Birth control pills could soon be over the counter. What’s next?
The FDA on Thursday approved Opill, the first over-the-counter daily birth control pill.
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FDA approves first over-the-counter birth control pill
Opill is a daily pill made by the company Perrigo.
A red state boosted public health funding by 1,500 percent. This is how they did it.
How careful messaging, a healthy budget and smart leadership boosted local public health funding in Indiana by 1,500 percent.
Iowa lawmakers approve ban on most abortions after about 6 weeks
Gov. Kim Reynolds immediately said she will sign the legislation.
Biden puts all his chips on the table with a push on ‘Bidenomics’
The push to own the economy, by literally branding it with the president’s name, is not without risk.
U.N. Warns Pandemic, Climate & Ukraine War Have Dramatically Increased World Hunger
The United Nations this week released its annual report on nutrition, finding that the pandemic, extreme weather shocks and the war in Ukraine have all contributed to food insecurity around the world — now higher than it was before the COVID-19 pandemic. Officials estimate that the world saw an increase of more than 100 million people facing hunger in 2022 compared to 2019.
What Is the Point of NATO? Historian Grey Anderson on How U.S. Has Used Alliance to Strengthen Power
This week’s NATO summit in Lithuania ended with the military alliance agreeing to extend membership to Ukraine at some point in the future but declining to give a firm timeline. Meanwhile, Sweden is set to become the newest member, bringing the alliance to 32 countries, after it started in 1949 with just 12 founding members.
“We Demand Respect”: Actors Join Writers on Strike, Grinding Film & TV Production to a Halt
Television and film actors are going on strike after a breakdown in negotiations between the SAG-AFTRA union and Hollywood studios. More than 160,000 members of the union are taking part in the first major actors’ strike since 1980. This also marks the first time since 1960 that actors and screenwriters have been on strike at the same time, with members of the Writers Guild of America on the picket lines since early May.
“Cobalt Red”: Smartphones & Electric Cars Rely on Toxic Mineral Mined in Congo by Children
The Democratic Republic of the Congo produces nearly three-quarters of the world’s cobalt, an essential component in rechargeable batteries powering laptops, smartphones and electric vehicles. But those who dig up the valuable mineral often work in horrific and dangerous conditions, says Siddharth Kara, an international expert on modern-day slavery and author of Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives.
Chris Wallace Swiftly Pulls Brakes On RNC Chair’s Biden Vacation Concerns
“No president is ever on vacation,” argued the CNN host before pointing to one of former President Donald Trump’s hobbies outside the Oval Office.
Marjorie Taylor Greene Points Out How RFK Jr. Has ‘Fooled’ A Lot Of Republicans
Greene described some of Kennedy’s policies as “far, far left” after naming where she agrees with the conspiracy theorist.
RFK Jr. Floats Bonkers Theory COVID Was Designed To Spare ‘Jews And Chinese’
Kennedy’s remarks gave an antisemitic flavor to this week’s press dinner turned shouting match.
The Fracturing of Hong Kong’s Democracy Movement
Andrew Chiu, a prodemocracy district councilor in Hong Kong, was attempting to stop a knife-wielding assailant from attacking protesters in November 2019 when the attacker broke free and lunged at him. The man pulled Chiu close in a belligerent embrace, sank his teeth into Chiu’s left ear, then snapped his head back and, as Chiu reached up to find blood spilling from his head, spat a sinuous chunk of flesh onto the brick sidewalk.An attempt to reattach Chiu’s ear was unsuccessful.
CNN Anchor Reminds Rep. Nancy Mace Of The NSFW Label She Used To Describe GOPers
Mace backed an amendment to block a Pentagon abortion policy despite calling on her fellow Republicans to “stop targeting women.
Eric Clapton Tried To Donate ‘Way Over’ Legal Limit To RFK Jr.’s Campaign: Report
The guitarist, who is British, previously railed against COVID-19 vaccine mandates on a podcast with the U.S. presidential candidate and conspiracy theorist.
