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I Have No Idea What I’m OK Letting My Kids Do During COVID Anymore
This is parenting these days: peak inconsistency.
The Way Forward for Movie Theaters Is Clear
Last week, I attended my first film screening that required proof of vaccination against COVID-19 upon entry. I presented my Excelsior Pass and photo ID and swanned on in. The entire process took 15 seconds, and in return I received the invaluable assurance that my fellow cinemagoers had also been inoculated. My experience was in line with New York City policy, which mandates proof of vaccination for many indoor activities.
The Coronavirus Could Get Worse
If evolution is a numbers game, the coronavirus is especially good at playing it. Over the past year and a half, it’s copied itself quickly and sloppily in hundreds of millions of hosts, and hit upon a glut of genetic jackpots that further facilitate its spread. Delta, the hyper-contagious variant that has swept the globe in recent months, is undoubtedly one of the virus’s most daring moves to date.
New CDC studies point to waning immunity from vaccines
The publication of the studies comes a week after the agency released its first three reports on vaccine efficacy.
NIH director: Vaccine approval for kids unlikely before late 2021
“I got to be honest, I don’t see approval for kids 5 to 11 coming much before the end of 2021,” said Francis Collins.
Ben Jealous: Rev. Jesse Jackson Is Hospitalized with COVID-19. “We’re All Praying for Him.”
Civil rights and voting rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson and his wife have been hospitalized with COVID-19 in Chicago. Jackson is fully vaccinated and has Parkinson’s disease.
Voting Rights Groups Launch Civil Disobedience Campaign at the White House Urging End to Filibuster
With the Democratic-led House of Representatives expected to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, pressure is growing on the Biden administration and Senate Democrats to abolish the filibuster, without which new voting rights legislation and other Democratic priorities have no hope of passing the Senate. We speak with Ben Jealous, president of People for the American Way and former president of the NAACP, as voting rights groups protest in front of the White House.
David Gilbert, Ex-Weather Underground Member, Granted Clemency by Cuomo. Will Parole Board Free Him?
Outgoing New York Governor Andrew Cuomo used his final hours in office to grant clemency to six men, including former Weather Underground member David Gilbert, who was sentenced to 75 years to life in prison for his role in a 1981 robbery of an armored truck that left a security guard and two police officers dead. Gilbert, who is 76 years old and has been incarcerated for four decades, will now be able to apply for parole.
Doctors Without Borders: U.S. Should Force Pfizer to Share COVID Vaccine Technology with Africa
In response to the Food and Drug Administration’s full authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for U.S. residents aged 16 and over, Doctors Without Borders is calling on Pfizer-BioNTech to immediately share the vaccine technology with manufacturers on the African continent, where less than 2% of the population is fully vaccinated. Dr.
U.N. Warns of “Humanitarian Catastrophe” in Afghanistan Amid Political Turmoil, Economic Crisis & Drought
The United Nations warns Afghanistan is on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe, as the country faces political upheaval, a worsening economic crisis and a devastating drought. Humanitarian groups are vowing to keep working in Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover, but they are facing new hurdles, from working under Taliban rule to concerns about the international community providing much needed foreign aid to restrictions at the Kabul airport.
Eric Adams is Making White Liberals Squirm
More than 20 years ago, I sat down to talk with a Black cop from New York City. He had a weightlifter’s powerful hands, a quick-trigger tongue, and a scar on the back of his shaved head from his days in a youth gang.At the time, the relationship between police officers and Black residents was raw. This was Rudy Giuliani’s New York, where a white New York cop sodomized a suspect with his baton and police killed an unarmed Black immigrant in a blizzard of gunfire.
Help! My Mother-in-Law Yells and Cries if We Don’t Regularly Give Her Money.
Do we have ethical obligations to help our in-laws?
Dear Care and Feeding: I’m Lonely and Friendless Since Becoming a Parent
Parenting advice on friendship, vaccination, and childhood independence.
Not Everyone Living the Minimalist Lifestyle Is a Cliché
Yes, yes, you loathe the stringent minimalist rule-followers. But let me explain.
Sadness and death: Inside the VA’s state nursing-home disaster
Federal officials ignored repeated warnings to strengthen their oversight of federally funded, state-run homes for vets. Then came Covid-19.
My Partner’s Food Addiction Is Breaking Our Budget
We’ve spent tens of thousands of dollars on unnecessary takeout and groceries.
The Perverse Reason It’s Easier to Build New Highways Than New Subways
A well-meaning rule is working completely backward.
I Want to Make Sure My Girlfriend’s Daughter Doesn’t Get a Penny When I Die
And I would rather they find out after I’m gone.
The Stock Market Is Still Weird From GameStop
From literally pantsless CEOs to the Reddit mob’s muscle, we’re still living in the meme-stock moment.
Kentucky governor suffers legal defeat in combating Covid surge
The state’s high court on Saturday cleared the way for laws reining in his emergency powers to take effect.
FDA approval of Pfizer Covid shot could come next week
The decision would apply to people 16 and older. Officials hope it will convince some vaccine holdouts to get inoculated.
Help! My Husband Cheated—and Now the Woman Just Became His Co-Worker.
I want to believe that it really is coincidence, but I’m struggling.
U.S. jobless claims near pandemic low as economy strengthens
Thursday’s report from the Labor Department showed that jobless claims fell to 375,000 from 387,000 the previous week.
House Dem campaign chief warns the majority at risk without message reboot
“We’re not trying to hide this,” the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s executive director said.
Biden’s economic gains come with newer worries about the future
Some economists have already begun to ease back on forecasts for the rest of this year.
U.S. economy surpasses prepandemic size with 6.5% Q2 growth
The growth is another sign that the nation has achieved a sustained recovery from the pandemic recession.
Virus resurgence menaces economy just as rescue programs unravel
A new wave of cases followed by the looming expiration of enhanced jobless benefits, a ban on evictions and other rescue programs is sparking concern among lawmakers and economists.
Spencer Ackerman on How the U.S. War on Terror Fueled and Excused Right-Wing Extremism at Home
As Republicans raise concerns that Biden’s withdrawal of U.S. troops will turn Afghanistan “back to a pre-9/11 state — a breeding ground for terrorism,” Pulitzer Prize-winning national security reporter Spencer Ackerman lays out how the U.S. war on terror after the September 2001 attacks actually fueled white, right-wing extremism. Ackerman says U.S.