Today marks martin luther king day, to commemorate the civil rights leader and his fight for equality at the ballot box. It was also meant to be the deadline for a senate vote on legislation designed by democrats to tect voting rights. And hamams, the traditional bath houses across the arab world have long been in decline, but even against the challenge of covid they've survived because there's still a place for rights and rituals. The whole matrix of g o p democracy suppression to day, it's time to protect the right to vote.
Democrats will spend the week battling for a tightening of laws on casting votes; that will
overshadow Republicans’ worrying push into how those votes are counted and certified. Earthquakes remain damnably unpredictable, but
new research suggests a route to early-warning systems. And why hammams, the declining bathhouses of the Arab world, will
cling on despite even the challenge of covid-19. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of
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