Volcanoes are erupting in The Philippines, but on-fire Australia received some welcome rain. The Iran war cries have been called off and The Donald’s military powers are about to be hamstrung by the Senate. Meanwhile, his impeachment trial is starting, and we’re all on Twitter for a front-row seat.
Author: Molly Bergen
07/15/2021
Stephen A. Smith’s xenophobic comments put post-Euro racism in global context
Two recent examples of the transatlantic dimensions of racial intolerance in sports — an arena that, along with politics, often triggers increasingly vitriolic abuse in the age of social media — are a sobering reminder: Racism is a global crisis that is often resistant to progress and fighting it requires constant vigilance.
07/15/2021
Opinion: We learned from the financial crisis. We can learn from the pandemic.
We are now nearly a year and a half into the pandemic. Enough time has passed to start looking back and drawing lessons, especially when comparing it with the last great jolt to the international system — the global financial crisis. Did we learn any lessons from 2008?
07/15/2021
This ‘super antibody’ for COVID fights off multiple coronaviruses
A newly identified immune molecule raises hopes for a vaccine against a range of viruses related to SARS-CoV-2.
07/15/2021
EU unveils sweeping climate change plan
The European Union has announced a raft of climate change proposals aimed at pushing it towards its goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050.
07/15/2021
Minnesota governor signs order restricting conversion therapy
"We want you to be whoever you are, and that should seem like a pretty simple statement. The fact of the matter is, it’s not," Walz said, addressing the state's LGBTQ community.
07/10/2021
Opinion: Let’s Use the Lessons from COVID to End HIV
A good start: take testing and prevention out of the clinic and meet people where they are.
07/14/2021
Opinion: Vaxxed or axed: To protect patients, every health care worker must be vaccinated
Masks are off. Theaters and indoor dining are back. Life seems to be returning to normal. And yet the highly transmissible and maybe more deadly Delta variant is spreading quickly, accounting for half of new Covid-19 cases in the U.S. and causing surges in nearly half of all states.
07/13/2021
Opinion: Racism in America is a ‘crime of the state.’ But we can overcome it.
Theodore R. Johnson, a senior fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice, has written a unique book on race that reflects his family’s multigenerational story, his own experience as a commander in the Navy and his firmly held belief that “we could actually talk about racism in a realistic, constructive way.”
07/14/2021
Schumer Proposes Federal Decriminalization of Marijuana
Senator Chuck Schumer, the majority leader, offered draft legislation to remove marijuana from the list of controlled substances and begin regulating and taxing it.
07/14/2021
#MeToo exposed how forced arbitration protects harassers. A bipartisan group of lawmakers wants to ban it.
Former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson said it will be her ‘greatest achievement in life’ to see the law enacted.
07/15/2021
Device taps brain waves to help paralyzed man communicate
In a medical first, researchers harnessed the brain waves of a paralyzed man unable to speak — and turned what he intended to say into sentences on a computer screen.
07/10/2021