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Youth Turnout Hit a Record. Here’s What Changed.
First-time voters turned out in historic numbers. Campaigners, researchers and the voters themselves explain the shift.
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Heat Maps and Hard Choices: Inside a City’s First Cooling Plan
One city mapped every street by temperature and found a nine-degree gap between rich and poor neighbourhoods. Then it had to decide what to fix first.
Ines Castell
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The Coalition That Wasn’t: How a Late-Night Deal Collapsed
Six parties, one conference room and a draft agreement that lasted exactly four hours. Here’s what really happened behind the closed doors.
Theo Lindqvist
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The Return of the Midnight Cinema
Late-night screenings are selling out again. We spent a week of 00:00 showings to find out why an entire generation is choosing the dark.
Priya Anand
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