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We need to be developing vaccines for the next pandemic — right now

Christina Animashaun/Vox Scientists have a strong idea of which types of viruses could cause an outbreak. We can fund vaccines…

2 years ago

Russian troops pull back from Kyiv, leaving horrors in their wake

A man gestures at a mass grave in the town of Bucha, northwest of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, on April…

2 years ago

Can executive actions save Democrats in the midterms?

President Joe Biden speaks after signing HR 55, the Emmett Till Anti-lynching Act, in the Rose Garden of the White…

2 years ago

What Chinese media is saying about Russia’s Ukraine war

Video from Chinese state television via AFP shows Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, left, meeting his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi…

2 years ago

Aid organizations try again to evacuate besieged Mariupol

Residents of Mariupol walk in front of damaged buildings. It’s estimated that as many as 5000 civilians have been killed…

2 years ago

The Biden administration is ending a controversial border policy

A migrant family waits to be processed after being apprehended near the border between Mexico and the United States in…

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Republican judges are waging a bizarre war against the First Amendment right to protest

Civil rights activist DeRay Mckesson accepts the Best Political Podcast award for Pod Save The People at the 2020 iHeartRadio…

2 years ago

How a bunch of Starbucks baristas built a labor movement

Starbucks employees and supporters react as votes are read during a viewing of their union election on December. 9, 2021,…

2 years ago

How China uses fruit to punish Taiwan

But it’s not just about fruit In September 2021, China banned the import of sugar apples, or atemoya, from Taiwan,…

2 years ago

One Good Thing: The hit feminist concubine drama that annoyed the Chinese Communist Party

The emperor (Yuan Nie) chides an unrepentant Wei Yingluo (Wu Jinyan). | iQiyi Yanxi Palace was one of the most…

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