A federal court pauses the new vaccinate-or-test rule for businesses with over 100 employees. / The Washington Post The partisan nature of US politics has gotten so extreme, public health groups hide news of emerging science for fear of backlash. / BuzzFeedNews See also: A new book from NextDraft'
Fleeing Belarusian forces, migrants at a camp near the country's western border are trying to push their way into Poland. / Associated Press The European Commission accuses Belarus's authoritarian leader of creating the problem at the border by luring migrants with the promise of entry into the
President Biden scores passage of the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Time to assess what comes next. / Wake Up to Politics The likelihood that Americans born in the 1980s have of earning more than their parents: 50 percent. For those born in the 1940s? Ninety percent. / The
Nine anti-government factions in Ethiopia say they've formed an alliance "amid growing fears they will attempt to overthrow the government." / The Guardian In Venezuela, a rum company offers gangsters a life outside of crime. In turn, they've helped the company thrive. / The New
Why the theory that fears over critical race theory hurt Democrats in Virginia and New Jersey doesn't hold much water. / Vox More than a century after the Benin Bronzes were looted by the British Army, the Smithsonian has begun the process of repatriating them to Nigeria. / The New
On Wednesday night the United States surpassed 750,000 deaths from the coronavirus, according to Johns Hopkins data. / The Week Covid infections reach their highest level yet in England. The World Health Organization's Europe director says all 53 countries in the region are facing "a real threat
The Taliban says ISIS-K is responsible for the attack on a Kabul hospital that has killed at least 19 people and wounded 50 more. / CBS News What does Youngkin's win in Virginia over McAuliffe mean? For Republicans, distancing themselves from Trump—without alienating his base—can mean
Today is Election Day 2021. It may be an off-year, "but there are still some important races going on across the country." / Wake Up to Politics Tressie McMillan Cottom: To talk about what Kyrsten Sinema is wearing—denim vest et al—is to take her power and
In the days and weeks prior to the insurrection, the FBI and other law enforcement failed to act on numerous leads that signaled violence was on the horizon. / The Guardian Related: A timeline of what happened in the 187 minutes between the beginning of the Capitol attack and Trump reluctantly
This week in Congress, petroleum companies denied ever downplaying fossil fuels' role in climate change. Six decades of corporate documents show otherwise. / The Conversation See also: "In a three-degrees-warmer world, the coastlines of today will largely be gone, endlessly reduced over the coming centuries by rising
