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Democrats think now is their last, best chance to pass a big climate bill
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) speak on infrastructure and climate protection at the Capitol on June 15. | Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
The ever-changing pressures of running an Instagram business
Instagram has launched new tools to help creators earn a living on the app, but some sellers worry it might increase their business’s dependence on
How TV therapy took on the pandemic
Uzo Aduba of HBO’s In Treatment and Dr. Orna Guralnik of Showtime’s Couples Therapy offered two different TV takes on pandemic therapy. | HBO/Showtime With
The stigma of the lonely woman
Kristen Radtke A comic on what it means to age as a woman in isolation. This excerpt is adapted from Kristen Radtke’s forthcoming graphic novel,
The doctors are not all right
Emergency room doctor Scott Jolley was repeatedly denied support from his employer in managing pandemic stress. | Courtesy of the Jolley family Doctors need mental
The weird argument that offshore oil is good for the climate, debunked
A BP well off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico during the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010. | Derick E. Hingle/Bloomberg via
New York City’s tragic election circus
Eric Adams arrives for a debate in the New York City mayoral race on June 10. | Photo by Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images
Everyone’s thirsty for friends
People are turning to TikTok to connect IRL, and FOMO is back, baby! If you happen to live in the Moncton, New Brunswick, area and
Your power company can turn up your thermostat remotely — if you let it
Is your Google Nest smart thermostat being controlled by you or by your power company? | Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images You may