Power
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US
‘This Storm Has Broken People’: After Beryl, Some Consider Leaving
Devastating, back-to-back power outages have led some in Houston to consider whether they want to stay in the city they love.
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US
Rising Frustration in Houston After Millions Lost Power in Storm
With outages expected to last days, a top state official promised to look into whether the utility company could have done more to prepare for Hurricane Beryl.
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US
Immunity Ruling Escalates Long Rise of Presidential Power
Beyond Donald J. Trump, the decision adds to the seemingly one-way ratchet of executive authority.
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Newyork
There’s a Reason Trump Has Friends in High Places
Among the features that distinguish capitalist society from its predecessors, the political theorist Ellen Meiksins Wood once observed, is “the differentiation of the economic and the political.” The state, Wood pointed out, “stands apart from the ...
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World
As Ukraine’s Summer Starts With Blackouts, Worries Over Winter Begin
Recent rolling power outages have raised alarm about what will happen when cold weather arrives and energy consumption goes even higher.
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News
Abnormally Dry Canada Taps U.S. Energy, Reversing Usual Flow
In February, the United States did something that it had not done in many years — the country sent more electricity to Canada than it received from its northern neighbor. Then, in March, U.S. electricity exports to Canada climbed even more, reaching ...
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Newyork
How Michael Rainey Jr. of ‘Power Book II: Ghost’ Spends His Sundays
Mr. Rainey starts his day with tea, and then it’s time for fancy cars, making beats and Call of Duty with his friends.
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Newyork
Electricity Demand Is Surging. Let’s Not Fry the Planet in Response.
Electric utilities from Georgia to Wisconsin to Virginia are predicting a dizzying surge in power demand from new industrial facilities, electric vehicles and, most of all, the data centers that store our digital photos and will enable large-language ...
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Books
In ‘Power,’ Policing and Politics Are Inextricable
Though Yance Ford’s new Netflix documentary takes on a much-explored topic, its mix of personal and polemic makes for a strong argument.
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World
Rolling Blackouts Hit Several Cities as Heat Wave Scorches Mexico
Cities were plunged into darkness as scorching temperatures strained the national energy grid.