

Rebecca Solnit on why things are much better than we think
The American writer discusses the historic US midterm elections, the decline of Trump and how you can find hope by looking to the past. It’s easy to feel like everything is getting worse. Politics full of rage and violence, the threats posed by AI, the rise of the manosphere and a climate that keeps on heating up. But…
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