When Im using Wikipedia, Im usually spending hours getting lost in the sites bottomless pit of random factoids for hours on end. Apparently though, this puts me in the minority. If you look at the most popular pages on the platform from this year, youre most likely to find pages…

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump has signed a $900 billion pandemic relief package, ending days of drama over his refusal to accept the bipartisan deal that will deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals and avert a federal government shutdown.The deal also provides $1.4 trillion to fund…

The Republican case against him boiled down to his not living in the district he sought to represent and an assertion that he would be a pawn of Nancy Pelosi, then the House minority leader. Other than being born to rich parents, Jon Ossoff has never accomplished a single thing…

When the flower idea emerged, it immediately resonated. We began to think that the message had to be so direct that even the pavilions should resemble flowers, Mr. Boeri said. The next question became which flower to choose, a complicated decision in a country where flowers are often identified with…

Lawmakers will be back in Austin in weeks. And plenty of statewide challenges will be there waiting for them. Even picking a Republican leader of a Texas House that is dominated by Republicans hasnt been without controversy. The chair of the House Democratic delegation expects most, if not all, members…
The earliest memory of political activity for Arya Rajendran is of joining the Balasangham, a childrens organisation, as a 10-year old. She had begun accompanying her father K.Rajendran, an electrician who had become a member of the CPI(M) in 2000, to party meetings much before that. On Saturday evening, many…

Social media algorithms, artificial intelligence, and our own genetics are among the factors influencing us beyond our awareness. This raises an ancient question: do we have control over our own lives? This article is part of The Conversations series on the science of free will. Many of us believe we…

After four years of slavishly promoting the president and White House, rightwing media will turn an abrupt about-faceWhen Joe Biden is sworn in as president on 20 January, cable news viewers may witness one of the most dramatic 180-degree turns in history.After four years of slavishly promoting the president, Fox…