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09/27/2023

Opinion: In Bogotá’s poorest quarters, women glimpse a future with more choices

One day in the distant future, caregiving could be as celebrated as carrying a football into an end zone. Rather than toil in the shadows, people who juggle children and aging parents might be applauded for their skills — or stopped on the street by admirers.

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Bina Venkataraman

Reuters

09/26/2023

US judge throws out Texas ban on drag acts, calls it unconstitutional

A federal judge in Texas ruled on Tuesday that the state's new law limiting public drag performances was an unconstitutional restriction on speech and he permanently forbid enforcement of it.

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Jonathan Allen

Axios

09/24/2023

Lyric Opera’s new SoundShirts let deaf patrons feel the music

Chicago's Lyric Opera is introducing state-of-the-art technology that will enable patrons who are deaf or hard of hearing to experience the power of the music in a new way.

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Carrie Shepherd

Axios

09/24/2023

NASA returns its largest asteroid sample to Earth

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission to sample an asteroid brought its rubbly haul back to Earth Sunday.

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Miriam Kramer

Euractiv

09/21/2023

EU reaches deal banning ‘climate-neutral’ product claims

In the wake of longstanding complaints of greenwashing by consumer advocates, EU institutions finalized a new law on Tuesday (19 September) enacting a sweeping ban to combat the misleading of its citizens through erroneous claims of sustainability.

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Nikolaus J. Kurmayer

The Atlantic

09/21/2023

Opinion: Feeling Burned Out? Here’s What to Do.

The way to break the cycle is by creating meaningful boundaries between work and life.

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Arthur Brooks

The New York Times

09/19/2023

Pennsylvania Will Start Automatic Voter Registration

Nearly half of all states have similar programs that combine getting a driver’s license or state ID card with registering to vote.

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Neil Vigdor

New Scientist

09/07/2023

Human kidneys have been partially grown in pigs for the first time

Early kidney structures made of mostly human cells have been grown in pig embryos for up to 28 days as part of efforts to grow human organs in other animals for transplants

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Alice Klein

The Guardian

09/07/2023

Mexico set for first female president in 2024 election

Former Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum and senator Xóchitl Gálvez were selected as the candidates for the two major electoral groups

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Thomas Graham

The New York Times

09/07/2023

Opinion: The American Renaissance Is Already at Hand

Two megatrends have shaped American life since the 1980s: the rise of China and the hollowing out of American industry.

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David Brooks

The Atlantic

09/07/2023

A Knockout Technique for Achieving More Happiness

The best lesson from Mike Tyson’s boxing career is not about ring craft; it’s about having the right goals in life.

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Arthur Brooks

The Guardian

09/07/2023

Mexico supreme court decriminalizes abortion across country

Decision to remove abortion from federal penal code comes amid trend in Latin America of loosening restrictions on procedure

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Lillian Perlmutter

Chicken little forecast

Still Chugging Along

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Opinion: In Bogotá’s poorest quarters, women glimpse a future with more choices

One day in the distant future, caregiving could be as celebrated as carrying a football into an end zone. Rather than toil in the shadows, people who juggle children and aging parents might be applauded for their skills — or stopped on the street by admirers.

US judge throws out Texas ban on drag acts, calls it unconstitutional

A federal judge in Texas ruled on Tuesday that the state's new law limiting public drag performances was an unconstitutional restriction on speech and he permanently forbid enforcement of it.

Lyric Opera’s new SoundShirts let deaf patrons feel the music

Chicago's Lyric Opera is introducing state-of-the-art technology that will enable patrons who are deaf or hard of hearing to experience the power of the music in a new way.

NASA returns its largest asteroid sample to Earth

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission to sample an asteroid brought its rubbly haul back to Earth Sunday.

EU reaches deal banning ‘climate-neutral’ product claims

In the wake of longstanding complaints of greenwashing by consumer advocates, EU institutions finalized a new law on Tuesday (19 September) enacting a sweeping ban to combat the misleading of its citizens through erroneous claims of sustainability.

Opinion: Feeling Burned Out? Here’s What to Do.

The way to break the cycle is by creating meaningful boundaries between work and life.

Pennsylvania Will Start Automatic Voter Registration

Nearly half of all states have similar programs that combine getting a driver’s license or state ID card with registering to vote.

Human kidneys have been partially grown in pigs for the first time

Early kidney structures made of mostly human cells have been grown in pig embryos for up to 28 days as part of efforts to grow human organs in other animals for transplants

Mexico set for first female president in 2024 election

Former Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum and senator Xóchitl Gálvez were selected as the candidates for the two major electoral groups

Opinion: The American Renaissance Is Already at Hand

Two megatrends have shaped American life since the 1980s: the rise of China and the hollowing out of American industry.

A Knockout Technique for Achieving More Happiness

The best lesson from Mike Tyson’s boxing career is not about ring craft; it’s about having the right goals in life.

Mexico supreme court decriminalizes abortion across country

Decision to remove abortion from federal penal code comes amid trend in Latin America of loosening restrictions on procedure

The Daily Roundup

Opinion: Why I’m a proud solutionist

One day in the distant future, caregiving could be as celebrated as carrying a football into an end zone. Rather than toil in the shadows, people who juggle children and aging parents might be applauded for their skills — or stopped on the street by admirers.

A federal judge in Texas ruled on Tuesday that the state's new law limiting public drag performances was an unconstitutional restriction on speech and he permanently forbid enforcement of it.

Chicago's Lyric Opera is introducing state-of-the-art technology that will enable patrons who are deaf or hard of hearing to experience the power of the music in a new way.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission to sample an asteroid brought its rubbly haul back to Earth Sunday.

In the wake of longstanding complaints of greenwashing by consumer advocates, EU institutions finalized a new law on Tuesday (19 September) enacting a sweeping ban to combat the misleading of its citizens through erroneous claims of sustainability.

The way to break the cycle is by creating meaningful boundaries between work and life.

Nearly half of all states have similar programs that combine getting a driver’s license or state ID card with registering to vote.

Early kidney structures made of mostly human cells have been grown in pig embryos for up to 28 days as part of efforts to grow human organs in other animals for transplants

Former Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum and senator Xóchitl Gálvez were selected as the candidates for the two major electoral groups

Two megatrends have shaped American life since the 1980s: the rise of China and the hollowing out of American industry.

The best lesson from Mike Tyson’s boxing career is not about ring craft; it’s about having the right goals in life.

Decision to remove abortion from federal penal code comes amid trend in Latin America of loosening restrictions on procedure

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