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MIA: Where Have All the Vaccines Gone? CDC Says Only Half of Shots Feds Sent to States Were Used

January has become the deadliest month of the pandemic in the United States, with at least 80,000 deaths from COVID-19 so far, and public health experts worry new, more contagious variants of the coronavirus could make things worse. President Joe Biden has announced plans to acquire another 200 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, aiming to vaccinate most people in the U.S. by summer, but vaccine distribution continues to be a problem.

Thursday Night Owls: Amsterdam is testing radical economic theory to help save the environment

Night Owls is a themed open thread appearing at Daily Kos seven days a week.

Ciara Nugent at Time writes—Amsterdam Is Embracing a Radical New Economic Theory to Help Save the Environment. Could It Also Replace Capitalism?

One evening in December, after a long day working from home, Jennifer Drouin, 30, headed out to buy groceries in central Amsterdam. Once inside, she noticed new price tags.

Thursday Night Owls: Amsterdam is testing radical economic theory to help save the environment

Night Owls is a themed open thread appearing at Daily Kos seven days a week.

Ciara Nugent at Time writes—Amsterdam Is Embracing a Radical New Economic Theory to Help Save the Environment. Could It Also Replace Capitalism?

One evening in December, after a long day working from home, Jennifer Drouin, 30, headed out to buy groceries in central Amsterdam. Once inside, she noticed new price tags.

Looking up, and looking ahead. On NASA’s remembrance day, a sign of the future

This is a week for remembrance. Some of those remembrances are for millions who died because of intolerance and cruel hate in a tragedy the world cannot afford to forget. Some are for the thousands dying every day in a disaster that is still unfolding. But today is also the day for remembering a relative handful of people who lost their lives in extraordinary circumstances.

A generation of Americans remember where they were when they heard the news that John F.

Looking up, and looking ahead. On NASA’s remembrance day, a sign of the future

This is a week for remembrance. Some of those remembrances are for millions who died because of intolerance and cruel hate in a tragedy the world cannot afford to forget. Some are for the thousands dying every day in a disaster that is still unfolding. But today is also the day for remembering a relative handful of people who lost their lives in extraordinary circumstances.

A generation of Americans remember where they were when they heard the news that John F.

This Week in Statehouse Action: Robin Hoodwinked edition

Hope you didn’t come here looking for stock tips, because I learned everything I know about Wall Street from Trading Places.

Hey, there’s still a pandemic on!

But whatever, say Republicans in Wisconsin. 

Campaign Action

On Tuesday, the GOP-controlled state Senate passed a resolution that would throw out Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ mask mandate—the final anti-COVID measure left in place after months of legal wrangling.

This Week in Statehouse Action: Robin Hoodwinked edition

Hope you didn’t come here looking for stock tips, because I learned everything I know about Wall Street from Trading Places.

Hey, there’s still a pandemic on!

But whatever, say Republicans in Wisconsin. 

Campaign Action

On Tuesday, the GOP-controlled state Senate passed a resolution that would throw out Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ mask mandate—the final anti-COVID measure left in place after months of legal wrangling.

COVID-19 Deaths Are Still Rising

Editor’s Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection .Deaths are still rising in California, and more than 10,000 of the state’s total 36,000 COVID-19 deaths were reported after January 1; 4,500 of these deaths were reported in L.A. County. CBS Sacramento is investigating why so many California counties say they’re out of vaccines despite the state’s Vaccine Dashboard showing more than 2.

‘An Awful Mistake’ Might Soon Be Fixed—Finally

Benjamine Spencer at the H. H. Coffield Unit (Nathan Bajar)Every morning, long before dawn, Benjamine Spencer slips out of his bunk, dresses quietly in his white uniform, and heads to his job. He tiptoes so as not to wake up the 110 men in his dorm room—men who have been convicted of murder, rape, drug trafficking, and other violent crimes—in one of the most dangerous maximum-security prisons in Texas.

The Decision That Will Define Democrats for a Decade

No decision facing Democrats over the next two years will shape the long-term political competition between the parties more than whether they end the Senate filibuster to pass their agenda to reform elections and expand access to the vote.The party’s immediate political fate in the 2022 and 2024 elections is likely to turn mostly on whether Joe Biden can successfully control the coronavirus outbreak—restarting the economy and returning a sense of normalcy to daily life.

Welcome Back, Denzel

For the past few years, American cinema has been deprived of one of its most dependable assets—Denzel Washington. Since he earned his ninth Oscar nomination, for the interesting but underseen 2017 drama Roman J. Israel, Esq., the biggest superstar of his generation has largely been missing from Hollywood. (His only other recent credit is the disappointing 2018 sequel The Equalizer 2).