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What Is E.S.G., and Why Are Republicans So Mad About It?

13 maart 2023 · 27 min

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The principle behind E.S.G. is that investors should look beyond just whether a company can make a profit and take into account other factors, such as its environmental impact and action on social issues. Lees meer

But critics of that investment strategy, mostly Republicans, say that Wall Street has taken a sharp left turn, attacking what they term “woke capitalism.”

Guest: David Gelles, a climate correspondent for The New York Times.

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How did environmentally conscious investing became a target of conservatives?

Republicans are likely to keep making E.S.G. a political punching bag.

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The Sunday Read: ‘Can Germany Be a Great Military Power Again?’

12 maart 2023 · 53 min

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After Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February last year, Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany told Parliament that the attack was a Zeitenwende — a historic “turning point” for Europe and Germany. The risk of a large land war in Europe had previously been considered far-fetched, but recent years of Russian aggression have inspired fear in Germany and a 100-billion-euro fund to bolster its military. Lees meer

In Germany, skepticism of the merits of military strength has enabled a long post-Cold War process of disarmament. As a result, it is a historic anomaly in the heart of Europe — an economic leviathan but a military minnow. Now German leaders are vowing to transform the country into a military power capable of taking responsibility for Europe’s security.

In Nienburg, a medieval town in Lower Saxony, civilians come to train for “homeland protection” units in the country’s reserves. The question is whether a hesitant German society can follow through on this paradigm shift.

“I would say, many of them lean in the direction of being pacifists,” said Anne Katrin Meister, who is training at the base in Nienburg. “But you can only be a pacifist if you have this safe, ideal world. And we don’t have such a world.”

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Protests and the Future of Democracy in Israel

10 maart 2023 · 29 min

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Almost immediately after taking power in December, Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right coalition in Isreal proposed a highly contentious overhaul of the Supreme Court. Lees meer

The court has long been seen as a crucial check and lone backstop on the government, and the plan has divided Israeli society, kindling fears of political violence and even civil war.

Guest: Patrick Kingsley, the Jerusalem bureau chief for The New York Times.

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Protesters restricted road access to Israel’s main airport hours before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew to Italy.

Here’s what to know about the government’s proposals.

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A New Child Labor Crisis in America

9 maart 2023 · 33 min

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Slaughterhouses, construction sites, factories. A Times investigation has found that migrant children have been thrust into jobs in some of the most demanding workplaces in the United States. Lees meer

How did this crisis in child labor develop? And now that it has been exposed, what is being done to tackle the problem?

Guest: Hannah Dreier, an investigative reporter for The New York Times.

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The shadow work force of migrant children extends across industries in every state, flouting labor laws that have been in place for nearly a century.

As lawmakers clamor for action, federal and state enforcement agencies have begun a crackdown on companies that employ children.

The Biden administration has announced a wide crackdown on the labor exploitation of migrant children around the United States.

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Who Blew Up the Nord Stream Pipelines?

8 maart 2023 · 22 min

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The sabotage in September of the Nord Stream pipelines carrying Russian gas to Europe has become one of the central mysteries of the war in Ukraine, prompting months of finger-pointing and guesswork. Lees meer

Now, new intelligence reporting has provided the first significant known lead about who was responsible.

Guest: Julian E. Barnes, a national security correspondent for The New York Times.

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Officials say there are still enormous gaps in what American spy agencies and their European partners know about the detonations.

The Baltic seabed provided a nearly ideal crime scene.

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Ron DeSantis’s Rise From Unknown to Heir Apparent

7 maart 2023 · 28 min

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As the race to be the Republican Party’s presidential candidate gets underway, one figure has emerged as a particularly powerful rival to Donald J. Trump. Lees meer

That person, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, has broken away from the pack by turning his state into a laboratory for a post-Trump version of conservatism.

Guest: Patricia Mazzei, the Miami bureau chief for The New York Times.

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Mr. DeSantis will soon get a chance to check off his wish list of proposals for Florida, including expanding gun rights.

In his new book, “The Courage to Be Free,” Mr. DeSantis offers a template for governing.

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How a Derailed Train Galvanized an Ohio Town, and Congress

6 maart 2023 · 27 min

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On Feb. 3, a nearly two-mile long freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed near East Palestine, Ohio, a town of about 4,700 people. Lees meer

The railroad company and local officials decided to do a chemical burn to neutralize the cargo, but as a giant plume of black smoke settled over the town, residents’ anger about the handling of the accident has intensified.

Guest: Emily Cochrane, a national correspondent for The New York Times.

