CDC declares racism ’a serious public health threat’
Rochelle Walensky, the CDC director, said the agency would take steps to address an issue affecting “the health of our entire nation.
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Lack of vaccine capacity propels Canada into global race to attract drug companies
Canada has had to rely entirely on over-burdened foreign supply chains for a Covid vaccine rollout that has lagged international peers.
The big hole in America’s plan to fight Covid-19 variants
Vaccine makers are studying whether booster shots or revised vaccines will be needed to fight new strains — but they don’t have an easy way to expand production.
Senior Trump and Biden officials knew for months about problems at vaccine plant
A new analysis raises questions about whether more could have been done to prevent a contamination that ruined more than 15 million vaccine doses.
My Face Is Suddenly Causing a Big Problem in Bed for My Wife
I will seek medical intervention if necessary.
Help! My Sister-in-Law Claims We Named Our Baby After Her.
My husband and I are baffled and more than a little uncomfortable.
Biden’s spending plans collide with a resurgent U.S. economy
The numbers signal the U.S. is well on its way toward a revival, one that’s widely expected to reach record levels of growth later this year.
‘Crazy things happen’: Biden’s next spending spree fuels a fight over risks
The president’s team is preparing a $3 trillion spending proposal to power through Congress. They’re betting markets and the economy will cooperate long enough to pass it.
Black workers, hammered by pandemic, now being left behind in recovery
Structural inequities in the U.S. labor market that have affected Black and Hispanic workers’ ability to advance out of low-paying jobs, as well as discrimination in hiring practices, are also likely having an effect.
Fed sees U.S. economic growth surging to 6.5 percent this year
Central bank officials now expect the unemployment rate to drop to 4.5 percent by the end of 2021.
Treasury secretary minimizes risk of inflation caused by Covid relief package
Janet Yellen said the greater risk was not strengthening the economy as it recovers from the impact of the pandemic.
“Vaccine Passports”: ACLU Warns of Privacy Nightmare That Could Create “Two-Tiered Society”
As people try to find a safe way to gather and travel during the pandemic, there is growing interest in documenting who has been vaccinated or tested negative for COVID-19. The World Health Organization has warned so-called vaccine passports may not be an effective way to reopen, and healthcare professionals argue vaccine certificates may further exacerbate vaccine inequality.
News Roundup: Biden’s infrastructure plan; Manchin in fantasy land; more yucky Gaetz stuff
It’s Friday! The week has been filled with the hopes of change and the tough fact that Rep. Matt Gaetz is a super gross dude, and the news cycle will likely continue to remind us of this for the foreseeable future.
Keep America Great PAC Organizer Charged With Bilking Trump Supporters Out Of $250,000
James Kyle Bell is also charged with fraudulently obtaining $1 million in funds from the coronavirus-relief Paycheck Protection Program.
InfoWars mob terrorizes mothers and small children arriving at a Catholic Charities facility
Remember Alex Jones? He is the guy that runs InfoWars, the conspiracy-smothered, fact-free dreck-machine that people like Donald Trump and the Republican Party rely on to confuse and obfuscate reality for them. Unlike Fox News’ Tucker Carlson—who spews very similar BS—Jones comes in a repellent package that embodies the hedonism, corruption, and narcissism of the conservative movement in our country.
Children are behind the latest COVID-19 surge, but that isn’t stopping schools from opening
Despite the current surge in cases amongst youth, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), predicts that all schools nationwide will be fully in person and no longer remote by September 2021. “We should anticipate, come September 2021, that schools should be full-fledged in person and all of our children back in the classroom,” Walensky told ABC News in an interview Wednesday.
John Boehner, unsparing about today’s GOP, advises voters against electing ‘legislative terrorists’
John Boehner served as GOP House speaker from 2011 through late 2015, when he left Washington, D.C. altogether. Importantly to him, that was before Donald Trump had finished engineering his takeover of the Republican Party.
“That was fine by me because I’m not sure I belonged to the Republican Party he created,” Boehner writes in his soon-to-be released book, “On the House: A Washington Memoir,” according to The Washington Post.
Anti-Defamation League Calls For Tucker Carlson’s Firing Over White Supremacist Rant
Carlson’s “white replacement” conspiracy rhetoric was “not just a dog whistle to racists — it was a bullhorn,” the ADL said in a letter to Fox News.
Republicans packed the Supreme Court. Biden is creating a commission to study the problem
President Joe Biden is creating a commission to consider the possibility of expanding or reforming the Supreme Court. The bipartisan commission is created in an executive order being signed Friday, and will have 180 days to report back. The commission is not tasked with offering specific recommendations, however.
The Miles to the Grocery Store Got Longer This Year
How Southeast D.C. shoppers navigated a separate and unequal food system under strain.
Joe Biden Wants to Put the World’s Corporate Tax Havens Out of Business
It would pay for his ambitious policies—and solve one of the thorniest problems created by global capitalism.
The Fierce Vulnerability of DMX
At its best, hip-hop reveals the complexity of the human voice, and few artists show that better than DMX did. The sound that came out of Earl Simmons’s mouth was often called a growl or rasp, but those terms seem insufficient upon the occasion of his death, today, at age 50. You heard breath and bone in that voice. Its dissonance and musicality were kind of like an electric guitar. It started parties by jolting fight-or-flight reflexes.
House Ethics Committee Launches Investigations Into Reps. Matt Gaetz, Tom Reed
The committee said Friday that it would probe the sexual misconduct allegations against the two Republican congressmen.
When Meanness Was Celebrated
Earlier this week, The Hollywood Reporter published a detailed cover story on the veteran film and theater producer Scott Rudin’s alleged mistreatment of his employees. The piece features on-the-record testimonies from former staffers and a slew of accusations describing physical assaults, traumatizing outbursts, unreasonable demands, and a penchant for throwing things.
R.I.P. Yahoo Answers, the Internet’s Loveliest Source of “Found Comedy”
Used kindly, Yahoo Answers’ wild threads delighted with their humanity.
John Boehner Lambasts Jim Jordan, Ted Cruz As ‘Political Terrorists’ In Blistering Interview
The former Republican House Speaker blamed lawmakers from his own party for helping to ignite the deadly Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6.
Pfizer asks to OK Covid vaccine for younger teens
It’s not clear how long FDA might take to review Pfizer-BioNTech’s new request
Barack Obama Writes Moving Statement After Prince Philip’s Death
The former president and Michelle Obama enjoyed a great friendship with the late Duke of Edinburgh.
Dear Care and Feeding: My Teen’s Intense School Anxiety Is Ruining Our Family’s Life
Parenting advice on academic anxiety, scar discussions, and screen time woes.
The Way Out of Brain Fog
Debbie Gustafson of Dresher, Pennsylvania, was on the trip of a lifetime, touring the Galápagos with her family last March, when she began to feel the effects of COVID-19. Though her physical symptoms—diarrhea, dry cough, chills—were considered mild by doctors, her fatigue was crushing, and her mind was trapped in a fog. Once an avid reader, she couldn’t get through a page. “My eyes darted everywhere. I had no focus,” she told me.