"As much as we might prefer to look away, climate change is already here. ... At Jazz Fest and other outdoor events, some adaptive measures are already in place, from misting stations to shaded areas.
"People are taking initiative, too, bringing their own Muses fans and using the ice in their beers to cool them off."
The writer "is New Orleans native and student at Bowdoin College in Maine." Do tell.
https://t.co/sCmeu0Z4AF via @nolanews
One desirable feature of an electoral system would be a perception of accuracy and fairness among the voters. All the “innovations” to extend the franchise trade away voters’ confidence in the outcome.
...Jill Biden insists that the pardon was necessary because “When Trump was elected, we knew that he would target Hunter.” Just one problem: It was her husband’s Justice Department, and two different panels of jurors, who convicted Hunter. All that remained was sentencing...
This, from the @nytimes, the All The News That Fits people. The district that goes away was a creation of the Voting Rights Act ca 2022, which was judged to be based wholly on race and therefore unconstitutional. More —>>
An insidious feature of the VRA was that, once created, a majority-minority district could not be dissolved. The state has lost several districts over the last few decades, so presumably if this trend continued it would dissolve only the >other< districts. —>>