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A bipartisan group of lawmakers has proposed that the Transportation Department impose stricter rules for freight rail.

The derailment of a second train in Ohio — despite assurances that no hazardous materials had leaked — sharpened the questions about rail safety.

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Sunday Special: An Episode of ‘The Coldest Case in Laramie’

5 maart 2023 · 25 min

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Today, we’re taking some time out of our regularly scheduled programming to share the first episode of “The Coldest Case in Laramie.” In the new series from The Times and Serial, Kim Barker, a Times investigative reporter, digs into the 1985 murder of Shelli Wiley, a young woman who was a few years older than Kim when they both lived in Laramie, Wyoming. Lees meer

The long-unsolved case took a turn in 2016 when the police arrested someone for Shelli’s murder: a former officer named Fred Lamb. The evidence against him seemed solid, but prosecutors, confusingly, dropped the case. They’ve never refiled.

How did a case that seemed this open-and-shut fall apart with such a whimper? To find answers, Kim heads back to Laramie and grapples with conflicting memories and dueling narratives.

In episode one, Kim starts to call up Shelli’s family members to try to piece together what happened. To listen to all eight parts, visit nytimes.com/laramie.

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Why Russia Is Taking Thousands of Ukrainian Children

3 maart 2023 · 30 min

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As Russian troops pushed into Ukraine, children who were fleeing newly occupied territories were swept up. Many became part of a Russian effort to portray itself as a charitable savior. Lees meer

The children were placed in Russian families and paraded on television. The Times interviewed one child who was taken from Ukraine, a girl named Anya, who said she ached to return.

Guest: Emma Bubola, a reporter for The New York Times based in London.

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Using adoptions, Russia has turned Ukrainian children into spoils of war.

The mayor of a Ukrainian city disappeared, but questions about his loyalty did not.

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Will the Supreme Court Let Biden Cancel Student Debt?

2 maart 2023 · 25 min

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In August, President Biden announced a loan cancellation plan that would erase an astonishing $400 billion in student debt — one of the most ambitious and expensive executive actions ever. Lees meer

Now, in a far-reaching case, the Supreme Court will decide whether the president is authorized to take such a big step.

Guest: Adam Liptak, a Supreme Court correspondent for The New York Times.

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The student loan case could redefine the limits of presidential power.

Here’s how the arguments at the Supreme Court played out and what to expect in the coming days.

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A Threat to Abortion Pills. Plus, the U.S. Shares Secrets

1 maart 2023 · 31 min

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In 2000, the F.D.A. approved the medication abortion drug mifepristone. Now a federal judge in Texas is set to rule on a case filed by anti-abortion groups urging the agency to revoke its approval of mifepristone and the other main drug used for medication abortion in the United States. Abortion via medication has become increasingly common and now accounts for more than half of the nation’s abortions. Lees meer

Plus, the Biden administration has started talking publicly about its intelligence when it comes to China, breaking with a long tradition of keeping U.S. secrets close to the chest. The secretary of state, the director of the C.I.A. and even the president himself have made statements on TV expressing concern over China’s plans to help Russia in the war in Ukraine.

Guest: Pam Belluck, a health and science correspondent for The New York Times.

Julian E. Barnes, a national security correspondent for The Times.

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Twelve states have sued the F.D.A. seeking removal of special restrictions on abortion pills. The suit argues that rules applying to mifepristone unnecessarily limit patients’ access to medication abortion.

Bolder intelligence disclosures are part of a larger effort to stymie the Kremlin’s offensive in Ukraine and align support for Kyiv’s war effort in allied countries.

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Why So Many Buildings Collapsed in Turkey

28 februari 2023 · 21 min

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The 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on Feb. 6 left more than 50,000 people dead. The sight of rescuers combing the rubble has prompted questions about why so many buildings seemed so inadequate to resist the shaking earth. Lees meer

In Turkey, the government has turned the focus onto builders and property developers, accusing them of chasing profit over safety. But the reality is far more complicated.

Guest: Ben Hubbard, the Istanbul bureau chief for The New York Times.

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Some in Turkey wonder whether the number of fatalities caused by the quake could have been cut significantly with better building standards.

As the death toll rose, the Turkish government came under growing criticism.

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Why Election Denialism Might Cost Fox News $1.6 Billion

27 februari 2023 · 23 min

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After the 2020 election, wild theories ran rampant on the right of an election stolen from Donald Trump through a coordinated conspiracy. The news channel Fox News became one of the loudest voices amplifying these false claims into millions of U.S. households. Lees meer

Now, a defamation lawsuit by Dominion, a voting machine maker that was cast as a villain in these conspiracy theories, seeks to hold the media company responsible for the false claims made by its hosts and guests, presenting evidence that Fox knew what it was doing was wrong.

