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Apr 14, 2021 News Roundup: A vaccine setback, vaccine passports, and fury over another Black American's death In today's news: Appointments for receiving the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine were canceled throughout the country today after the Biden administration recommended a pause amid concerns over an extremely rare possible reaction to the "one-and-done" injection. Those vaccinations seem... 5 DailyKos Headlines more
Apr 14, 2021 Why Muslims don’t eat or drink anything from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan This year went by fast. It feels as though it just began, but we’re already in the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. I’m definitely happy but still in denial—this year, I wasn’t ready. For Muslims around the world, today marks the first fast of Ramadan 2021, meaning that... 5 DailyKos Headlines more
Apr 14, 2021 Biden Justice Department has refused to disclose certain family separation documents The Biden administration had until April 2 to decide whether or not it would disclose documents relating to the previous administration’s family separation policy, including from a reported White House meeting where former aide and noted white supremacist Stephen Miller and... 5 DailyKos Headlines more
Apr 14, 2021 Grooms turned away from wedding venue in North Carolina for precisely the reason you might expect While hosting a large party or having a destination wedding are obviously not smart choices during an ongoing global pandemic, couples are continuing to get married for a number of reasons. People are also making future wedding plans. One such duo is McCae Henderson and Ike Edwards, a... 5 DailyKos Headlines more
Apr 14, 2021 A tale of two bills: Competing legislation on the status of Puerto Rico On Wednesday, April 14, the House Committee on Natural Resources, chaired by Arizona Democrat Raúl M. Grijalva, will hold a full committee hearing on two pieces of legislation which take oppositional positions on the future status of Puerto Rico. They are H.R.1522, “To provide for the... 5 DailyKos Headlines more
Daily Beast
Apr 14, 2021 This Tried-and-True Cleaning Product Is the Only One I Use Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Scouted/AmazonMost cleaning supplies don't do the trick. Especially on the tough stuff, you can spend half an hour scrubbing a favorite cooking pan beset by grease or the sink with hard water stains and it’ll look pretty much the same. I’ve tried fancy,... Daily Beast more
Apr 14, 2021 Going 10 Rounds with Former Chicago White Sox Manager Ozzie Guillén Jamie Squire/GettyWhat’s your favorite post-game drink? “Vodka.”The White Sox recently teamed up with Goose Island. Which Goose Island beer is your favorite? “312 Urban Wheat Ale.”What’s the best way to drink beer: in a can or in a glass? “A cold one in a glass.”Read more at The... Daily Beast more
Apr 14, 2021 New York City Paparazzi Are Obsessed with Supermodel Babies Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / Photos via GettyRumors of a pandemic baby boom may have been exaggerated, but 2021 has given us something else: the model baby boom. For instance: Gigi Hadid and the singer Zayn Malik had a daughter, Khai, last September. Emily Ratajkowski welcomed her son... Daily Beast more
Apr 14, 2021 Biden’s Challenge: Save Police Reform Bill From ‘Irreconcilable’ Differences Drew Angerer/GettyAs another American city is gripped by protests following the shooting death of an unarmed Black person by a police officer, the Biden administration is renewing focus on one of the “four historic crises” he pledged to address in his first hundred days: a long-overdue... Daily Beast more
Mother Jones Politics
Apr 13, 2021 An Infamous International Operator Signed On to Lobby for Myanmar’s Junta. What Is He Really Up To? Last month, as senior officials at the Associated Press scrambled to free Thein Zaw, a Yangon-based reporter jailed by Myanmar’s military rulers in the wake of its brutal February 1 coup, AP Vice President for International News Ian Phillips took an unconventional step. After other efforts did... Mother Jones Politics more
Apr 13, 2021 A “Superhero Pirate” Radio Host Is Gavin Newsom’s Strangest—and Most Dangerous—Threat Randy Economy feels “blessed.” The conservative radio broadcaster and ex-Trump campaign volunteer says he’s spending up to 17 hours per day on what he calls his life’s greatest work: the drive to kick California Gov. Gavin Newsom out of office. From his home in Southern California’s... Mother Jones Politics more
Apr 12, 2021 Democrats’ Next Plan to Get Biden’s Agenda Over the Finish Line: Fire the Scorekeeper President Joe Biden unveiled a $2.25 trillion jobs and infrastructure plan last month and has promised to seek input from Republican lawmakers on its ultimate design. That courtship begins Monday when Biden and Vice President Harris meet with a bipartisan group of House and Senate members to... Mother Jones Politics more
Apr 11, 2021 In the Middle of an HIV Crisis, West Virginia Advances New Limits to Clean Needle Access West Virginia, long an epicenter of the national opioid epidemic, is currently in the middle of an HIV outbreak. The spike in cases has been attributed in part to the 2018 cancellation of a county-run program that distributed hundreds of clean needles each daily to intravenous drug users to... Mother Jones Politics more
Slate
Apr 13, 2021 What Has Happened Since the Daunte Wright Shooting Protesters were met with violent force. Slate more
Apr 13, 2021 Corporations Bet on Both Parties, and Our Democracy Suffers “It’s never-ending. You never win the race.” Slate more
Apr 13, 2021 What It Feels Like When a Federal Court Gives Your Professor the Right to Misgender You An interview with “Jane Doe.” Slate more
The Nation
Apr 14, 2021 Undanced Dances During a Pandemic Suchi Branfman From inside a California prison come choreographies of the mind. The post Undanced Dances During a Pandemic appeared first on The Nation. The Nation more
Apr 14, 2021 B. Traven: Fiction’s Forgotten Radical Clinton Williamson The enigmatic author’s anarcho-communist politics seep into his novels about wage labor, class consciousness, and the violence of capital. The post B. Traven: Fiction’s Forgotten Radical appeared first on The Nation. The Nation more
Apr 13, 2021 The FDA Did the Right Thing in Pausing the J&J Vaccine Joan Walsh The Twitter epidemiologists convinced that regulators bungled the decision make for entertaining reading—but they’re wrong. The post The FDA Did the Right Thing in Pausing the J&J Vaccine appeared first on The Nation. The Nation more
Apr 13, 2021 Will Biden’s Foreign Policy Sap His Domestic Policy? Katrina vanden Heuvel The US can’t afford to be the “indispensable nation” abroad while rebuilding at home. The post Will Biden’s Foreign Policy Sap His Domestic Policy? appeared first on The Nation. The Nation more
The Hill
Apr 14, 2021 Demonstrators gather for third night after shooting death of Daunte Wright Protests continued for a third night outside the police station in Brooklyn Center, Minn., on Tuesday following the fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright.In footage captured by ... The Hill more
Apr 14, 2021 Jay-Z, Diddy and Nas endorse Wall Street exec Ray McGuire for NYC mayor Democrat Ray McGuire, a former top executive at Citigroup, has notched endorsements from Jay-Z, Nas and Diddy for his New York City mayoral run.The three musicians made the endorsement in a video released by McGuir... The Hill more
Apr 14, 2021 Biden to accompany first lady to appointment for 'common medical procedure' First lady Jill Biden will undergo a "common medical procedure" on Wednesday morning, the White House announced late Tuesday."Tomorrow morning, the President will accompany the First Lady to an appointment for a co... The Hill more
Apr 14, 2021 Chauvin's defense calls first witnesses The first witnesses called by Derek Chauvin's defense team took the stand in his trial on Tuesday, as his attorneys worked to refute the prosecution's argument that the former officer's use of force against George F... The Hill more
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