Master’s Degrees Are the Second Biggest Scam in Higher Education
And elite universities deserve a huge share of the blame.
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I Want to Cut Off My Stepson—and Give Money to the Woman He Had an Affair With
They had a child together. Their kid deserves my help more.
Poll: Unvaccinated Americans least concerned about Delta variant
Less that half of those who have not been vaccinated are worried about the contagious Covid variant.
Social media must do more to support vaccination, surgeon general says
“The reality is that misinformation is still spreading like wildfire in our country,” Vivek Murthy said.
New mask mandate unfortunate but necessary, Los Angeles official says
“I would say that it’s not punishment, it’s prevention,” Hilda Solis said.
3 Texas Dems test positive for coronavirus while in D.C.
The statement from the Texas House Democrats did not identify which three members had tested positive, but said all three were fully vaccinated.
My Husband Confessed to an Affair—but His “Story” Is Totally Bizarre
I really do think the devil is in his “details.
Help! My Cheating Ex and His Lover Got in a Violent Car Accident. I Am Thrilled.
It is a sick, sad secret I don’t want to give up.
Fed’s Powell feels heat from all sides as inflation spikes
Both the Fed and the Biden administration have said rapid price increases are being stoked by temporary factors.
Gasoline is up and GOP sees an easy target: Biden
Americans are hitting the road as strong economic growth pushes up oil prices, and Republicans are trying to pin pump prices on Biden’s energy policies.
Climate Profiteering: $13.5B Trust for California Fire Victims Funnels Funds to Lawyers & Consultants
We look at the corporate profiteering off people who lost their homes and loved ones to recent fires in California, where wildfires continue to rage amid record temperatures. A major investigation by KQED and NPR’s California Newsroom found a special trust set up to distribute $13.
Floods, Fires & Heat Waves: Michael Mann on “The New Climate War” & the Fight to Take Back the Planet
We speak with leading climate scientist Michael Mann about the catastrophic impact of the climate crisis around the world. He says he and other scientists predicted the extreme weather events now wreaking havoc. “We said that if we don’t stop burning fossil fuels and elevating the levels of carbon pollution in the atmosphere and we continue to warm up the planet, we will see unprecedented heat waves and wildfires and floods and droughts and superstorms,” says Mann.
Japanese prime minister says the world needs to see a safe Olympics
But he acknowledged Japan’s path through the pandemic toward the Olympics had gone “sometimes backward at times.
Japanese prime minister says the world needs to see a safe Olympics
But he acknowledged Japan’s path through the pandemic toward the Olympics had gone “sometimes backward at times.
News Roundup: Being a rich Republican is gravy; Biden wants path to citizenship; COVID-19 is bad
In the news today: Senate Republicans really, really don’t think anyone who can afford to pay lawyers and accountants to help them avoid paying taxes shouldn’t have to pay taxes and people who can’t afford to pay them are having a harder and harder time affording a home. Being a fat cat can save you from justice even when you’re one of Trump’s biggest corrupt grifters. Sen. Ted Cruz remains a racist asshole.
Kevin McCarthy Chooses 5 House Republicans To Serve On Jan. 6 Committee
The House minority leader’s long-awaited picks for the Capitol riot investigation will be reviewed by Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who can veto the choices.
Another protest at Wi Spa turns violent, and people are questioning if it started with a hoax
Earlier in July, Daily Kos covered a violent mob of far-right protesters descending upon Wi Spa in Los Angeles, California. Why the mob? A customer of the spa shared a video to Instagram in which she alleged she saw a trans woman in the women’s section of the spa. In the video, customers confront spa staff and question the spa’s trans-inclusive policies, asserting that trans women aren’t actually women.
Texas Senate Bill Drops Teaching Requirement That Ku Klux Klan Is ‘Morally Wrong’
Eliminated requirements also include the writings of Martin Luther King Jr., United Farm Workers leader Cesar Chavez and suffragist Susan B. Anthony.
Eight-year-old Nationals fan reacts to shooting: ‘It was my 2nd shooting, so I was kind of prepared’
Gun violence doesn’t get nearly as much attention as it should; This year alone there have been almost 300 mass shootings in the country, according to Gun Violence Archive. In the most recent incident of gun violence reported nationally, a shooting occurred outside Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., on Saturday during a game between the San Diego Padres and the Washington Nationals. Echoes of the gunfire could be heard inside the stadium and caused fans to seek safety.
Republicans Have Taken a Brave Stand in Defense of Tax Cheats
Even the GOP senators who are supposed to be the sane ones.
Trump Aides Kept Giuliani From Debate Prep By Giving Him The Wrong Time, Book Says
“Most of the other advisors found Giuliani’s advice to be ‘supremely unhelpful,’” a new book by Washington Post reporters says.
GOP Lawmaker’s Tweet Suggests He’s Mad That U.S. Intercepted Fentanyl At The Border
Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona seemed angry that “enough fentanyl to kill 238 million Americans was seized at the southern border last month.
A new deadly surge: COVID-19 infections soaring to crisis levels in regions of low vaccination
It’s time for another update on the state of the COVID-19 pandemic in this country, and the news is … not good.
Undocumented workers in the South are exercising their right to organize
This story was originally published at Prism.
Watching Alabama workers mount one of the “largest and most aggressive efforts to unionize Amazon” was the first time many Americans saw the powerful labor organizing that is happening in the South, a region of the country that is home to anti-worker laws rooted in racism. But Juan Miranda says the movement in Alabama was just a snapshot.
Jeff Bezos Is Ready to Cross a Cosmically Controversial Line
Days after Richard Branson flew to space and back, Jeff Bezos is preparing for his turn.The dueling space billionaires share a lifelong fascination with space travel and aspire to sell customers a few glorious minutes of weightlessness, high above Earth. But on one very basic point they disagree: Where does space begin?Bezos’s Blue Origin is designed to take passengers to a higher altitude than Branson’s Virgin Galactic.
‘Fox & Friends’ Co-Host Says Vaccine Opponents Have Right To Choose Death
After Steve Doocy pointed out that 99% of COVID-19 deaths are of unvaccinated people, Brian Kilmeade said, “That’s their choice!
Help! My Husband and I Are Vaccinated—but He Refuses to Vaccinate Our Kids.
I have shown him countless articles and reports from the CDC saying the vaccine is safe for children, but he won’t budge.
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Photo illustrations by Miki LoweRobert Frost is commonly thought of as a “nature poet”—a simple chronicler of stoic New England beauty. Quotes from “Stopping By the Woods on a Snowy Evening” and “The Road Not Taken” are plastered on mugs, plaques, and a host of other mundane products, their out-of-context words used as inspirational mantras and pleasant home decor. But Frost rejected the nature-poet label, and his poems were actually quite dark.
After 140 Years, Native Youth Lead Return of 10 Children’s Remains from Carlisle Indian School in PA
The remains of nine Indigenous children were buried by the Rosebud Sioux in South Dakota after being transferred back from the former Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania, where the children were forcibly sent over 140 years ago. Carlisle was the first government boarding school off reservation land, and it set the standard for other schools with its motto, “Kill the Indian, Save the Man.
“Crime of the Century”: How Big Pharma Fueled the Opioid Crisis That Killed 500,000 and Counting
As the U.S. continues to deal with the fallout from the devastating opioid epidemic that has killed over 500,000 people in the country since 1999, we speak with Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney, whose latest documentary, “The Crime of the Century,” looks at the pharmaceutical industry’s methods in promoting and selling the powerful drugs.