Guest: Jeremy W. Peters, a correspondent for The New York Times who covers the media and its intersection with politics, culture and law.

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Here’s what Fox News hosts said privately and publicly about voter fraud.

The comments, by Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and others, were released as part of a defamation suit against Fox News by Dominion Voter Systems.

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The Sunday Read: ‘Elon Musk’s Appetite for Destruction’

26 februari 2023 · 48 min

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In February, the first lawsuit against Tesla for a crash involving its driver-assistance system, Autopilot, will go to trial. The slew of trials set to follow will be a costly fight that the company’s chief executive, Elon Musk, has vowed to take on in court. When Tesla released its Autopilot feature in October 2015, Musk touted the feature as “probably better” than a human driver. The reality, however, has proved different: On average, there is at least one Autopilot-related crash in the United States every day. Lees meer

While several of these accidents will feature in the upcoming trials, another camp of Tesla users who have fallen victim to Autopilot crashes are unwilling to take a negative stance because of their love for the brand. Or because they believe that accidents are a necessary evil in the process of perfecting the Autopilot software.

Dave Key, whose 2015 Tesla Model S drifted out of its lane and slammed into the back of a parked police S.U.V., is of the latter camp.

“As a society,” Key argued, “we choose the path to save the most lives.”

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A Year of War in Ukraine

24 februari 2023 · 34 min

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The war has already done untold damage. By some estimates, tens of thousands have died, and the country has sustained tens of billions of dollars’ worth of damage that has left cities flattened. But Ukraine has also largely stopped the offensives of its much larger and better-armed neighbor and has regained some captured land. Lees meer

On the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion, these Ukrainians reflect on how the past year of conflict has changed their lives.

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Here’s a guide to how the war came about, and what’s at stake for Russia and the world.

People in Ukraine have become adept at telling which threats are probably not deadly, leaving room for a little enjoyment, and even hope.

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A Ruling That Could End the Internet as We Know It

23 februari 2023 · 28 min

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Since 1996, the modern internet has been defined by a sweeping law that prevents tech companies such as Facebook and Google from being held responsible for the content posted on their sites. Lees meer

This week, the Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that could take that legal immunity away.

Guest: Adam Liptak, who covers the Supreme Court for The New York Times.

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The decision on website immunity has the potential to alter the very structure of the internet.

Lawmakers are targeting big tech “amplification.” What does that mean?

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The Veterans Fighting to Legalize Psychedelics

22 februari 2023 · 28 min

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In a major shift that would modify laws set half a decade ago, states and cities around the United States are moving to legalize psychedelics for use as a medical treatment. Lees meer

The sudden change of heart has a lot to do with who is asking for the substances.

Guest: Andrew Jacobs, a health and science reporter for The New York Times.

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Lawmakers find it hard to “just say no” to combat veterans seeking support for drug decriminalization efforts.

In January, Oregon became the first state to allow adult use of psilocybin “magic” mushrooms.

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Why ‘Made in China’ Is Becoming ‘Made in Mexico’

21 februari 2023 · 29 min

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The great supply chain disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic scrambled the shipping system across the Pacific. Lees meer

Although mostly over, the turmoil has led to alterations in the way the global economy functions. One such change can be seen in Mexico, where companies from China are increasingly setting up shop.

Guest: Peter S. Goodman, a global economics correspondent for The New York Times.

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Alarmed by shipping chaos and geopolitical fractures, exporters from China are setting up factories in Mexico to preserve their sales to the United States.

Laredo, a Texas border city, is primed to become one of the world’s most important land ports as American companies reduce their reliance on factories in Asia.

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Sunday Special: An Episode of ‘Hard Fork’

19 februari 2023 · 1 uur 1 min

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Times tech columnist Kevin Roose stopped by The Daily twice this week to chronicle the debut of Bing’s new chatbot — and the creepy things that transpired. Today, we’re bringing you the latest episode of Kevin’s podcast, Hard Fork. Kevin, along with his co-host Casey Newton, expand the discussion about why Microsoft’s A.I. search tool appears more powerful — and more unsettling — than they initially believed. Plus: a conversation about Elon Musk’s quest to be the most popular user on Twitter, and why online ads have gotten so much worse (like, much worse). Lees meer

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The Online Search Wars Got Scary. Fast.

