"This is not another story about saving Hudson Bay’s polar bears. It’s too late for that," writes @BCAppelbaum. nyti.ms/3CN9Qws
What comes next for a small town that bills itself as the Polar Bear Capital of the World?
Here, a polar bear cub is dwarfed by a tundra crawler filled with tourists. nyti.ms/3CN9Qws
The people of Churchill, Manitoba, dream of building a maritime city.
“It doesn’t matter where you’re situated in the world — the threats are real. But you’ve got to look for the wins in all of this," says the mayor, Michael Spence. nyti.ms/3CN9Qws
Photographer Damon Winter joined editorial board member Binyamin Appelbaum to visit the isolated Canadian town, where the polar bears are in trouble, and the people are contemplating an uncertain future. nyti.ms/3CN9Qws
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How much does everyday sexism at work matter? Journalist @jessnordell teamed up with @_kenny_joseph, a computer science professor, and @yuhao_du_, to create a computer simulation of a workplace they called NormCorp. nyti.ms/3FMgx3S
NormCorp employees experience the gender bias that is endemic in the workplace. Women’s solo projects are valued slightly less than men’s, and their joint projects with men accrue them less credit. They are penalized slightly more when they fail. nyti.ms/3FMgx3S
The team simulated 10 years of promotion cycles happening at NormCorp with these types of gender bias. Take a close look at how women’s representation changed over time. nyti.ms/3FMgx3S
"Rational Republicans are losing the G.O.P. civil war."
Two Republicans — Miles Taylor, who wrote the “Anonymous” Op-Ed in 2018, and Christine Todd Whitman, the former governor of New Jersey —write about a plan to turn the tide. nyti.ms/3v3X8Gl
G.O.P. leaders in the House and in many states have "turned belief in conspiracy theories and lies about stolen elections into a litmus test for membership and running for office." nyti.ms/3v3X8Gl
"We cannot tolerate the continued hijacking of a major U.S. political party by those who seek to tear down our Republic’s guardrails or who are willing to put one man’s interests ahead of the country." nyti.ms/3v3X8Gl
More than 700,000 people in Florida are barred from voting because they can’t afford the financial obligations stemming from a prior felony conviction. nyti.ms/3lkKmjO
How is this possible? In 2018, Floridians overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment restoring voting rights to nearly everyone with a criminal record, upon the completion of their sentence. nyti.ms/3lkKmjO
Within a year, Florida’s Republican-led Legislature gutted the reform, passing a law defining a criminal sentence as complete only after the person sentenced has paid all legal financial obligations connected to it. nyti.ms/3lkKmjO
President Biden will convene a global Covid-19 Summit on Wednesday. What should be discussed? nyti.ms/3EF43uk
“The People’s Vaccine Alliance estimated in June that at the current pace, it would take 57 years for low-income countries to vaccinate their entire populations,” notes @JInterlandi. nyti.ms/3EF43uk
“Nearly a year since the first shots were administered, world leaders have yet to put forth a bolder or more comprehensive plan,” notes @JInterlandi. nyti.ms/3EF43uk
"Having lost the White House and the Senate last year, Republicans appear intent on rigging the game in their favor before the midterms," writes the editorial board. nyti.ms/3zn7thd
Republicans have rejected measures to make voting fairer, more accessible and more secure. The party has been pushing laws that tighten ballot access — at least for certain groups. Now, there is a reform bill aimed at curbing the madness. nyti.ms/3zn7thd
“Put simply, if the new bill is enacted, more citizens will be able to register to vote, vote in person and by mail and have their votes counted,” asserted @marceelias, one of the Democrats’ top legal champions on voting rights. nyti.ms/3zn7thd