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Nov. 21, 2024 |

111MHz: ‘Frekm, Pt 1.’ London’s Felix Manuel, who records as DjRUM, is back with a typically jazz-influenced, flute-led bop

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Nov. 20, 2024 |

Way off. In 2015’s Paris Agreement, nearly all the world’s countries pledged to try to limit global warming

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Nov. 19, 2024 |

111MHz: ‘The Fatberg Which Weighed as Much as Three Elephants.’ Rubbish Music is, as you might expect, a U.K.

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| Michael Bluhm & Rachel Cleetus

Mind the gap

Why are global greenhouse-gas emissions still rising? Rachel Cleetus on how the use of fossil fuels keeps growing—and outpacing renewable energy.
8 minute read
| Omair Ahmad & Oliver Mills

In Canada, of all places

Why would the Indian government be killing and harassing Sikh activists around the world? Omair Ahmad on assassinations, the rule of law, and Delhi’s shifting global alliances.
9 minute read
| Anton Jäger & Gustav Jönsson

Business as usual

Is the U.S. really on the verge of “unprecedented extremism”? Anton Jäger on the long history behind Donald Trump’s “men on horseback” style in American politics.
11 minute read
| Michael Bluhm & John R. Deni

This way comes

Can Europe defend itself? John R. Deni on troop shortages, mismatched equipment, and the cost of security in a time of war.
12 minute read
| Gustav Jönsson & Richard H. Pildes

Specter

What’s the risk of the U.S. presidential election actually being stolen? Richard H. Pildes on facts and fears in a polarized democracy.
9 minute read
| Magdalena Cerdá & Gustav Jönsson

Staying alive

Why are fewer Americans dying of drug overdoses? Magdalena Cerdá on what we know and don’t know about the the U.S. opioid crisis’s fourth wave.
7 minute read
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