17 februari 2023 · 29 min

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Microsoft recently released a new version of its search engine Bing that is powered by artificial intelligence software from OpenAI, the maker of the popular chatbot ChatGPT. Lees meer

On Valentine’s Day, after a meal with his wife, Kevin Roose, a New York Times technology columnist, had a two-hour conversation with the chatbot.

The chatbot, which revealed that it identified as Sydney, told Kevin that it wanted to be human, that it loved him and that he should leave his wife.

“There is something going on here that I don’t think Microsoft intended to build into a search engine,” Kevin said on today’s episode. “Something is not right.”

Guest: Kevin Roose, a technology columnist for The New York Times and host of the Times podcast “Hard Fork.”

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A conversation with Bing’s chatbot left Kevin “deeply unsettled.” Read the transcript.

Microsoft knew the new technology had issues like occasional accuracy problems, but users have experienced surprising and unnerving interactions.

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A Crisis Within a Crisis in Syria

16 februari 2023 · 26 min

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When a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Syria and Turkey last week, it killed thousands and created a crisis within a crisis. Lees meer

International aid began pouring into Turkey, but northwestern Syria, which was also hard-hit, received only a trickle. It was a bitter blow for Syrians, whose lives had already been uprooted by years of civil war, mass displacement and death.

Today, we hear from some Syrians and look at why it is so difficult for the world to help them.

Guest: Raja Abdulrahim, a correspondent in Jerusalem for The New York Times who traveled to northwestern Syria after the earthquake.

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Little international aid has come to hard-hit northwestern Syria. Residents there said they felt abandoned by the world, and rescue workers said they felt “helpless.”

Syrians have experienced relentless death and destruction during more than a decade of civil war, but some say the earthquake was worse than anything else they had endured.

War, territorial divisions and acrimonious relations between President Bashar al-Assad and many Western nations have complicated aid efforts. Here’s what to know.

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The Online Search Wars

15 februari 2023 · 31 min

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Microsoft recently released a new version of Bing, its search engine that has long been kind of a punchline in the tech world. Lees meer

The company billed this Bing — which is powered by artificial intelligence software from OpenAI, the maker of the popular chatbot ChatGPT — as a reinvention of how billions of people search the internet.

How does that claim hold up?

Guest: Kevin Roose, a technology columnist for The New York Times and host of the Times podcast “Hard Fork.”

Background reading:

When Microsoft released the new Bing, it was billed as a landmark event and the company’s “iPhone moment.”

On the latest episode of “Hard Fork,” OpenAI’s chief executive, Sam Altman, and Microsoft’s chief technology officer, Kevin Scott, talk about an A.I.-powered Bing.

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Why the U.S. Keeps Shooting Objects Out of the Sky

14 februari 2023 · 23 min

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Last week, after the Air Force shot down a Chinese surveillance balloon, examination of its wreckage revealed that it could not only take images, but also scoop up radio and cellphone communications. Lees meer

The balloon, the U.S. military said, was part of a bigger global program by China to collect information about military operations.

Since then the U.S. has shot down three other objects from the skies over North America — apparently without knowing much about them.

Guest: Julian E. Barnes, a national security reporter for The New York Times.

Background reading:

The U.S. and Canada are investigating three unidentified flying objects shot down over North America in recent days. Militaries have adjusted radars to try to spot more incursions.

A timeline of the unidentified flying objects that have been brought down this month.

Here is what we know about the objects and the Chinese spy balloon.

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The Navy’s Very Expensive Mistake

13 februari 2023 · 23 min

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Amid growing threats from rivals like China, the United States military is determined to invest in new forms of defense and abandon those that no longer meet its needs. Lees meer

On that list: a combat ship rife with flaws. But getting rid of the ship has proved unexpectedly difficult.

Guest: Eric Lipton, an investigative reporter for The New York Times.

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After years of crippling problems and a changing mission, the Navy pushed to retire nine of its newest ships. Then the lobbying started.

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The Sunday Read: ‘Women Have Been Misled About Menopause’

12 februari 2023 · 53 min

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Menopausal hormone therapy was once the most commonly prescribed treatment in the United States. In the late 1990s, some 15 million women a year were receiving a prescription for it. But in 2002, a single study, its design imperfect, found links between hormone therapy and elevated health risks for women of all ages. Panic set in; in one year, the number of prescriptions plummeted. Lees meer

Hormone therapy carries risks, to be sure, as do many medications that people take to relieve serious discomfort, but dozens of studies since 2002 have provided reassurance that for healthy women under 60 whose hot flashes are troubling them, the benefits of taking hormones outweigh the risks. The treatment’s reputation, however, has never fully recovered, and the consequences have been wide-reaching.

