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The Porn Crisis That Isn’t
If you ask some people, America is in the middle of a public-health crisis. No, not that one.Legislators in 16 states have passed resolutions declaring that pornography, in its ubiquity, constitutes a public-health crisis. The wave of bills started five years ago, with Utah, which went a step further this spring by passing a law mandating that all cellphones and tablets sold in the state block access to pornography by default.
Moderna seeks full FDA approval of its Covid-19 vaccine
The company is the second vaccine maker to seek full approval from U.S. regulators.
“There Are Many Others”: 215 Bodies Found at Canadian Residential School for Indigenous Children
The Canadian government is facing pressure to declare a national day of mourning after the bodies of 215 children were found in British Columbia on the grounds of a school for Indigenous children who were forcibly separated from their families by the government. The bodies were discovered at the Kamloops Indian Residential School, which opened in 1890 and closed in the late 1970s.
Report Documents 32,542 Police Killings in U.S. Since 2000 with Vast Undercount of People of Color
A major new report on police killings suggests far more people of color have died in police custody than previously known. The report by the Raza Database Project and UnidosUS found that deaths of Latinos, Asian and Indigenous peoples have been historically undercounted. Researchers documented the deaths of 32,542 people who have been killed by police since 2000, 60% of whom constitute people of color, who make up just 40% of the U.S. population.
Walk Out: Texas Democrats Block Passage of Voter Suppression Bill by Leaving Capitol Ahead of Vote
Democratic lawmakers in Texas staged a dramatic walkout to prevent the Republican-controlled Legislature from passing a sweeping bill to rewrite election laws in the state. Critics say the bill will lead to mass voter suppression, especially of Black and Latinx voters, by eliminating drive-thru and 24-hour voting, as well as ballot drop boxes. The Republican bill would also make it easier for elections to be overturned even if there is no evidence of fraud.
Dear Care and Feeding: I Feel Incredible Resentment Toward My MIL. How Can I Let It Go?
Parenting advice on MILs, toxic masculinity, and postpartum anxiety.
The Problem With Free Transit
A growing movement wants to scrap bus and subway fares. That’s not what riders need most.
In 1974, a Man Stormed the Capitol, Ready to Kill. Now He Has a Warning for Us.
Steve Hassan’s controversial crusade to prove that Trumpists are cult members.
I Think My Superrich Grandpa Is Trying to Use Me in a Weird Scheme Against My Brother
He wants me to move in with him. I’m suspicious of his motives—but it sure would be nice not to have to worry about rent.
The Government Might Borrow a Move From Amazon to Turn More Cities Into Seattle
Get ready for HQ2, uh, part two.
My Family Is Furious I Won’t Pay My Brother’s $200,000 Hospital Bill
Years ago, I pleaded with him to get health insurance. Now I’m being ostracized due to his carelessness.
There’s Just One Problem With Ford’s Electric F-150
Joe Biden says the pickup truck is fast. It’s heavy, too.
Rep. McCaul: Covid origin ‘worst cover-up in human history’
The president last week ordered a 90-day investigation into claims the virus was spread by a lab accident in China.
Foster and migrant kids shut out from Covid vaccinations
Federal and state consent laws factor in whether at-risk youths will gain access to the shots.
Democrats plot Medicaid expansion backdoor in red states refusing program
Lawmakers see an opening to cover millions of low-income adults while the party’s other major health care priorities face tough odds.
Help! I Overheard My Fiancée Make an Awful Joke About My Dead Parents.
Is it crazy to throw away our whole relationship?
Dear Care and Feeding: I’m a Stay-at-Home Mom and I Feel Like I’m Drowning
Parenting advice on being home with the kids, quality time, and sisterhood.
Biden’s budget blowout predicts years of Obama-level tepid growth
Some analysts suggested that the administration is essentially admitting that its proposed surge in federal spending won’t actually boost the economy much at all.
A Biden-friendly economist is creating a big headache for president’s spending plans
The study adds fuel to an intense national debate about what is behind a suspected worker shortage and what policy changes are needed to accelerate Americans’ return to work as the pandemic subsides.
Tax the rich? Executives predict Biden’s big plans will flop
Corporate executives and lobbyists say they are confident they can kill almost all of these tax hikes by pressuring moderate Democrats in the House and Senate.
Biden pressed to send clear message on economy as warning signs flash
The White House’s reaction to unexpected jobs and price data has opened the administration up to GOP attacks.
Lockdown mentality still holding the economy back, banking official says
Neel Kashkari of the Minneapolis Fed says things should get better as people overcome fears related to the pandemic.
U.S. Marks 100th Anniversary of Tulsa Race Massacre, When White Mob Destroyed “Black Wall Street”
Memorial Day marks the 100th anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, one of the deadliest episodes of racial violence in U.S. history, when the thriving African American neighborhood of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma — known as “Black Wall Street” — was burned to the ground by a white mob. An estimated 300 African Americans were killed and over 1,000 injured. Whites in Tulsa actively suppressed the truth, and African Americans were intimidated into silence.
Erupting Congo Volcano Is Latest Crisis for DRC as It Faces “Largest Neglected Emergency on Earth”
We go to Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where tens of thousands of people are evacuating the city of Goma after a volcanic eruption killed dozens on May 22 and amid warnings that Mount Nyiragongo, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, could blow yet again.
Israeli Bombs Killed 66 Kids in Gaza Including 12 Who Were Getting Help for Trauma from Past Attacks
As the United Nations human rights chief warns Israel may have committed war crimes in Gaza, we look at how Israel killed 12 Palestinian children being treated for trauma from past Israeli bombings. Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, says Gaza has become “the home of hopelessness,” particularly for young people in the besieged territory.
Photo gallery: San Juan Island springtime for momma foxes and their baby kits
There is a population of foxes on San Juan Island in northwestern Washington state, where I live. They are non-natives who were brought here in the 1930s by island dwellers who were trying to come up with a solution for dealing with the island’s other main invasive species, rabbits (who seem to have arrived sometime in the 1850s with early British settlers).
Oath Keepers Leader Poised For Trump To Make Gang His ‘Militia’: Capitol Riot Indictment
“We want him to declare an insurrection, and to call us up as the militia,” said Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, according to new superseding indictment.
Courtney Milan’s ‘The Devil Comes Courting’ is a romance of sorrow, survival, and finding justice
In a calendar year in which I’ve been able to finish reading very few books—so diminished is my mental capacity and so sapped is my emotional resilience by the stresses of the coronavirus pandemic—one book just knocked me off my feet and reminded me why reading novels is such an essential part of life. That book is Courtney Milan’s The Devil Comes Courting.