President Donald Trump’s magnetic appeal to lower-income, lesser-educated white Americans is a not a new phenomenon that suddenly appeared out of thin air in 2016. It’s the product of a rigid class system that’s been around for centuries, hiding in plain sight. The background story of how this country’s baked-in class system and manipulative electoral […]
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Why celebrating Christmas is good for your mental health
From birthdays to weddings and graduations, this year has seen many personal celebrations cancelled, while communal festivities such as Bonfire Night, Eid and Diwali either haven’t been celebrated or have been more subdued. So it might feel tempting to downplay Christmas too, especially with concerns that people mixing more freely could lead to a third wave of […]
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V Day 2020 was a day of light and hope
In the last three weeks, my hours have been filled with work — on the surge as well as the vaccine planning efforts — and my head and heart have been empty. It’s December, the darkest month of the year. And this must be the darkest December in modern history. A disease that did not […]
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There’s a responsible way to end the federal marijuana ban
While federal prohibition should end, we can and should tolerate use without being wholly indifferent to it.
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If nations compete for doses of coronavirus vaccines, we’ll all lose
As United Nations Director General António Guterres recently declared, “For the first time since 1945, the entire world is confronted by a common threat, regardless of nationality, ethnicity or faith. But while COVID-19 does not discriminate, our efforts to prevent and contain it do.”
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‘Take off your mask’: Boorish customers have found a way to make sexual harassment even more of a hazard
“‘Take off your mask’ really means expose yourself to the risk of death,” said One Fair Wage Executive Director Saru Jayaraman, “so that I may judge you.”
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Amazon’s new health band is the most invasive tech we’ve ever tested
The Halo collects the most intimate information we’ve seen from a consumer health gadget — and makes the absolute least use of it.
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COVID-19: How will history judge us?
The history of the COVID-19 pandemic will be more interested in how the battle ends than in how it got started. In that respect, the fight begins now.
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Last Kennedy in Congress: Retiring Rep. Kennedy says greed hinders aid to needy
Kennedy is the grandson of the late Sen. Robert Kennedy, D-N.Y., who was assassinated in 1968. A member of that Kennedy family has been in Congress with little interruption since Robert Kennedy’s brother, the future President John F. Kennedy, entered the House from Massachusetts in 1947.
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A rap sheet for an ex-president
If Trump is prosecuted, obstruction of justice, bribery and conspiracy to defraud the U.S. could be among the charges.