About 85 percent of women experience menopausal symptoms. Rebecca Thurston, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh who studies menopause, believes that, in general, menopausal women have been underserved — an oversight that she considers one of the great blind spots of medicine.

“It suggests that we have a high cultural tolerance for women’s suffering,” Thurston said. “It’s not regarded as important.”

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How Sports Betting Hit the Mainstream in America

10 februari 2023 · 34 min

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This weekend, one of the most watched sporting events of the year, the Super Bowl, will draw an estimated $16 billion in bets from Americans, more than double last year’s total. Lees meer

The booming trade is a sign of how gambling has gone from illegal to legal very quickly in many states — and hints at the enormous risks posed by the change.

Guest: Kenneth P. Vogel, an investigative correspondent for The New York Times.

Background reading:

Cigars, booze, money: A lobbying blitz helped to make sports betting ubiquitous.

Government oversight of gambling in the United States offers scant consumer protections and looks to the industry to police itself, The Times found.

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The Most Empty Downtown in America

9 februari 2023 · 28 min

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For the past decade, San Francisco has worked hard to turn its downtown into a vibrant hub, providing a model that other cities in the United States looked to emulate. Lees meer

In the wake of the pandemic, however, many buildings and offices in the center of the city have remained empty.

What went wrong?

Guest: Conor Dougherty, an economics reporter at The New York Times and author of “Golden Gates: The Housing Crisis and a Reckoning for the American Dream.”; and Emma Goldberg, a reporter covering the future of work for The Times.

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What lessons does San Francisco have for the future of downtowns in America?

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The Police Unit That Was Supposed to Keep Memphis Safe

8 februari 2023 · 32 min

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The death of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, at the hands of officers in Memphis last month has intensified calls for fundamental reform in policing. Those calls were echoed yesterday by President Biden, who hosted Mr. Nichols’s parents at the State of the Union address.

Today, we hear about a Times investigation into the special team of officers, known as the Scorpion unit, that is accused of killing Mr. Nichols.

Guest: Mike Baker, the Seattle bureau chief and a national correspondent for The New York Times.

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For 14 months, officers from the high-profile Scorpion unit patrolled Memphis with an air of menace.

City leaders had praised the Scorpion unit as a key strategy for fighting crime. Now they are trying to assess whether it was flawed from the start.

The unit has been disbanded, but Memphis wasn’t the only city to turn to specialized police teams.

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The Deadly Earthquake in Turkey and Syria

7 februari 2023 · 24 min

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On Monday, a giant 7.8-magnitude earthquake and an aftershock almost as big shook the earth in southern Turkey. The quakes sent ripples through neighboring countries, but the area along the Syrian-Turkish border was hit particularly hard. Lees meer

Thousands of people have been killed, and dozens of cities have been gutted.

We hear from witnesses on the ground about what happened when the devastating tremors hit.

Guest: Ben Hubbard, the Istanbul bureau chief for The New York Times.

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The initial earthquake struck before dawn, shattering lives in a region already rocked by war, a refugee crisis and economic distress.

In northwestern Syria, nearly three million people displaced by the country’s civil war were already living in precarious conditions.

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A Chinese Balloon and a Diplomatic Showdown

6 februari 2023 · 26 min

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On Wednesday, residents in Montana saw a mysterious object — a balloon — hovering and bobbing around in the skies. The enigma brought Americans out to squint at the heavens, caused a diplomatic visit to be canceled and opened a political debate. Lees meer

How did a balloon end up kindling such tension between Washington and Beijing?

Guest: Edward Wong, a diplomatic correspondent for The New York Times.

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The Chinese balloon drifted for seven days across the United States. Here’s a timeline of events.

The balloon was brought down by an air-to-air missile fired at it off the coast of South Carolina.

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The Sunday Read: ‘The Man Who Made Spain the Magic Capital of the World’

5 februari 2023 · 37 min

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Going out to dinner with Juan Tamariz in Madrid is a little like accompanying a cartoon character on a journey to the real world. As Shuja Haider, the author of today’s Sunday Read, walked with him on side streets off the city center’s main drag, the Calle Gran Vía, heads turned left and right. Lees meer

Mr. Tamariz, 80, has been a professional magician for 52 years, and in that time, he has managed the singular feat of becoming both a household name in his home country and a living legend in magic everywhere. David Blaine has called him “the greatest and most influential card magician alive.” But in Spain, Mr. Tamariz is an icon, less like Mr. Blaine or David Copperfield and more like Kermit the Frog.

