“She’s Almost Eating Him”: What’s Really Going on in That Ad With Everyone Licking Each Other on the Face
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The Women Who Changed War Reporting
In 1966, a young American journalist named Frances FitzGerald began publishing articles from South Vietnam in leading magazines, including this one. She was the unlikeliest of war correspondents—born into immense privilege, a daughter of the high-WASP ascendancy. Her father, Desmond FitzGerald, was a top CIA official; her mother, Marietta Tree, a socialite and liberal activist.
Conservative Donors Have Their Own Cancel Culture
The University of Texas insists that it is willing to confront its past racism and make sweeping changes for the sake of justice. What it won’t do is deal with the racist history of its school song.Last summer, amid nationwide protests over George Floyd’s death in police custody, more than two dozen Texas football players and other athletes issued a list of demands aimed at making their school more welcoming.
The Flawed Fantasy World of Raya and the Last Dragon
Fantasy worlds that mirror real-life cultures have a long history in storytelling. Middle-earth, the Four Lands, Narnia, Westeros, Earthsea: These are fictional places populated by imaginary creatures and characters, but with politics, faiths, and cultural dynamics that resemble our own. They give their creators license to world-build with allegories for contemporary issues, but without worrying too much about fidelity to reality.
There Is No Parenting Utopia
No tribe or “ancient” culture has perfected child rearing—so why won’t the expedition end?
Why Republicans Might Be Open to a Minimum Wage Hike
The issue used to be a nonstarter for the GOP. Here’s what changed.
Democrats Have Decided to Send Checks to Fewer People for No Actual Good Reason
Raise a glass for comity and moderation.
The Absurd Nike Scandal That Has Sneakerheads Losing Their Minds
A tale of “insider trading,” but sneakers.
Key Senate Democrats Want to Keep Sending Americans Money As Long As the Economy Remains Bad
Congress is figuring out it can’t always count on itself to help Americans in an economic crisis.
J&J vaccine the ’accelerant’ to reopening schools in New Jersey, Murphy says
It’s been nearly a year since New Jersey’s 1.4 million K-12 students have been in classrooms full-time.
Abbott: Texas mask mandate rollback ‘isn’t going to make that big of a change’
The Republican governor also criticized President Joe Biden for accusing him of “neanderthal thinking.
A complicating factor in combating Covid hot spots: Heat
Heat, environmental problems and the pandemic concentrate in certain neighborhoods. Here’s a new idea for what to do about it.
CDC delays guidelines for vaccinated people
The CDC guidelines were expected to be released Thursday but the CDC was told to hold their publishing.
Why a Prominent Group of Catholic Bishops Is Objecting to the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine
What will the impact be?
Keep Your Locks Nourished Between Cuts With This Popular Hair Mask, Now on Sale
The Brigeo “Don’t Despair, Repair!” Deep Conditioning Mask is now $29, or 20 percent off.
Help! My In-Laws Are Holocaust Deniers.
I don’t want my kids to have a relationship with them. My husband disagrees.
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.
Biden targets smallest businesses with exclusive aid window
Only businesses with fewer than 20 employees will be able to apply for aid through the massive Paycheck Protection Program.
Biden’s economic point man draws praise — and pushback
Allies laud Brian Deese’s leadership on the stimulus negotiations, but he’s rubbed some the wrong way.
Biden aims to isolate China on coal — but it could blow back on the U.S.
The U.S. wants to stop new coal projects, but risks losing poor countries to Beijing’s “Belt and Road” agenda.
Sen. Jeff Merkley: It’s get rid of the filibuster, or face a ‘Democratic Party Armageddon in 2022’
Sen. Tina Smith, the first-term Democrat from Minnesota, became the most recent Senate convert to ending the filibuster. “I believe that the filibuster should be abolished in all cases, not just for any particular piece of legislation,” Smith told the Star Tribune.
Manchin’s antics threaten to blow up COVID-19 relief bill, take unemployment away from millions
Who needs Republicans like Sen.
What to expect when you’re inoculating (i.e. what you can—and can’t—do after being vaccinated)
Congratulations! You have a fresh SpongeBob Band-Aid on your off arm; a dose of Pfizer, or Moderna, or Johnson & Johnson vaccine sunk deep into your muscle tissue; and the rabbit is … sorry, rabbits have nothing to do with this. However, if your first inclination is to climb onto a table in the middle of the nearest Applebee’s and belt out a chorus of “Climb Every Mountain,” there are several reasons why you really shouldn’t.
Cat got their tongues? GOP silence as top donor faces trial for biggest tax fraud scheme in history
Have you heard of Robert Brockman? He’s a billionaire. Brockman is the former CEO of Reynolds & Reynolds, a software company based in Ohio. He’s also the focus of an investigation into a $2 billion tax fraud scheme. It has been called the “biggest tax fraud scheme in U.S. history.” It is the largest tax fraud case ever filed by the government.
Supreme Court dismisses so-called sanctuary city cases following Biden admin request
The Supreme Court on Friday granted a request from the Biden administration to dismiss several cases around the previous administration’s withholding of federal funds from so-called “sanctuary cities.” Punishing localities for pro-immigrant policies was a favorite pastime of the Department of Justice (DOJ) under former Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III since the beginning of the previous administration.
Cuomo scandal heats up Hill probe of nursing home death data
Senior officials at two federal health agencies will meet as early as next week with House Ways and Means Committee Republican staff about how to improve the tracking of nursing home deaths.
Cuomo scandal heats up Hill probe of nursing home death data
Senior officials at two federal health agencies will meet as early as next week with House Ways and Means Committee Republican staff about how to improve the tracking of nursing home deaths.
Democrats Reach Deal On Unemployment Benefits In COVID-19 Relief Bill
The agreement paves the way for President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill to move forward in the Senate.
Ex-House Speaker Paul Ryan Is Fundraising For Pro-Impeachment Rep. Liz Cheney
The upcoming event highlights a continuing GOP divide.