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My Wife Spends Her Money on Hair and Nails, Leaving Me to Pay for Our Expenses
She’s always broke a few days into the month.
Top U.S. officials see booster shots as inevitable
The internal deliberations have stretched on for months as health officials watch for signs of waning immunity among high-risk groups.
FDA adds Guillain-Barre syndrome warning to J&J Covid shot
About 100 suspected cases of GBS — among 12.8 million people who have gotten the J&J shot — have been identified in the federal government’s database.
Utah governor admits mistake on vaccination milestone
“Welp. We screwed up. Because of a reporting error we have not yet hit 70% on our adult vaccinations,” Cox, a Republican, posted on Twitter Monday.
Few options for Biden as vaccination pace hits a wall
The administration is now strategizing over how to manage a nation with 68 percent of the population at least partially vaccinated.
Vaccines will get full FDA approval, Fauci predicts
“There’s no doubt in my mind that these vaccines are going to get full approval because of the extraordinary amount of positive data,” he said.
Help! My Teen’s Boss Is Handsy. I Think She Should Keep the Job Anyway.
I feel she will lose out on lots of opportunities in life if she won’t be near men behaving badly.
Dear Care and Feeding: Our 7-Year-Old Believes That Without Her “Lovies,” the House Will Catch Fire
Parenting advice on lovie anxiety, picky eating, and the “bye-bye” phase.
Gasoline is up and GOP sees an easy target: Biden
Americans are hitting the road as strong economic growth pushes up oil prices, and Republicans are trying to pin pump prices on Biden’s energy policies.
A ‘humble’ Fed ramps up inflation forecast as prices jump
Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank still expects rising inflation to subside in the coming months but underscored that he will be watching the data to see if that’s wrong.
AOC: U.S. Must Mass Produce COVID-19 Vaccine for World, or Pandemic Could Drag On for Generations
As the COVID-19 pandemic drags on, less than 0.1% of vaccine doses have been administered in low-income countries, according to data available at the end of March, with more than 86% of shots being administered in high- and upper-middle-income countries. “We are not protecting ourselves from the virus, and we frankly are setting up the virus and COVID for being around for generations,” says New York Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
News Roundup: Republicans remain anti-infrastructure as Tennessee GOP sabotages vaccine awareness
In the news today: As the Democratic-pushed child tax credits begin to arrive in American bank accounts, Republicans are now focused on stopping the next Democratic priority: infrastructure spending. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is pitching a fit after state Democrats sabotaged a new Republican attempt to restrict voting access.
Edwin Edwards, the legendary and controversial four-term governor of Louisiana, dies at age 93
Edwin Edwards, the legendary and controversial Louisiana Democrat who served in the U.S. House from 1965 to 1972; in the governor’s mansion from 1972 to 1980, 1984 to 1988, and 1992 to 1996; and in federal prison from 2002 to 2011, died Monday at the age of 93.
In an effort to combat rising Asian hate, Illinois requires schools to teach Asian American history
As crimes against the Asian American Pacific Islander community increase, nationwide calls to combat hate and teach Asian American history in schools have followed. Anti-Asian bias is not new to American history and one of the ways to dismantle racism is teaching children why it’s wrong.
CBP’s corruption streak continues, after border agents busted for working with smugglers
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has long been considered one of the most corrupt federal bodies in the nation, with a government commissioned report in 2015 noting that “arrests for corruption of CBP personnel far exceed, on a per capita basis, such arrests at other federal law enforcement agencies,” ProPublica reported in 2019. The department nevertheless continues to get billions upon billions in funding from Congress every single year.
Megyn Kelly Torn To Shreds For Saying Media Exaggerated Capitol Riot
People with eyes informed the former Fox News host she was wrong.
Judge maintains children who saw George Floyd’s murder possibly not traumatized because they smiled
When Black people ask, demand, scream, practically beg white people to show even the tiniest indication that they recognize or are even attempting to learn the Black person’s experience in this country, it’s not just for kicks. There are actual life and death consequences attached to white ignorance of what it means to be Black in America, a country that still overwhelmingly fears Black people.
Wildfires Are Free Pesticide for Spain’s Lizards
On the scruffy shrublands of the Iberian Peninsula, where the summers are parched and sweltering, it doesn’t take much for a spark to catch. The wildfires burn hot and fast, stripping the soil of its characteristic brush like a close shave. What’s left behind is withered and black, and the air stays stifling for weeks.It’s all a bit bleak, but the Algerian sand racer, a burrowing, long-tailed lizard, has struck a tentative truce with the flames.
Federal Judge Dismisses Roy Moore Lawsuit Against Sacha Baron Cohen
The former Alabama chief justice accused the comedian of defaming him by calling him a pedophile and a sex offender on his 2018 Showtime series.
Mitch McConnell ‘Perplexed’ By COVID-19 Vaccine Resistance His Own Party Is Pushing
“I can only speak for myself,” the top Republican in the Senate said when asked about other GOP senators fueling vaccine hesitancy.
Biden Turns Trump’s ‘Big Lie’ Against GOP In Call For Voting Rights Legislation
The president pointed out that many of the bills in statehouses restricting voting have used as justification Trump’s debunked claims of a “rigged election.
Ted Cruz Slams Democrats Who Fled Texas And Gets Buried In Mockery
The GOP senator shamed state lawmakers for leaving in a hurry, months after he jetted off to Cancun amid power outages caused by deadly winter weather.
The Green New Deal Does Not, Strictly Speaking, Exist
Every week, our lead climate reporter brings you the big ideas, expert analysis, and vital guidance that will help you flourish on a changing planet. Sign up to get The Weekly Planet, our guide to living through climate change, in your inbox.Since its ascension in 2018, the Green New Deal has defined the terms of the global climate debate. Perhaps no other climate policy in history has been as successful. Democrats and Republicans alike have been judged by how closely they seem to hew to it.
An Archivist Sneezes on a Priceless Document. Then What?
A year and a half ago, I found myself in an archive room at the London School of Economics, staring at 150-year-old documents complete with swirly handwriting and a red-wax seal.
What Infrastructure Really Means
On March 31, President Joe Biden unveiled a $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan that he lauded as “a once-in-a-generation investment.” The package recalled the construction of the interstate highway system in the 1950s and the public investments in the space race in the ’60s. However, this program is distinguished from those earlier ones not only by its price tag but in its unprecedented scope.
My Husband’s Sexual Fixation on His Favorite Actress Has Taken an Alarming Turn
I very much doubt she’d be OK with this.
Supercuts Pioneered a New Kind of Hair Salon
It started out as a modern, unisex alternative to both the barbershop and the beauty salon.
“Fly So Far”: New Film Tells Stories of Women in El Salvador Jailed for Decades Under Abortion Ban
The award-winning documentary “Fly So Far” looks at the criminalization of abortion in El Salvador through the incredible story of Teodora Vásquez, a woman who in 2008 was sentenced to 30 years in prison after she had a stillbirth at nine months pregnant. Vásquez was released in 2018 after more than a decade behind bars.
Controlling Women: With Roe v. Wade in Peril, Authors Say Move Past Court to Save Reproductive Rights
The Supreme Court is set to review a Mississippi law banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy that intends to challenge Roe v. Wade, raising concern for advocates about how reproductive rights can be preserved without the landmark ruling.