Who killed the Covid-19 vaccine waiver?
The inside story of how lobbying, threats and the desire to protect industry gutted a proposal that was meant to make vaccines widely available in poorer countries.
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Fed jacks up rates again but Powell hints it might slow down
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Voters remain gloomy despite recent economic gains
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U.S. economy returned to growth last quarter, expanding 2.6 percent
Housing investment, though, plunged at a 26 percent annual pace, hammered by surging mortgage rates.
More voters trust Republicans on economy as interest in midterms hits high, polls say
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Exiled Russian Environmentalist: Russia’s Uranium Sales to U.S. & Europe Help Putin Fund Ukraine War
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Ukrainian Climate Scientist Says Fossil Fuels Enabled Russian War in Ukraine
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“Fossil Fuels Fund Dictatorships”: Ukrainian Climate Activist Suspended from COP27 over Russia Protest
Ukrainian climate activist Svitlana Romanko joins us after she was suspended from the U.N. climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, when she accused Russian officials of war crimes and genocide at an event on Wednesday. Romanko is the founder and director of Razom We Stand, an organization demanding a total permanent embargo on Russian oil and gas.
“A Near-Death Experience”: U.K.-Egyptian Activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah Almost Dies on Prison Hunger Strike
The family of imprisoned British Egyptian human rights activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah visited him on Thursday for the first time since he ended his full hunger and water strike, which they say occurred after he collapsed inside his prison shower last week. El-Fattah had intensified his strike on the first day of the U.N. climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh to draw international attention to the country’s human rights violations and protest his seemingly indefinite imprisonment.
Maricopa County Official Reportedly Goes Into Hiding Over Midterm Safety Fears
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Rep. Adam Schiff Says Elon Musk’s Latest Move Is A ‘Terrible Mistake’
The California Democrat slammed the billionaire’s decision to reinstate Donald Trump on Twitter.
Lawmakers Urge Action After Report Of Other Supreme Court Leak
The Senate Judiciary Committee chairman said the panel is reviewing allegations that a landmark 2014 decision was leaked by Justice Samuel Alito.
Voters ‘Will Walk Barefoot Over Broken Glass’ For Me, Boasts Ron DeSantis
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‘What are we going to do now?’: Club Q shooting leaves LGBTQ community in horror without safe space
UPDATE: Sunday, Nov 20, 2022 · 7:54:33 PM +00:00 · Lauren Sue
Officials said in a news release the number of victims injured has increased to 25 people.
President Joe Biden released his statement on social media Sunday. “Jill and I are praying for the families of the five people killed in Colorado Springs, and for those injured in this senseless attack,” the president said.
Ukraine Update: As we prepare for the next phase of the war, a look into the Kremlin’s propaganda
If this war was a long-running television series, we’d be in the off season, with writers writing new scripts, actors resting up, and the props department designing new sets, gear, and costumes. Season 1 was the Battle of Kyiv. Season 2 was the grinding battle for the Donbas, ending with Russia’s capture of Severodonetsk and Lysychansk. Season 3 was Russian culmination at Izyum, and the liberation of Kharkiv Oblast. Season 4 was the liberation of Kherson.
Nuts & Bolts—Inside a Democratic campaign: Providing your voters a guide
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A measles outbreak of unvaccinated children in Ohio continues to spread as experts sound the alarm
On Nov. 9, Columbus, Ohio’s public health officials released a statement that they were investigating 4 cases of measles at a child care facility. According to WBNS10, one of the children ended up in intensive care. Thankfully, that child had been released home. All four cases were in unvaccinated children with no history of traveling out of the United States.
Unions offer graduate student workers a stronger platform to secure living wages
Universities depend on graduate student workers’ labor but won’t provide adequate pay without the pressure of collective bargaining efforts.
Rethinking ‘Run, Hide, Fight’
Last night, at least five people were killed and 25 were injured in a shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The venue, Club Q, has been described as a “second home full of chosen family,” a safe space for people to be who they are. No more. The motive of the attacker remains unclear, but officials are investigating whether the attack should be classed as a hate crime.
Anti-Transgender Legislation Resonates On Day Of Remembrance
Statehouse victories for Republicans this month are resonating for transgender people as they mark Sunday’s Transgender Day of Remembrance.
Trump’s Terrifically Stupid Return to Twitter
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I Was Wrong About So Much
About my brain, its wires glitching
like a jellyfish spriteflashing its apple-red tentacles
above my countless thunderclouds.About your eyes, not a savior’s eyes
but brown as blood. I was wrongabout the God I warped
into a weapon, a garrison.Wrong about love, too. I thought love
was my mother’s soprano tessiturascreaming. I thought love was
a violence. Verdi’s requiem, Dies Irae.You thought love
was love. New-millennium emo.
The Horror Movie That’s Truly Worth the Hype
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An Evolutionary Magic Trick Is Popping Up Everywhere
This article was originally published by Quanta Magazine.Thousands of miles from home in the steamy Amazon rainforest in the mid-1800s, the British naturalist Henry Walter Bates had a problem. More than one, really: There were thumb-size biting insects, the ever-present threat of malaria, venomous snakes, and mold and mildew that threatened to overtake his precious specimens before they could be shipped back to England. But the nagging scientific problem that bothered him involved butterflies.
Anti-abortion groups seek to overturn FDA approval of abortion pill
An HHS spokesperson defended the medication as safe and effective.
Georgia lower court blocks state’s 6-week abortion ban
The ruling allows most abortions to resume in the state.
Kentucky Supreme Court wrestles with the state’s abortion laws after midterms upset
That win at the ballot box last week set up the groups challenging the laws to argue that the court should block two abortion laws.
Supreme Court races offer anti-abortion groups a win on a tough night
Their loss of state supreme court races in Ohio and North Carolina could imperil the future of the procedure in two of the country’s most populous states
Who killed the Covid-19 vaccine waiver?
The inside story of how lobbying, threats and the desire to protect industry gutted a proposal that was meant to make vaccines widely available in poorer countries.
Fed jacks up rates again but Powell hints it might slow down
Inflation has cooled only slightly and job growth remains strong.