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Dear Care and Feeding: My Kids’ Incessant Guilt Trips Are Really Getting Me Down
Parenting advice on playtime, anti-vaxxers, and yelling.
Marvel’s Most Superhuman Feat Was Saving Itself
In the 1990s, the company went bankrupt, and the entire comic book industry was in a tailspin.
What COVID-Scarred Cities Can Learn From the Bubonic Plague
The rich flee. The poor have nowhere to go. And there is important work to do in the aftermath.
The Eerie, Awe-Inspiring Images of High Schools That Moved Into Empty Malls
It isn’t dystopian. It’s creative reuse.
Fauci: Pulling back Covid measures could endanger Biden’s July 4th prediction
“To pull back now, prematurely, would be ill-advised,” Anthony Fauci said.
Paris may face new lockdown as ICUs fill up
Special medical planes dispatched patients from the Paris area to less-saturated regions over the weekend.
Birx joins air purifying company selling Covid tech
The former coronavirus coordinator’s new firm is seeking FDA clearance to market its tech as a coronavirus fighter.
Biden’s new Covid workplace rules set to collide with reopenings
Businesses warn the policy could create confusion and bring hefty new costs for employers.
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.
Former Stockton Mayor Tubbs joins Newsom as economic adviser
He is best known for his work on a Stockton pilot project that provided $500 a month to a small group of low-income residents.
Biden’s ‘Morning in America’ moment sparks a furious debate
Another massive injection of federal cash could ignite the economy like never before. It also could drive up inflation and burst market bubbles, creating new headaches in an otherwise positive outlook.
U.S. adds a strong 379,000 jobs in hopeful sign for economy
The February gain marked a sharp pickup from the 166,000 jobs that were added in January.
Biden’s bubble risk: A reckoning in markets as the economy recovers
“I mean, Shaq has a SPAC. What could go wrong?” one economist says of the euphoria rippling through Wall Street and raising a new round of worries.
Meghan Markle Racism Revelations Are “Shocking, But Not Surprising” to People of Color in U.K.
The British royal family is facing intense criticism over its treatment of Meghan Markle, who revealed shocking details about life as a royal in an interview with Oprah Winfrey, including mistreatment and bullying from other royals, relentless harassment by the British press, and racist comments about Markle, who was born in the United States to a Black mother and a white father. One member of the royal family, according to Markle, even speculated how dark her child’s skin would be.
“Hell on Earth”: Yemeni Children Starve to Death as U.S.-Backed Saudi Blockade Devastates Nation
The World Food Programme is warning Yemen is headed toward the biggest famine in modern history, with the U.N. agency projecting around 400,000 Yemeni children under the age of 5 could die from acute malnutrition this year as the Saudi war and blockade continues. CNN senior international correspondent Nima Elbagir says Yemen is accurately described as “hell on Earth.
Fox News Appeals To Gen X For Help. Gen X Tells Fox News Where To Stick It.
The right-wing network’s call for help in its culture wars backfires hilariously.
Coca-Cola And Home Depot Oppose Georgia Push To Restrict Voting
Republicans in Georgia are trying to make it harder to vote, and the pressure is on big corporations to voice their dissent.
News Roundup: Haaland confirmed, Ron Johnson blunders again, and filibuster fights loom large
The Senate today confirmed, finally, Biden nominee Deb Haaland as the new Secretary of the Interior. Haaland becomes the first Native American to hold any Cabinet-level post in any administration. Sen. Ron Johnson continued to buffoonipate himself with further thoughts on why the racist things he says are not racist. And the Senate continues to plod towards a showdown that pits civil rights and urgent national needs against filibuster-based sabotage.
Conservative media calls on Gen X to save us from ‘cancel culture’ and Gen X responds, cancel that
With the Republican Party’s only identity at this point being white identity politics, and white people having all of the rights afforded them in the Constitution, they find themselves at a loss. Unable to muster up the vroom needed even to vote for the overwhelmingly popular American Rescue Plan, the conservative world has launched back into their tried and true culture war rhetoric.
‘He gonna be sore’: Louisiana troopers brag about ‘whoopin’ inflicted on Black man for running
A Louisiana State Patrol trooper, reportedly caught bragging in text messages about beating a suspect, was arrested with two other troopers on excessive force allegations. Troopers Dakota DeMoss, Randall Dickerson, and George Harper were arrested on February 8 on criminal charges associated with not only excessive force but allegedly trying to hide their actions, the media site Sound Off Louisiana reported.
An Asian American restaurant owner called Greg Abbott ‘selfish,’ his restaurant was vandalized
Despite the increasing awareness, hate crimes directed against Asian Americans have continued to rise amid the pandemic. Asian Americans have not only been physically assaulted and verbally abused, but businesses they own have been vandalized and destroyed by racist ill-informed individuals who blame them for the virus.
In a recent incident, a Texas ramen restaurant was covered in xenophobic graffiti after the owner spoke out against Texas Gov.
Watch out for Republicans trying to claim credit for American Rescue Plan’s state and local aid
State and local governments hemorrhaged jobs in the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, and the damage remains: Employment in that area remained at 1.4 million jobs, or 7%, lower in February 2021 than it was in February 2020. Three states—New Hampshire, Nevada, and Maine—have seen state and local government jobs drop by 10% or more. In a majority of states, it’s 5% or more.
Missouri Dad Recalls Learning To Accept His Transgender Child In Epic Speech
Brandon Boulware, an attorney and father of four, spoke out against a state proposal that would ban trans athletes from women’s sports earlier this month.
Ted Cruz Mocked After He Demands Military Stop Bullying Tucker Carlson
One Twitter user wondered what would happen if the Texas Republican “stood up for his wife, father, kids, and dog like he does for Tucker Carlson.
Help! My Friend Lost Several Pregnancies. How Do I Tell Her I’m Happily Expecting?
I know she will be supportive, but she’s been through so much.
The CEO of Amtrak Thinks Americans Are Ready for Trains Again
And he says sleeper cars are making a comeback.
Why the Pandemic Experts Failed
A few minutes before midnight on March 4, 2020, the two of us emailed every U.S. state and the District of Columbia with a simple question: How many people have been tested in your state, total, for the coronavirus?By then, about 150 people had been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the United States, and 11 had died of the disease. Yet the CDC had stopped publicly reporting the number of Americans tested for the virus.
