In December of 1995, astronomers around the world were vying for a chance to use the hottest new tool in astronomy: the Hubble space telescope. Bob Williams didn’t have to worry about all that. As the director of the institution that managed Hubble, Williams could use the telescope to observe whatever he wanted. And he decided to point it at nothing in particular.Williams’s colleagues told him, as politely as they could, that this was an awful idea.
If there were ever a time to indulge yourself a little, it’s now.
December 1 is World AIDS Day, and as the world waits on an effective vaccine for COVID-19, we look at the ongoing AIDS epidemic and how the coronavirus has threatened treatment for those living with HIV. Author and journalism professor Steven Thrasher says the coronavirus has amplified racial, class and other disparities, just as AIDS has done for decades, and that treatments must have an antiracist and anti-capitalist foundation in order to be successful.
As distribution of coronavirus vaccines draws near, a recent poll suggests that 42% of Americans are reluctant to take the vaccine. In response, some, including former Maryland congressmember and presidential candidate John Delaney, are pushing to pay people to get vaccinated, a move being discouraged by many, including Dr. Monica Peek, a physician, associate professor of medicine and health disparities researcher at the University of Chicago.
As the drugmakers Pfizer and Moderna seek emergency approval for their coronavirus vaccines, public health bodies and regulators are weighing how to distribute the vaccines and who will get access to them. The pandemic is disproportionately impacting African American, Latinx and Indigenous communities, exposing long-standing inequities and systemic racism in the U.S. healthcare system.
A couples therapy session with lessons for any relationship.
In just a few years, the bank squandered 160 years of consumer goodwill.
Slate Money talks Janet Yellen, Simon & Schuster, and United Way Worldwide.
“If you have a kitchen and cook and live by yourself … this cookbook is for you.
“What I want to do with this space is to bring joy to people.
What to expect, and what risks you’ll take, from the moment you enter the airport.
Joe Biden will emphasize treatment and prevention, not law enforcement, in addressing a drug epidemic that’s only grown more dire during the pandemic.
Different countries are coming up with different answers to that question.
The focus of the initial meeting was on Covid-19 vaccines, therapeutics and distribution, said one person familiar with the agenda.
He and other top government officials have said that about 40 million doses of the vaccine will likely be available next month.
It’s the third Covid-19 vaccine maker to report results from a late-stage trial.
Brian Deese is an executive at investment giant BlackRock.
The president-elect intends to name Cecilia Rouse, Neera Tanden and Wally Adeyemo to senior roles in his administration.
The November reading released Tuesday by the the Conference Board said represents a drop from a revised 101.4 in October.
The most direct way the Fed could increase its aid to the economy is through two temporary lending programs.
Trump has continued attacks on Georgia’s GOP state officials and the state’s election system, potentially taking away from his public praise of Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler.
Night Owls, a themed open thread, appears at Daily Kos seven days a week
Paul Buchheit is the author of “American Wars: Illusions and Realities” (2008) and “Disposable Americans: Extreme Capitalism and the Case for a Guaranteed Income” (2017).
Two U.S.-born Latinas who were racially profiled, harassed, and unlawfully detained by an out-of-control Customs and Border Protection agent for speaking Spanish while shopping at a Montana convenience store in 2018 have reached a settlement in their lawsuit against the Trump administration, legal advocacy groups announced.
The settlement includes an undisclosed monetary sum, advocates said.
Daily Kos activists like you have gone above and beyond to connect with voters all across the country and it has paid off: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are headed to the White House in January and several states have flipped blue!
Now, we must continue to push to flip the Georgia U.S. Senate seats blue. Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock are both dedicated to protecting Georgians’ access to health care, economic relief, housing, and education.
On Wednesday, Pennsylvania state Senator Doug Mastriano “abruptly left a West Wing meeting with President Donald Trump after being informed he had tested positive for the coronavirus.” This, according to a new Associated Press report, uncovers what seems to be another example of the White House and its literal unhealthy interactions with the world writ large.
“We’ve got plenty of time” to overturn the election, said Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law.
While killer whales are somewhat naturally feared by humans—they are, after all, huge, tremendously powerful, and merciless predators—the mythology around them has always been exaggerated, since no orca on record has ever harmed a human being in the wild. This is why when sailors near Galicia off the coast of Spain began reporting that their boats were being attacked by orcas this summer, scientists and observers alike were perplexed.
Twist: This one’s normal.
Maybe it’s because the pandemic has warped my sense of time, but it feels like just yesterday that BTS got their first No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100. The South Korean pop septet’s first all-English single, “Dynamite,” was everywhere—in commercials, at the MTV Video Music Awards, on the radio. In September, the song made them the first all–South Korean group to top the chart.