In the United States, the most visible performers of magic in the late 20th century were stage illusionists who worked with big boxes and flashing lights. But Mr. Tamariz appears on stage and screen armed with little more than his two hands. He introduced Spanish viewers to the style of magic called “close-up,” done with ordinary objects, in near-enough proximity for a conversation and incorporating the participation of spectators.

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The End of the Pandemic Emergency in the U.S.

3 februari 2023 · 20 min

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The Biden administration said this week that it would end the public health emergency for Covid, a sign that federal officials believe that the pandemic has moved into a new, less dire phase. Lees meer

The move carries both symbolic weight and real-world consequences for millions of Americans.

Guest: Apoorva Mandavilli, a science and global health reporter for The New York Times.

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The end of the public health emergency, planned for May, will bring about a complex set of policy changes and signals a new stage in the government’s pandemic response.

Among the effects of the change, access to tests and treatment will be more complicated.

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A Revolution in How Democrats Pick a President

2 februari 2023 · 26 min

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For the past 50 years, the race to become the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee has been shaped by the where the contest begins: Iowa. Lees meer

But that process could soon be overhauled. In a coming meeting of the Democratic National Committee, South Carolina — a state that is more representative of the party and, possibly, of the country — could take over the key role of going first.

Guest: Adam Nagourney, a West Coast cultural affairs correspondent for The New York Times.

Background reading:

President Biden’s push to abandon Iowa for younger, racially diverse states is likely to reward candidates who connect with the party’s most loyal voters.

Reshuffling the early-state order could run into logistical issues in Georgia and New Hampshire.

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The State of the U.S. Economy in 4 Numbers

1 februari 2023 · 23 min

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The typical sales price of an existing family home in the United States in December: 372,700. The number of layoffs in the tech sector since the beginning of the year: 76,000. The number by which consumer spending fell in December: 0.2 percent. The increase in the cost of the same kind of carton of eggs bought by an editor on “The Daily” a year apart: 251 percent. Lees meer

What do these numbers tell us about the state of the country’s economy?

Guest: Ben Casselman, an economics and business reporter for The New York Times.

Background reading:

The U.S. economy showed momentum at the end of 2022, defying recession fears and displaying the resilience of consumers and businesses in the face of inflation and rising interest rates.

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7 States, 1 River and an Agonizing Choice

31 januari 2023 · 24 min

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In the United States, 40 million people in seven states depend on water provided by the Colorado River. Lees meer

After 20 years of drought, the situation is dire and the river is at risk of becoming a “deadpool,” a condition in which there is not enough water to pass through the dams.

The states were supposed to come up with a deal to cut their usage by Tuesday. Now, the federal government may have to step in and make a difficult decision.

Guest: Christopher Flavelle, a climate reporter for The New York Times.

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The seven states that rely on the river for water are not expected to reach a deal on reductions. The federal government could impose cuts for the first time in the water supply for millions of Americans.

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The Death of Tyre Nichols

30 januari 2023 · 31 min

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Tyre Nichols was a 29-year-old Black man who lived in Memphis. His mother described him as living a simple and pleasant life. He worked for FedEx, loved to skateboard, was an amateur photographer and had a 4-year-old son.

On the evening of Jan. 7, after a traffic stop, Mr. Nichols was violently beaten by the police, sustaining severe injuries. He died on Jan. 10.

For weeks, what exactly had happened was unclear. This weekend, videos of the encounter were released.

Guest: Rick Rojas, the Southern bureau chief for The New York Times.

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The five officers charged with the murder of Tyre Nichols are also Black, complicating the anguish and efforts to change the police.

Recently released video footage included critical moments in which police officers kicked, punched and pepper-sprayed Mr. Nichols while he screamed.

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The Sunday Read: ‘Has the Amazon Reached Its “Tipping Point”?’

29 januari 2023 · 58 min

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In the past half-century, 17 percent of the Amazon — an area larger than Texas — has been converted to croplands or cattle pasture. Less forest means less recycled rain, less vapor to cool the air, less of a canopy to shield against sunlight. Under drier, hotter conditions, even the lushest of Amazonian trees will shed leaves to save water, inhibiting photosynthesis — a feedback loop that is only exacerbated by global warming. Lees meer

According to the Brazilian Earth system scientist Carlos Nobre, if deforestation reaches 20 to 25 percent of the original area, “flying rivers” — rain clouds that recycle the forest’s own moisture five or six times — will weaken enough that a rainforest simply will not be able to survive in most of the Amazon Basin. Instead it will collapse into scrubby savanna, possibly in a matter of decades.

