Do you dream of moving to a new place? You’re not alone. Many Americans are thinking of a better life elsewhere. They’re looking for bigger homes, second homes, or any home at all. nyti.ms/3lngYsT
We gathered data for almost 17,000 places across more than 30 metrics. Then we used that data to make a quiz. Where should you live? Find out here: nyti.ms/3nLb2LS
Our columnist @fmanjoo has lived in California nearly all his life, but “not a month goes by that I don’t wonder what I’m doing here,” he writes. So Farhad took the quiz.
A list of cities and towns near Dallas checked all his boxes. nyti.ms/3HOKgKv
“There are lots of places in America with jobs and lower climate risks or jobs and racial diversity, but if you want all three, Texas will take care of you best,” writes @fmanjoo, who visited Dallas and its suburbs this fall. nyti.ms/3HOKgKv
However, “if you select transgender rights or reproductive rights as important to you in our quiz, Texas will plummet in your results,” @fmanjoo notes. “Could I live in a state that maintains restrictions with which I profoundly disagree?” nyti.ms/3HOKgKv
You can read on here for more of Farhad’s discoveries, and take the quiz to learn which place might be the best match for you: nyti.ms/3HOKgKv
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"When the pandemic is finally over, what will remain is not only 800,000 or more Americans dead," writes @zeynep. nyti.ms/3Cvf4fm
"Cushioned from electoral accountability, some Republican politicians have taken an attitude toward the pandemic that borders on nihilism: whatever fuels or entrenches the tribal anger." nyti.ms/3Cvf4fm
"China’s playbook when confronted with criticism is neither crafty nor subtle: Deny, lie, play dumb, hope it goes away and, when all else fails, strike back ferociously. It’s all happening again in the case of Peng Shuai," writes the editorial board. nyti.ms/3qRiV43
Peng Shuai, the Chinese tennis star, "crossed swords with the state by publicly accusing a former senior Politburo member of sexual assault. After making the allegations in a Nov. 2 post on China’s popular Weibo social media platform, Ms. Peng vanished." nyti.ms/3qRiV43
On Wednesday, Chinese state media published what it claimed was a screenshot of an email sent by Ms. Peng to the Women’s Tennis Association, saying that the allegations were untrue and “everything is fine.” nyti.ms/3qRiV43
"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
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