June 2019

We Asked 21 Democratic Candidates: ‘In an Ideal World, Would Anyone Own Handguns?’

ABOUT THE PROJECT The New York Times reached out to 22 Democratic presidential candidates to ask them the same set of 18 questions on video. Twenty-one accepted the invitation. Joseph R. Biden Jr. declined to participate despite repeated requests since late April. THE QUESTIONS 1. In an ideal world, would anyone own handguns? 2. Would

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Whales from Chinese aquarium starting retirement in Iceland

A pair of seasoned performers received a warm welcome Wednesday in Iceland, where the two beluga whales that previously lived at an aquarium in China will help populate a sanctuary for formerly captive marine mammals. Conservationists celebrated when a plane from Shanghai carrying the whales, named Little Gray and Little White after the colors of

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Ta-Nehisi Coates Assails Mitch McConnell at Raucous Reparations Hearing

WASHINGTON — The House waded into the decades-old debate over reparations for African-Americans on Wednesday, convening its first hearing on legislation introduced 30 years ago that would create a commission to develop proposals to address the lingering effects of slavery and consider a “national apology” for the harm it has caused. Hundreds of spectators, mostly

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What are vaccines, how do they work and why are people sceptical?

Vaccines have saved tens of millions of lives in the past century, yet in many countries health experts have identified a trend towards “vaccine hesitancy” – an increasing refusal to use vaccination. Skip tens of millions of lives The World Health Organization estimates that vaccines prevented at least 10 million deaths in just five years

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