Arkansas governor vetoes ban on youth transgender care
The Republican warned the measure amounted to government overreach, but Republican lawmakers are likely to override his veto.
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How Do I Tell My Partner I’m Scared of His Huge Penis?
I wasn’t really able to do anything but hold it there.
European Travel Influencers Had a Bizarre Solution for COVID in New York
On Instagram, one travel industry refused to shut down.
Biden’s spending plans collide with a resurgent U.S. economy
The numbers signal the U.S. is well on its way toward a revival, one that’s widely expected to reach record levels of growth later this year.
‘Crazy things happen’: Biden’s next spending spree fuels a fight over risks
The president’s team is preparing a $3 trillion spending proposal to power through Congress. They’re betting markets and the economy will cooperate long enough to pass it.
Black workers, hammered by pandemic, now being left behind in recovery
Structural inequities in the U.S. labor market that have affected Black and Hispanic workers’ ability to advance out of low-paying jobs, as well as discrimination in hiring practices, are also likely having an effect.
Fed sees U.S. economic growth surging to 6.5 percent this year
Central bank officials now expect the unemployment rate to drop to 4.5 percent by the end of 2021.
Treasury secretary minimizes risk of inflation caused by Covid relief package
Janet Yellen said the greater risk was not strengthening the economy as it recovers from the impact of the pandemic.
Biden’s $2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan Goes Beyond Bridges & Roads, But Its “Scale Is Inadequate”
We speak with economist Darrick Hamilton, founding director of the Institute on Race and Political Economy at The New School, about how U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is calling for a minimum global corporate income tax to help pay for President Joe Biden’s proposed $2.25 trillion infrastructure and jobs plan, aimed in part at combating the climate crisis and addressing racial inequities in housing and transportation.
News Roundup: Matt Gaetz wanted pardoning; Tucker mocks insurrection violence
In today’s news: Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz may be denying allegations of sex trafficking (and a whole bunch else), but that didn’t stop him from pressing for a last-minute Trump pardon. Tucker Carlson continues to wave the flag of violent white nationalism. The filibuster fight takes a religious turn, as faith leaders press the Senate to stop hiding behind process to dodge issues of civil rights.
Fox News’ new comedy show is amazingly bad and here are some funny reviews
Greg Gutfeld has always been Fox News’ version of Greg Gutfeld. He has positioned himself as the funny person at Fox News, which is sort of like being the best-smelling dung beetle in a pile of manure. He has a new show on Fox, and boy is it a … hoot? Called Gutfeld!, Greg takes on Fox News’ versions of the day’s events and lampoons the Biden administration and the illiberal media.
Mississippi official frets that greater ballot access will allow ‘woke’ college students to vote
There are a lot of people I’d like to keep home on Election Day—about 74 million, by last count. But they have every right to tick a sad little box for a bloviating mound of venal earwax, no matter what I think about it.
I’ve also known my share of ignorant college students.
‘The president’s committed to raising the minimum wage,’ Labor Sec. Marty Walsh says. He should be
The Senate voted against including a minimum wage increase in the American Rescue Plan in March, and as long as Republicans have the option of filibustering it, they will block any meaningful increase in what’s now a poverty-level federal minimum wage. But because $7.
Sen. Joe Manchin Says He Will Not Vote To Eliminate Filibuster
The West Virginia moderate Democrat said in an opinion article that there was “no circumstance in which I will vote to eliminate or weaken” the legislative procedure.
After Sandy Hook shooting, NRA’s Wayne LaPierre stayed on 108-foot yacht named ‘Illusions’
For many years news trickled out warning that the National Rifle Association was bleeding money. Lots and lots of money due to things like overspending on all kinds of political maneuvers promoting their continuously unpopular positions. They also found themselves in the middle of a power struggle between the various corrupt executives from both the NRA and their piggy bank: PR firm Ackerman McQueen.
Biden To Sign Executive Orders Cracking Down On Gun Violence
The president has been pressured to act after two major mass shootings took 18 lives in March.
