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Jul 16 2021
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The fourth wave of COVID-19 cases is here. Will we escape the UK's fate? It's too soon to know.
A doubling of COVID-19 cases in the last two weeks suggests the United States has entered a fourth wave of the pandemic.
No one knows what the next month or two will bring, but the example of the United Kingdom suggests the infection rate could get quite high, while hospitalizations and deaths stay relatively low.
Instead of the virus raging through entire communities, it is
USA TODAYNov 03 2016
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America in the Age of Bad Emperors
No matter who wins the 2016 election, the American political scene brings to mind Rome in the age of bad emperors. The days of a wise Trajan or Hadrian seem distant. The republican politics of a Cato or Cicero, long gone and barely recalled.
The American SpectatorMay 10 2021
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Biden administration restores transgender health protections, reversing Trump policy
The U.S. will protect gay and transgender people against sex discrimination in health care, the Biden administration announced Monday, reversing a Trump-era policy that sought to narrow the scope of legal rights in sensitive situations involving medical care.
The action by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) affirms that federal laws forbidding sex discrimination in health
CBS News (Online)Jul 07 2020
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The coronavirus is ushering in a new era of surveillance at work
As companies continue to prepare for the return of their employees to the workplace, they're weighing new types of surveillance in the name of safety.
Why it matters: Just as the coronavirus pandemic has acted as an accelerant for the adoption of remote work, it has also normalized increased surveillance and data collection. In the post-pandemic workplace, our bosses will know a lot
AxiosJun 13 2019
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The surprising truth about extreme poverty
In discussions of poverty in the US, child poverty tends to get most of the focus.
And I think there are good reasons for that. While the US has more poverty than other rich countries in general, it is a particular outlier on child poverty. In 2016, the US poverty rate for children (defined as the share living on less than half the median income) was 20.9 percent, compared to 14.2
VoxAug 11 2021
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How pandemic relocations are snarling in-demand suburbs
For some people, working remotely opened up new lifestyle options. Many fled big cities, but they didn’t go very far. Will the resulting growth in suburbs and exurbs have lasting ripple effects?
Traffic congestion is back. But it may not be where you expected it.
From New York to San Francisco, downtown streets are flowing a bit more freely in the morning than they did pre-
Christian Science MonitorMar 04 2017
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Trump to Undo Vehicle Rules That Curb Global Warming
The Trump administration is expected to begin rolling back stringent federal regulations on vehicle pollution that contributes to global warming, according to people familiar with the matter, essentially marking a U-turn to efforts to force the American auto industry to produce more electric cars.
New York Times (News)May 24 2020
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Wuhan Lab Denies It Was Studying COVID-19 Strain
The Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) admits to having three live strains of bat coronavirus, but it denies having the strain of SARS-CoV-2 – labeled COVID-19 – that has caused the global coronavirus pandemic, the New York Post reported.
"Now we have three strains of live viruses," WIV Director Yanyi Wang told Agence France-Presse (AFP), maintaining they have "isolated and obtained some
Newsmax (News)Mar 24 2021
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Duckworth, Hirono back off threat of opposing Biden nominees in push for AAPI representation
Senator Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., had told reporters Tuesday she would not support any more of President Joe Biden's nondiverse nominees until he appoints more Asian Americans to his Cabinet.
But she, and Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, dropped that ultimatum late Tuesday after multiple conversations with White House officials and agreement about representation.
Biden's Cabinet —
USA TODAYSep 23 2016
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Third night of protests in Charlotte largely peaceful as police face calls to release video of shooting
Protesters flocked to Charlotte for a third straight night Thursday in the latest sign of mounting pressure for police to release video that might resolve the different accounts of the shooting death of a black man.
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