Losing the Amazon, one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth, would be catastrophic for the tens of thousands of species that make their home there. What scientists are most concerned about, though, is the potential for this regional, ecological tipping point to produce knock-on effects in the global climate.

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Arrests, Executions and the Iranian Protesters Who Refuse to Give Up

27 januari 2023 · 35 min

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In September, protests began in Iran over the death of a young woman, Mahsa Amini, at the hands of the government. The demonstrations have since intensified, as has the government’s response, with thousands arrested and a terrifying campaign of public executions underway.

Today, Iranians who have taken part in the demonstrations tell us — in their own words — why they are willing to brave such severe punishments to help bring about change.

Guest: Cora Engelbrecht, an international reporter for The New York Times.

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The protests in Iran have escalated amid anger over religious rules and a rock-bottom economy.

A look at the Iranians who have been hanged, and those on death row, as the government tries to crush the monthslong uprising.

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An Aggressive New Approach to Childhood Obesity

26 januari 2023 · 23 min

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Recent advice from the American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended a bold approach to treating the millions of children in the United States who are affected by obesity. Counseling, drug treatment and even surgery should be considered, the group says. Lees meer

The guidelines are a response to a deeper understanding of what obesity is — and what to do about it.

Guest: Gina Kolata, a medical reporter for The New York Times.

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The new guidelines have underscored how complicated childhood obesity is for patients and health providers.

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How Nonprofit Hospitals Put Profits Over Patients

25 januari 2023 · 32 min

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Nonprofit hospitals — which make up around half of hospitals in the United States — were founded to help the poor. Lees meer

But a Times investigation has revealed that many have deviated from those charitable roots, behaving like for-profit companies, sometimes to the detriment of the health of patients.

Guest: Jessica Silver-Greenberg, an investigative business reporter for The New York Times.

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With the help of a consulting firm, the Providence hospital system trained staff members to wring money out of patients, even those eligible for free care.

Dozens of doctors have said that this New York nonprofit hospital pressured them to give preferential treatment to donors, trustees and their families.

Bon Secours Mercy Health, a major nonprofit health system, used a poor neighborhood to tap into a lucrative federal drug program.

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What Biden Miscalculated About His Classified Documents

24 januari 2023 · 25 min

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Over the weekend, F.B.I. agents found classified documents at President Biden’s residence in Wilmington, Del., after conducting a 13-hour search. Lees meer

The search — at the invitation of Mr. Biden’s lawyers — resulted in the latest in a series of discoveries that has already led to a special counsel investigation.

What miscalculations have Mr. Biden and his team make throughout this ordeal?

Guest: Michael D. Shear, a White House correspondent for The New York Times.

Background reading:

Inside the decision by Mr. Biden and his top advisers to keep the discovery of classified documents secret from the public and even most of the White House staff for 68 days.

Investigators for the Justice Department recently seized more than a half-dozen documents, some of them classified, at the president’s residence in Delaware.

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The Debt Ceiling Showdown, Explained

23 januari 2023 · 28 min

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In the past decade or more, votes over increasing the U.S. debt ceiling have increasingly been used as a political tool. That has led to intense showdowns in 2011, 2013 and, now, 2023. Lees meer

This year, both sides of the argument are dug in and Republicans appear more willing to go over the cliff than in the past.

What does this year’s showdown look like and how, exactly, did the United States’ debt balloon to $31 trillion?

Guest: Jim Tankersley, a White House correspondent for The New York Times.

Background reading:

Two decades of tax cuts, recession responses and bipartisan spending fueled more borrowing has set the stage for another federal showdown over the debt limit.

Last week, America hit its debt limit. Here’s what to know.

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The Sunday Read: ‘Could I Survive the “Quietest Place on Earth”?’

22 januari 2023 · 28 min

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In a room in a modest concrete building in a leafy Minneapolis neighborhood is silence exceeding the bounds of human perception. Technically an “anechoic chamber,” the room is the quietest place on the planet — according to some. Lees meer

What happens to people inside the windowless steel room is the subject of wild and terrible speculation. Public fascination with it exploded 10 years ago, with an article on The Daily Mail’s website. The article left readers to extrapolate their own conclusions about the room from the short, haunting observations of its proprietor, Steven J. Orfield, of Orfield Laboratories.

“You’ll hear your heart beating,” Orfield was quoted as saying. And, “In the anechoic chamber, you become the sound.”