The big hole in America’s plan to fight Covid-19 variants
Vaccine makers are studying whether booster shots or revised vaccines will be needed to fight new strains — but they don’t have an easy way to expand production.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn Mocked For Griping About Funding Elder Care
The Republican Party’s opposition to anything that President Joe Biden is for is pushing GOP politicians into taking some bizarre positions.
Georgia Governor Suggests Voters Waiting In Long Lines Order Uber Eats
A new Georgia law bars anyone other than election workers from offering food or water to voters close to polling stations.
GOP Politicians & Pundits Lie About Colorado’s Voting Laws In Attempt To Embarrass MLB
It’s easier for the average person to vote in Colorado than it is in Georgia. Their laws aren’t even in the same ballpark.
Gender-Affirming Care Doesn’t Just Help Trans Youth Survive. It Allows Them to Flourish.
Affirming care for transgender kids is a blessing. Efforts to outlaw it are an abomination.
Boston in the 1970s
Here’s a collection of some of the sights and events taking place in and around Boston from 1970 to 1979. Below, images of the blizzard of 1978, a victory parade for the Bruins after they won the 1970 Stanley Cup, enforcement and opposition to school segregation by busing, a Celtics game in Boston Garden, urban renewals and restorations, a St. Patrick’s Day parade in South Boston, anti-war protests, charm-school lessons, and much more.
The Dark Side of Box Tops for Education
For many young adults and their parents, the words box tops evoke fond memories of cutting out cardboard rectangles and stuffing them into Ziploc bags to carry to school. The Box Tops for Education program, founded in 1996, is a General Mills initiative that allows families to redeem labels from eligible food and household products for 10-cent contributions to their schools. Over the past 25 years, the program has given nearly $1 billion to schools nationwide.
You Probably Have an Asymptomatic Infection Right Now
One of the most perplexing and enduring mysteries of the pandemic is also one of the most fundamental questions about viruses. How can the same virus that kills so many go entirely unnoticed in others?The mystery is hardly unique to COVID-19. SARS, MERS, influenza, Ebola, dengue, yellow fever, chikungunya, West Nile, Lassa, Japanese encephalitis, Epstein-Barr, and polio can all be deadly in one person but asymptomatic in the next.
“This Agreement Protects Jobs”: Four Unions at Rutgers University Reach Historic Deal to End Layoffs
After a year of layoffs, cuts and austerity, the faculty and staff of four unions at Rutgers University have voted in support of an unusual and pioneering agreement to protect jobs and guarantee raises after the school declared a fiscal emergency as a result of the pandemic. A key part of the deal is an agreement by the professors to do “work share” and take a slight cut in hours for a few months in order to save the jobs of other lower-paid workers.
Do Prisons Keep Us Safe? Author Victoria Law Busts Myths About Mass Incarceration in New Book
As the first anniversary of the police killing of George Floyd approaches, we speak with author and journalist Victoria Law, who says despite the mass movement to fight systemic racism sparked by Floyd’s death, persistent myths about policing, incarceration and the criminal justice system still hinder reform.
Retired Black NYPD Detective: Derek Chauvin Trial Highlights “Race-Based” Police Brutality Problem
This week at the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, numerous members of the Minneapolis Police Department have taken the stand and testified that Chauvin violated policy by kneeling on Floyd’s neck for nine-and-a-half minutes, and the emergency room doctor who tried to save Floyd’s life said his chances of living would have been higher if CPR had been administered sooner.
The Crime Drama That Will Enthrall and Repel You
Writing about Titus Andronicus in 1948, the scholar John Dover Wilson bemoaned how Shakespeare’s bloodiest play “seems to jolt and bump along like some broken-down cart, laden with bleeding corpses from an Elizabethan scaffold, and driven by an executioner from Bedlam.” You couldn’t say the same for Gangs of London.
Dear Care and Feeding: My Husband Won’t Let Me Teach Our Baby My Native Language
Parenting advice on bilingual babies, autism adjustments, and motherly meddling.