The Joy and the Drama of Weddings
This is an edition of The Wonder Reader, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a set of stories to spark your curiosity and fill you with delight. Sign up here to get it every Saturday morning.“Weddings are funny affairs—tense, expensive, fraught with emotion,” writes Xochitl Gonzalez, an Atlantic staff writer who was once a luxury-wedding planner. “They are revisited—by the couple, by the family, by the person paying the bills—time and again.
Delivery Apps Just Did the Impossible
In recent years, Domino’s has sometimes fancied itself as a tech company with a side hustle delivering pizza. It’s true. By tinkering with technology such as AI, GPS, autonomous vehicles, and augmented reality, the world’s largest pizza chain has turned the dark art of food delivery into a science. It all started with its fabled Pizza Tracker, which launched in 2008 and created an early standard for tracking food delivery.
Sympathy for the Theater Kids
Forget Barbenheimer; July has a different double feature you should pay attention to. Two films premiering this weekend celebrate the value of putting on a practical production. One is the newest Mission: Impossible, a thrill ride as heartfelt as it is breathtaking. The other is Theater Camp, a mockumentary that, with apologies to Tom Cruise, might better underscore his message about the importance of committing one’s life to the arts (and at about half the runtime too).
A Raunchy Comedy’s Subtle Wisdom
Admittedly, I was suspicious of Joy Ride. The past few years have seen more and more Asian American films in typical Hollywood genres such as rom-coms, superhero blockbusters, and slow-burn dramas. Many have been excellent, some not so much, but in several of them I’ve noticed a recurring theme: a protagonist’s overidealized return to Asia. Joy Ride, a new film about an Asian American adoptee and her friends going to China, seemed primed to replay the trope.
Birth control pills could soon be over the counter. What’s next?
The FDA on Thursday approved Opill, the first over-the-counter daily birth control pill.
FDA approves first over-the-counter birth control pill
Opill is a daily pill made by the company Perrigo.
A red state boosted public health funding by 1,500 percent. This is how they did it.
How careful messaging, a healthy budget and smart leadership boosted local public health funding in Indiana by 1,500 percent.
Iowa lawmakers approve ban on most abortions after about 6 weeks
Gov. Kim Reynolds immediately said she will sign the legislation.
Biden puts all his chips on the table with a push on ‘Bidenomics’
The push to own the economy, by literally branding it with the president’s name, is not without risk.
“Cobalt Red”: Smartphones & Electric Cars Rely on Toxic Mineral Mined in Congo by Children
The Democratic Republic of the Congo produces nearly three-quarters of the world’s cobalt, an essential component in rechargeable batteries powering laptops, smartphones and electric vehicles. But those who dig up the valuable mineral often work in horrific and dangerous conditions, says Siddharth Kara, an international expert on modern-day slavery and author of Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives.
DeSantis Claims He’s Well Aware Of Dairy Queen Blizzards In Ice Cold Dig At Trump
The Florida governor trolled Trump over the frozen treat after the former president remarked on the Blizzard in Iowa last week.
The Most Metal Bird Nests You’ll Ever See
Two summers ago, a patient looking out his Belgian-hospital window spied in a tree an odd, abandoned magpie nest of plastic and wire. He had, by coincidence, just read a newspaper article about a Dutch biologist who studies bird nests built of trash. So he dashed off an email, and that Dutch biologist, Auke-Florian Hiemstra, was soon in the hospital courtyard, climbing aboard a cherry picker to see the nest up close.
Four Months After Ukraine Stumble, DeSantis Offers Tucker Carlson Word Salad Instead
The Florida governor previously called the Russian invasion a “territorial dispute” and had to backtrack.
Mike Pence Tells Tucker Carlson Jan. 6 Was ‘A Riot,’ Not An Insurrection
“I’ve never used the word insurrection, Tucker, over the last two years,” the former vice president said. “But it was a riot that took place at the Capitol.
Chuck Schumer Backs Declassifying UFO Records In Manner Like JFK Files
“The American public has a right to learn about technologies of unknown origins, non-human intelligence, and unexplainable phenomena,” the Senate majority leader said.