plight of Offshore Detention
The day Behrouz Boochani arrived on the South Pacific island where he has been detained for nearly six years, a blackened tooth fell from his mouth. To the Iranian Kurdish refugee, it seemed like the latest bad omen after his attempted sea route to Australia ended in lock up at the Manus Island Detention Center.
5m Feb 08, 2019
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Justice Roberts Joins Supreme Court Liberals to Block Louisiana Abortion Law
(WASHINGTON) — A divided Supreme Court stopped Louisiana from enforcing new regulations on abortion clinics in a test of the conservative court's views on abortion rights. The justices said by a 5-4 vote late Thursday that they will not allow the state to put into effect a law that requires abortion providers to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals. Chief Ju...
3m Feb 08, 2019
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John Dingell, the Longest-Serving Member of Congress in U.S. History, Has Died at 92
(DETROIT) — Former U.S. Rep. John Dingell, the longest-serving member of Congress in American history who mastered legislative deal-making and was fiercely protective of Detroit's auto industry, has died. The Michigan Democrat was 92. Dingell, who served in the U.S. House for 59 years before retiring in 2014, died Thursday at his home in Dearborn, said his wife, Congres...
7m Feb 08, 2019
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Cindy McCain Apologizes After Erroneously Claiming She Stopped Human Trafficking Incident at Airport
(PHOENIX) — Cindy McCain is apologizing after inaccurately claiming that she stopped human trafficking at the Phoenix airport when she reported a toddler with a woman of a different ethnicity and "something didn't click." The widow of former U.S. Sen. John McCain told stunned radio hosts that the woman was waiting for a man who bought the child to get off a plane. "I...
2m Feb 08, 2019
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Woody Allen Sues Amazon for Pulling Movie Deal Over Molestation Accusations
(NEW YORK) — Filmmaker Woody Allen is suing Amazon for at least $68 million, saying that the company ended a four-picture movie deal last year after old accusations against him resurfaced in the press. The lawsuit, filed Thursday, says that Amazon knew about a "25-year-old" allegation before signing with Allen in 2017, but still used it as an excuse to back out of the d...
2m Feb 08, 2019
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Apple's New iPhone Update Fixes a Nasty FaceTime Security Bug
(SAN FRANCISCO) — Apple has released an iPhone update to fix a FaceTime flaw that allowed people to eavesdrop on others while using its group video chat feature. The repair is included in the latest version of Apple's iOS 12 system, which became available to install Thursday. The bug allowed some people to turn an iPhone into a live microphone while using Group FaceT...
54s Feb 08, 2019
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An Arizona City Warns It Will Sue If Razor Wire Isn’t Removed From Its Border Fence
(NOGALES, Ariz.) — Officials in a small Arizona border city passed a resolution Wednesday night condemning the installation of new razor wire that now covers the entirety of a tall border wall through downtown. The City Council in Nogales, which sits on the border with Nogales, Mexico, wants the federal government to remove all concertina wire installed within the city ...
5m Feb 07, 2019
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How the U.S. Departure From Afghanistan Could Echo Kissinger’s Moves in Vietnam
In 1954, when France gave up Indochina, the United States decided to sponsor a friendly client state in South Vietnam, led by Ngo Dinh Diem. American troops would not leave South Vietnam until 19 years later — two years after which point the country fell to the North. Now a similar denouement may be nearing for the American involvement in Afghanistan, which began nearly 18...
7m Feb 07, 2019
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The ‘Green New Deal’ Is Popular. Now Backers Need to Decide What It Is, Exactly
Americans remember the New Deal as a set of programs designed to end the Great Depression. But in the months before he became president, Franklin Roosevelt used the phrase more to describe how he would approach the problem: by engaging in "bold persistent experimentation." "It is common sense to take a method and try it," he said. "If it fails, admit it frankly and try ...
6m Feb 07, 2019
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