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 will earn more than their parents: 50 percent. For those born in the 1940s? Ninety percent. / The Economist
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. / Bloomberg The World Health Organization's Europe director says all 53 countries in the region are facing "a real
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
Your unvaccinated friends and family are roughly 20 times more likely to give you Covid. / The Conversation Why does Puerto Rico lead the United States in vaccination and low coronavirus transmission rate? Because Covid-19's been politicized "in a different way." / NPR Unrelated: Why did Joe
Less known than Facebook's danger to the West is how it allows the rest of the world to drown in misinformation and abuse. / Slate "My body—or bodies like mine—is used to help design military technology." The prosthetics industry and the military share a long
