CDC endorses first Covid-19 vaccine for kids 5-11
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky quickly endorsed the use of shots, which could become available as early as Wednesday.
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Pregnant people were shut out of Covid vaccine trials — with disastrous results
Only about 34 percent of pregnant adults are fully vaccinated and more than 200 have died of the virus, according to the CDC.
Covid-19’s global death toll tops 5M
The death toll is about equal to the populations of Los Angeles and San Francisco combined.
5 questions when the Supreme Court takes up the Texas abortion law
Though the Court split 5-4 in declining to block the unique ban before it took effect in September, the justices now have before them evidence of the sweeping impact it’s had.
Companies mull ending government contracts over vaccine mandate
Members of the aerospace, distribution, defense and trucking sectors are warning the Biden administration they will not be able to meet the vaccine deadline.
Powell is rolling back Fed aid to the economy. Here’s what comes next.
The long-awaited move signals both optimism about the pace of job growth and wariness about price surges that have pushed inflation up to its highest level in decades.
The Fed is ready to rein in its aid. Market tremors are already emerging.
Weaker-than-projected economic growth in the last quarter, a jobs slowdown and supply chain snags that are likely to continue into next year are sending warning signs for the economy.
Trouble ahead for Dems: A barrage of attacks over the economy
It’s not just Republicans who are assigning responsibility to the administration for the rocky economic recovery, polls show.
U.S. economy slowed to a 2% rate last quarter in face of Covid
Thursday’s report from the Commerce Department estimated that the nation’s gross domestic product declined sharply from the 6%-plus annual growth rates of each of the previous two quarters.
Yellen expects inflation to linger, then ease later in 2022
The most recent Consumer Price Index showed prices have gone up 5.4 percent in the past 12 months.
Uproot the System: Filipina Activist Mitzi Tan on How Capitalism & Colonialism Fuel Climate Crisis
We speak to Mitzi Tan, a climate activist based in the Philippines, who will join Greta Thunberg of Sweden and Vanessa Nakate of Uganda in speaking at a major march and rally in Glasgow on Saturday. Among their demands are reparations from the Global North to the Global South to help rebuild the lives of those most impacted by the climate crisis.
News Roundup: Republican voters reward insurrectionists; Florida aims to punish unruly fact-knowers
In the news today: Proving again that even participating in an orchestrated attempt to topple constitutional government isn’t enough to sour Republican voters on you, eight Republicans who attended Trump’s January 6 rally to nullify his election loss won elections last Tuesday. You sure can pick ’em, Republicans.
Frightened white woman tries to explain what’s scary about school lessons on racism, fails badly
No matter how worthless a white person’s opinion is, the media will eventually seek it out. On a recent episode of CBS News Originals’ Reverb series, the network sent a reporter to find out what the fuck is up with critical race theory.
Because we white folk are apparently the snowflakiest hominids in the history of bipedalism, the media feel compelled to take our pulse from time to time (i.e., always).
As their union vote looms, these Amazon distribution center workers are looking to make history
by Lakshmi Gandhi
This story was originally published at Prism.
Last week, activists and organizers from Amazon’s Staten Island distribution center traveled to their regional National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) office to deliver the signatures needed to formally request a vote to form a union. Shortly after the signatures were delivered, Natalie Monarrez noticed an instant change in the moods of her coworkers.
PFAS are important because they can kill you and the ones you love. Only one party gives a damn
Have you ever heard of “Forever Chemicals”? These chemicals—their technical name is per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS—have earned that name because, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explained, they “do not break down in the environment.” In other words, they last forever.
This Week in Statehouse Action: Whiplash edition
Hey, how are you?
I know Tuesday night might have been kinda rough.
To say that Election Day 2021 didn’t turn out the way Democrats and progressives hoped is … a bit of an understatement.
Are you confused? Bummed? Scared? Ambivalent? Numb? Apathetic? In a glass case of emotion?
Well, no matter where you are right now, I’ve got something for you.
