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Oct 01 2021
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Australian border to reopen for first time in pandemic
Australia will reopen its international border from November, giving long-awaited freedoms to vaccinated citizens and their relatives.
Since March 2020, Australia has had some of the world's strictest border rules - even banning its own people from leaving the country.
The policy has been praised for helping to suppress Covid, but it has also controversially separated families.
BBC NewsAug 06 2016
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HOW DONALD TRUMP, RUSH LIMBAUGH, AND OTHER BLOWHARD GOLIATHS MEET THEIR DAVID
Tyrannosaurus radio host Rush Limbaugh re-upped his contract this week for another four years, which will enable him to blow cigar smoke up his followers’ fossilized backsides for the duration of Hillary Clinton’s first presidential term. As Eric Boehlert reports and observes in Media Matters, the rollout for Rush’s contract renewal is rather more muted this time around. In 2008, the news of
Vanity FairJul 19 2021
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As birthrates dip, some conservatives warm to the child tax credit
A newly expanded child tax credit, while passed by Democrats, is an idea that also speaks to values held by many conservatives: supporting struggling families and countering a decline in birthrates.
Rebecca Woitkowski, a mother of two in Bedford, New Hampshire, says she imagined having four children until she realized how much child care costs. Her kids, ages 7 and 3, were spaced apart
Christian Science MonitorNov 23 2021
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California County Mandates Masks in Private Homes
Amid the spike in COVID cases in the San Francisco Bay Area, Santa Cruz County has imposed a sweeping indoor mask mandate for private settings including homes.
For those gathering with people who don’t live in the same household, masks should be worn inside regardless of vaccination status, the county announced Monday. The guidelines also apply to businesses, with exceptions for eating
National Review (News)Jan 19 2021
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What’s Happening To Rebekah Jones, The Florida Data Scientist Who Was Just Arrested
On January 17, Rebekah Jones turned herself in to Florida police after they issued a warrant for her arrest. She was charged with one count of offenses against users of computers, computer systems, computer networks, and electronic devices. Jones said that she tested positive for COVID-19 after turning herself in, but also said that she did so for the sake of her family. "To protect my family
Refinery29Nov 03 2021
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Biden says payments to migrants separated under Trump 'not going to happen'
President Joe Biden denied reports that his administration was in talks to offer immigrant families separated under the Trump administration $450,000 per person as compensation.
“That’s not going to happen,” Biden told reporters on Wednesday following remarks at the White House.
Biden conceded that reports of such payments could spur further immigration but called the allegation
Washington ExaminerJan 11 2022
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Meet the scientist moms fighting climate change for their children
Joellen Russell likes a big class. The bigger the better, actually, with online sections and huge auditoriums and students swarming her after a lecture – the way they did one Thursday morning this fall after her Intro to Oceanography course at the University of Arizona.
“Wait, Dr. Russell, I’m not sure about the homework.”
“What about the jet stream?”
“Dr. Russell! I saw
Christian Science MonitorJul 16 2021
Analysis
No Prime Minister—and No More Hope—for Lebanon
Even in Beirut’s most affluent neighborhoods, the streets have gone dark. The few restaurants and bars that somehow braved the economic crisis, the coronavirus lockdowns, and the Aug. 4 port blast still have their lights on, as do homeowners who earn in dollars or have sufficient family wealth to afford generators, although even their electricity supply is rationed. Everyone else in Lebanon
Foreign PolicyJan 24 2022
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US draws down Ukraine embassy presence as war fears mount
The State Department on Sunday ordered the families of all American personnel at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine to leave the country amid heightened fears of a Russian invasion.
The department told the dependents of staffers at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv that they must leave the country. It also said that non-essential embassy staff could leave Ukraine at government expense.
The move
Associated PressJul 28 2022
Perspectives Blog
Is the US Economy in a Recession?
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U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) shrank 0.9% on an annual basis between April and June after contracting 1.6% in the first quarter of 2022, according to an advance estimate from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The back-to-back
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