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Americans are expected to spend a record $13.5 billion on Halloween this year, according to the National Retail Federation. That includes costumes, decorations and lots of candy.In this episode of “The Sunday Daily,” our host Rachel Abrams talks about these three tent poles of th ...  Show more

Gina Hinojosa, the Democratic nominee for governor, on her appeal to MAGA voters and her refusal to engage in the “culture wars.”Thoughts? Email us at theinterview@nytimes.comWatch our show on YouTube: youtube.com/@TheInterviewPodcastFor transcripts and more, visit: nytimes.com/t ...  Show more

Should we all be planting more trees? Ghana’s forests have been depleted, but the government wants to restore them to their former glory. Earlier this month, it challenged Ghanaians to plant five million trees in a single day – a nationwide stand against climate change. But is it ...  Show more

Trees are growing differently, what that means for our planet, and what we can do to help; Climate change slams a small city called Durban in South Africa, an inside look at how they're coping with major flooding; The Biden Administration opens up oil drilling on federal land, ho ...  Show more

From governments to airlines to your favorite eco-friendly clothing brand, tree-planting campaigns are everywhere. Reforesting the planet has become one of the quickest, easiest and most ubiquitous ways to reduce our carbon footprint...but is it actually helping to stop climate c ...  Show more