Marjorie Taylor Greene Complains That Her Anti-Biden Sign In Capitol Is Missing
She claims people who sacked the Capitol were exercising their right to overthrow a government, but that someone “stole” her “Let’s Go Brandon” sign.
New Grand Jury Seated As Trump Criminal Probe Continues
The Manhattan district attorney’s office is weighing whether to seek more indictments in a case that has already resulted in tax fraud charges against Trump’s company,
Justice Department Sues Texas Over New Voting Restrictions Law
The state law improperly disenfranchises voters with disabilities and other Texans in violation of federal rights, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland argued.
Judge Seems Skeptical Of Trump’s Attempt To Cover Up His Role In The Jan. 6 Insurrection
A federal judge kept coming back to a fundamental issue: Isn’t the question of asserting “executive privilege” best handled by the current executive?
Floating Wind Farms Are About to Transform the Oceans
Photographs by Paccarik OrueAlla Weinstein did not invent the floating wind turbine. This is something she wanted to make clear early in our Zoom call, as if she were worried I’d give her too much credit. “I don’t need to invent. There are plenty of inventions,” she said. “But a lot of inventions die on the grapevine if they aren’t carried through.” What Weinstein does is carry them through.For that, she does want credit.
We’re Gonna Need Another Space Telescope
For most of us, today is just Thursday. For astronomers, it’s practically a holy day. Today is an event that comes only once a decade, and it’s of cosmic importance—literally. Today, a special committee has revealed the priorities for the next decade of American astronomy, like a synod giving word from on high.
The Atlantic Promotes Krystle Champagne-Norwood to Executive Producer of Events Division AtlanticLIVE
The Atlantic is announcing the promotion of Krystle Champagne-Norwood to executive producer of AtlanticLIVE. As the editorial leader of the LIVE team, Champagne-Norwood will develop the editorial vision for The Atlantic’s events and will find new avenues for journalistic expression through this work. She has been with The Atlantic since 2019 and in that time has shaped dozens of its most high-profile events, including the recently completed Atlantic Festival.
Oklahoma Tortured John Grant to Death Because He Wouldn’t Commit Suicide
Before the state of Oklahoma put John Marion Grant through the 12-minute ordeal of convulsions, vomiting, and heaving that eventually concluded with the 60-year-old’s death, it gave him a choice: How would he like to die?There were a number of options.
Jan. 6 Defendant Who Said She’s ‘Definitely Not Going To Jail’ Sentenced To Prison
Jenna Ryan, a Texas real estate agent who flew to D.C. on a private plane and livestreamed in the Capitol, got 60 days in prison.
How a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Can Guide a Global Just Transition & Emission Cuts
We speak with Harjeet Singh, senior adviser with the Climate Action Network, who is at the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow. Activists like Singh are pressuring world leaders to join the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, which would supplement the Paris Agreement by directly targeting the fossil fuel industry and outlining clear actions that every country could take to drastically decrease carbon emissions.
Meet the Climate Lawyer Who Helped Write 2015 Paris Agreement & Superglued Herself at Shell’s U.K. HQ
We speak to Farhana Yamin, one of the most prominent climate lawyers in Britain, who has been deeply involved in international climate negotiations for decades, including the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement, and has also engaged in direct action to effect change. Yamin is currently working with the Climate Vulnerable Forum, a group that represents 48 of the countries most threatened by the climate crisis, at the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow.
Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed on Climate Risk & Surviving Assassination Attempt
We speak to Mohamed Nasheed, the former president of the low-lying island nation of the Maldives, at the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow. Nasheed is one of the world’s leading climate advocates, who once held a cabinet meeting underwater to bring attention to the threat of global warming, pledged to make the Maldives the first carbon-neutral country and installed solar panels on the roof of his presidential residence.
CDC endorses first Covid-19 vaccine for kids 5-11
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky quickly endorsed the use of shots, which could become available as early as Wednesday.
Pregnant people were shut out of Covid vaccine trials — with disastrous results
Only about 34 percent of pregnant adults are fully vaccinated and more than 200 have died of the virus, according to the CDC.