Much of the lore about the chamber’s propensity for mind-annihilation centers on the concept of blood sounds. Hearing the movement of blood through the body is supposedly something like an absolute taboo, akin to witnessing the fabrication of Chicken McNuggets — an ordeal after which placid existence is irreparably shattered.

Despite this, Caity Weaver, a writer for The New York Times Magazine, wanted to give the chamber a go.

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A Mother, a Daughter, a Deadly Journey

20 januari 2023 · 38 min

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With mountains, intense mud, fast-running rivers and thick rainforest, the Darién Gap, a strip of terrain connecting South and Central America, is one of the most dangerous places on the planet. Lees meer

Over the past few years, there has been an enormous increase in the number of migrants passing through the perilous zone in the hopes of getting to the United States.

Today, we hear the story of one family that’s risking everything to make it across.

Guest: Julie Turkewitz, the Andes bureau chief for The New York Times.

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The pandemic, climate change and growing conflict are forcing a seismic shift in global migration.

Two crises are converging at the Darién Gap: an economic and humanitarian disaster underway in South America, and the bitter fight over immigration policy in Washington.

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Why the U.S. Is Sending More Powerful Weapons to Ukraine

19 januari 2023 · 31 min

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Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the United States and allies have held back from sending Kyiv their most potent arms. Lees meer

Over the past few weeks, that has started to change.

Guest: Eric Schmitt, a national security correspondent for The New York Times.

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Ukraine has a narrow window of time to retake more territory ahead of an expected Russian spring offensive.

The Biden administration is considering the argument that Kyiv needs the power to strike Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014.

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The ‘Enemies List’ at Madison Square Garden

18 januari 2023 · 24 min

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With little warning or regulation, companies are increasingly using facial recognition technology on their customers — as a security measure, they say. Lees meer

But what happens when the systems are actually being used to punish the companies’ enemies?

Guest: Kashmir Hill, a technology reporter for The New York Times.

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Madison Square Garden Entertainment, the owner of the arena, has put lawyers who represent people suing it on an “exclusion list” to keep them out of concerts and sporting events.

Some have undermined the company’s ban by using a law passed in 1941 to protect theater critics.

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China’s Abrupt Reversal of ‘Zero Covid’

17 januari 2023 · 24 min

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For nearly three years, China had one of the lowest coronavirus death rates in the world, thanks to its strict yet effective “zero Covid” approach. Lees meer

But last month, the government suddenly abandoned the policy. Since then, there have been millions of coronavirus cases across the country.

Guest: Alexandra Stevenson, the Shanghai bureau chief for The New York Times.

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After micromanaging the coronavirus strategy for nearly three years, China’s leader, Xi Jinping, has suddenly left people to improvise.

China said that it recorded nearly 60,000 fatalities linked to the coronavirus in the month since the country lifted the “zero Covid” policy.

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The Sunday Read: ‘Risking Everything to Offer Abortion Access Across State Lines’

15 januari 2023 · 56 min

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In states where abortion is severely limited or illegal, clinicians face imminent prosecution if they continue to provide abortions. What is much less clear is what happens if providers in blue states offer telemedicine abortions to women in states where that’s against the law. These clinicians, too, could be arrested or sued or lose their medical licenses. To protect themselves, they may have to give up traveling to certain parts of the country — and it’s still no guarantee. Lees meer

In the face of so much uncertainty and an invigorated anti-abortion movement, large organizations and most clinicians are loath to gamble.

But some providers think that the end of Roe v. Wade calls for doctors to take bold action.

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The Presidents and the Classified Documents

13 januari 2023 · 21 min

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The Justice Department is scrutinizing how both former President Donald J. Trump and President Biden came to have classified records after they left office. Lees meer

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland appointed a special counsel after the discovery of two batches of classified documents from Mr. Biden’s time as vice president.

How are the two cases similar, how are they different and what might that mean for both?

Guest: Glenn Thrush, a Washington correspondent for The New York Times.

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Special counsels are looking into both Mr. Biden and Mr. Trump. Here’s how the situations differ.

Robert K. Hur has been appointed to oversee the investigation into Mr. Biden’s handling of classified documents. Who is he?

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The California Floods

12 januari 2023 · 27 min

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For weeks, a string of major storms have hit California, causing extreme flooding. While it might seem as if rain should have a silver lining for a state stuck in a historic drought, the reality is far more complicated. Lees meer

Today, how California’s water management in the past has made today’s flooding worse and why it represents a missed opportunity for the future of the state’s water crisis.

Guest: Christopher Flavelle, a climate reporter for The New York Times.

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In the wake of recent storms, California is facing questions about whether its approach to handling crippling storms is suited to 21st-century climate threats.

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