Новости за 15.03.2021

Sarah Everard, to hear her story told for her now, was killed “after doing everything she was supposed to do. She took a longer route that was well-lit and populated. She wore bright clothes and shoes she could run in. She checked in with her boyfriend to let him know when she was leaving. But that was not enough to save her life.” Something sinister, yet only gestured at, is responsible, “an epidemic of male violence against us, most of which takes place behind closed doors, often by men already known to the police.” In the case of Everard... Читать дальше...

Predictably, conservatives are once again warning about inflation. This happens every time a Democrat takes office—even if he merely continues the identical policies of his Republican predecessor. Unfortunately, these concerns, which always receive wide media attention, are costly, politically and economically. Bill Clinton was forced to adopt a deficit reduction plan in 1993 that led to the defeat of many Democrats in 1994 and the installation of Newt Gingrich as speaker of the House. Barack... Читать дальше...

Everybody knows that top corporate executives get paid much more than they’re worth—and that ever-rising income inequality is the result. It’s tempting to conclude that the federal government has never tried to do anything about this, but that isn’t quite right. It’s tried a little bit, and it’s failed. An executive-pay tax included in the recently enacted Covid relief bill furnishes a denouement to this sad story.

On Thursday night, President Joe Biden announced in his televised address that he was directing states to make all adults eligible to receive a Covid-19 vaccine by the start of May. The cheery proclamation reflected the fact that the vaccine rollout has gone much better than one might have expected, considering how poorly the federal and state governments handled the Covid-19 pandemic for most of the last year.

While the Trump presidency is over and the former president, by dint of being denied his preferred social media perches, is no longer toxifying the scene with his rhetoric, the poison he left behind is still saturating our civic groundwater. Among the many areas of our political life that have been left infected by the predations of the prior administration is what is perhaps Donald Trump’s original sin: His inhumanity toward immigrants. The notion of “kids in cages” as a policy prescription has... Читать дальше...

The sudden overdose deaths of Philip Seymour Hoffman and Prince, in 2014 and 2016, happened during wall-to-wall coverage of an emerging crisis, which had come to be known as the “opioid epidemic.” A 60 Minutes investigation in 2015 titled “Heroin in the Heartland” was premised on heroin’s changing profile. “The faces of heroin include the young, middle-to-upper class and suburban,” the synopsis reads. “What was once thought of as an inner-city problem is now a national epidemic.”

Dead manatees, climate change, poop water: In the past few months, it’s become clear that Florida’s multiyear reckoning with intersecting environmental crises is coming to a head. The quality of the state’s once-pristine bodies of water has cratered over the past decade. Tribal, state, and local government officials have been working for years to formulate a comprehensive response to a lethal combination of aging sewage infrastructure, rising sea levels, and higher water temperatures. The stories that have rolled in so far this year... Читать дальше...