Biden picks Brooks-LaSure to run Medicare, Medicaid agency
The Obama administration vet, who helped craft the Affordable Care Act, will be charged with helping Biden expand the health care law.
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Rick Perry: Texans Should Endure Blackouts To Keep Feds From Overseeing Power Grid
The Republican also insisted that wind and solar energy had caused the blackouts when coal, nuclear and natural gas energy systems bear much of the blame.
I Planned to Give Up My “Dangerous” Gas Stove. Then Texas Froze.
The South’s winter storm crisis raises a difficult question for the movement against gas stoves.
Ted Cruz Admits He Has ‘No Defense’ For Texas’ Current Energy Debacle
Some Twitter users appreciated the Republican senator for his admission, but others didn’t like his use of the shrug emoji.
FBI Opens Investigation Over Cuomo’s Nursing Home Death Scandal [UPDATED]
The New York governor has been accused of covering up the COVID-19 death toll at nursing homes.
I Am an Absolute God in Bed. But Women Seem Alarmed When I Reveal This.
You’d think this would be good news!
Winners of the 2020 Ocean Art Underwater Photo Contest
The judging for the ninth annual Ocean Art Underwater Photo Contest, organized by the Underwater Photography Guide, has wrapped up, and the winning images and photographers have been announced. Gaetano Dario Gargiulo took Best in Show with his image of an octopus in a tide pool. The organizers of the contest have once again shared with us some of the winners and honorable mentions, shown below, from the 12 categories of underwater photography.
Give Your Pup a Prehistorically Good Time With This Dino Chew Toy, Now on Sale
The Nylabone DuraChew Dinosaur Dog Toy is now $6, or 35 percent off the regular price.
Biden admin will spend $1.6B to expand Covid-19 testing and sequencing
Health officials told reporters that $650 million will be used to increase access to testing in non-medical settings, such as K-8 schools.
I’m Freezing Cold and Burning Mad in Texas
The great winter storm of 2021 has terrorized Texans, overwhelmed our energy grid, and made a mockery of our politicians and our much-vaunted independence.Here in Dallas, my family and I have intermittently been without power for three days. On Monday night, the coldest night on record in three decades, we were without power for 12 long hours.
Why These Child Psych Books From the 1980s Are All Over Parenting Facebook Groups Today
Louise Bates Ames’ advice may seem “old-fashioned,” but experts say much of it remains worth heeding.
Fauci: ‘Non-workable’ to vaccinate teachers before schools open
Fauci weighed into a heated debate on school reopening, wading where the Biden administration has often not been willing to go.
Why Did We Ever Send Sick Kids to School?
Staying home to avoid catching and spreading the coronavirus during the pandemic, for all the fear and anxiety it has caused, has come with one unexpected benefit for my family: My kids haven’t been sick once, not even with the common cold. My husband and I noticed this with a sense of relief after months of virtual schooling.
It’s All Rigged
As of January 10, nine brokerages had set the one-year target stock price for GameStop at about $10.But that’s not where it would stay—at least for a while. It climbed in price because a subreddit, r/WallStreetBets, engineered a short squeeze.That kicked off a wild ride, revealing many things not just about how digital technologies are transforming our world, but also about how they are not.
“Work Won’t Love You Back”: Sarah Jaffe on Toxic U.S. Work Culture & the Fight Against Inequality
Amid the economic crisis and precarious working conditions for millions of people during the pandemic, we look at a new book by Sarah Jaffe, an independent journalist and author who covers labor and economic justice. “Work Won’t Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone” looks at the unsustainable expectations of fulfillment around work and how the “labor of love” myth has contributed to the rise of toxic workplaces.
“David vs. Goliath”: Warehouse Workers in Alabama Fight Amazon for the Right to Unionize
Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama, are continuing to vote on whether to become the first unionized Amazon warehouse in the United States. Their demands include stronger COVID-19 safety measures and relief from impossibly high productivity standards that leave many unable to take bathroom breaks. “We want to be heard.
Teacher Unions: We Want to Reopen Schools as Well, But We Need Vaccines & Resources to Do It Safely
As school districts across the U.S. debate how to safely bring children into the classroom, we speak with two leaders of the teachers’ union movement on what’s at stake as schools reopen. Stacy Davis Gates, executive vice president of the Chicago Teachers Union, says years of underfunding and privatization have left many school districts ill-equipped to meet the needs of students, as well as educators. “It’s not just the context of opening schools.
EU OKs contract for 300 million more Moderna vaccine doses
The deal provides for the possibility of donating the vaccine to lower and middle-income countries if the EU has enough supplies.
COVID-19 Cases Are Dropping Fast. Why?
Editor’s Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection here. One month ago, the CDC published the results of more than 20 pandemic forecasting models. Most projected that COVID-19 cases would continue to grow through February, or at least plateau. Instead, COVID-19 is in retreat in America. New daily cases have plunged, and hospitalizations are down almost 50 percent in the past month.
It’s Getting Harder for Hallmark to Avoid Politics
From the Capitol riot to LGBTQ representation, reality is intruding on the company’s traditional, conservative fantasy.
Americans Are in a Golden Age of Yelling at Their Local Representatives
Thanks to the pandemic, it’s never been easier to give your mayor an earful.
Biden Wants to Give States $350 Billion. Do They Still Need It?
It turns out the pandemic may not have been the budget wrecker everyone feared.
If Rush Hour Dies, Does Mass Transit Die With It?
Downtowns won’t recover from the pandemic anytime soon. Public transportation must look elsewhere.
Even a Conservative Analysis Shows the $15 Minimum Wage Does More Good Than Harm
The Congressional Budget Office’s scoring of the proposed wage hike looks bad—because it was designed to be.
Forget Warm Weather and Low Taxes. Americans Are Moving to Be Near Family.
What happens if a pandemic-era trend sticks around?
When Piggly Wiggly Tried to Stick It to Wall Street
A century before GameStop, a stock market outsider took on short sellers. It was a spectacle and a disaster.
Doctors bring the fight to anti-vaxxers online
Health care workers are organizing online networks to promote Covid shots, strategically aiming to drown out vaccine opponents active on those sites.
CDC director: Too early for states to roll back mask mandates
“It’s encouraging to see these trends coming down but they’re coming down from an extraordinarily high place,” Rochelle Walensky said.
Moderna in talks with FDA to increase vaccine doses per vial
Doing so could alleviate limits on the final step of vaccine production.
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.