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, a brief and basic guide to help you spot the good polls from the bad in the roller-coaster run-up to the November election— and the first story in our three-part series from Paris, Gold Medal for Green, by . This one shares how French and Olympic officials are producing the greenest Games ever.Poll-dancing
Americans are poll-obsessed. Which pollsters rank highest for accuracy and transparency so far this election year? Check out our brief and basic guide to help you spot the good polls from the bad and navigate what’s ahead.
Paris 2024: Gold Medal for Green
The Olympic Games aren’t known for their environmental stewardship. However, this summer in Paris, French and Olympic officials plan to show the world that sport and sustainability can align and that it is possible to create a greener future. Can they pull it off?
The Kamala Campaign Is Embracing the Memes (TIME)
Here’s the context of the coconut trees, Venn diagrams, and brat memes that the Kamala Harris campaign is unburdened by.
America’s Political Chaos is Enviable When You Live in an Autocracy (The Atlantic)
Chinese social media is fascinated with Biden’s decision to step aside.
New Dem Candidate, Same Trump Playbook (Chicago magazine)
It’s going to be a nasty, negative campaign as Trump will aim to make Harris the avatar of the social and economic changes his base fears.
Retirement Gets Harder the Longer You Wait (The Atlantic)
For men like Joe Biden—highly educated, employed past 65, strongly tied to work—stepping away can pose its own risks to health and happiness.
Extreme heat is threatening humanity’s best ally in fight against climate change (The Washington Post)
High temperatures, droughts and wildfire last year caused some forests to wilt and burn enough to degrade the ability of the land to lock away carbon dioxide.
Infant mortality in the US rose 3% in 2022, marking 2nd year of increases: CDC (ABC News)
The infant mortality rate was 5.61 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2022.
Could Global Tensions Puncture the Olympic Bubble? (Vanity Fair)
The Olympics are often framed as a respite from politics, but they’re not immune, and will be hard to ignore this year.
Survival of the fitted (Monocle magazine)
Craft know-how and tireless tailoring made maison Berluti ideally suited to outfit Team France on the biggest stage of all.
What lunar caves tell us about the shared origins of the Earth and the Moon (The Conversation)
The confirmation of the existence of caves on the moon is key to establishing a base there.