Photo: Courtesy of Shaun Donovan For Mayor Campaign New York City mayoral candidate Shaun Donovan is calling for police officers to be removed from public schools, Rikers Island to be closed by the end of 2027, plans to track interactions between police and civilians among other mandates detailed in his …
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There have been many political dramas to grace the small screen over the history of television. Many we have forgotten about yet some we can never forget. Some have included plots covering public policy, international relations, and the never-ending news cycle. When it comes to pushing the boundaries of what …
Read More »<em>The Atlantic Daily</em>: Impeachment Still Sends a Powerful Public Message
Our staff writer Amanda Mull responds: While viral transmission is still high, you should heed experts’ recent advice to adjust your mask strategy, either by buying a supply of higher-quality masks, or by “double-masking”—layering two kinds of masks on top of each other. If you want to …
Read More »Georgia Election Officials To Investigate Trump Calls
On Monday (February 8), the Georgia Secretary of State’s office formally launched an investigation into former President Donald Trump’s phone calls to state election officials in which he sought help to overturn the key state’s presidential election results. The investigation follows a series of formal complaints filed by a law …
Read More »Michelle Obama Announces New Cooking Show On Netflix
Michelle Obama is getting her own cooking show on Netflix! The streaming platform and the former first lady announced that she will be starring and executive producing her own cooking show for kids called “Waffles + Mochi.” CNN reports that the new show, arriving on March 16, will be feature …
Read More »Rinse off With the Best Shower Heads, According to Reviewers
Top Pick: RainSpa® Microban® 2-in-1 Combination Showerhead | $30 | Bed Bath & Beyond A good shower can be the ultimate oasis for a challenging day, and we’ve all had our fair share of those. Personally, I prefer a handheld option for comfort and versatility, but everyone is different. Tons …
Read More »Viral Gorilla Glue hair victim now wants to sue the glue company
Tessica Brown recently went viral after spraying her hair with Gorilla Glue. Now the 40-year-old from Violet, Louisiana, has reportedly hired a lawyer to sue the spray adhesive company. After sharing her story on Instagram about how her hair refused to budge a full month after she used the glue in …
Read More »<em>The Weekly Planet</em>: Hail! It’s America’s Most Underrated Climate Risk
And that ends the section of the newsletter where I talk about insurance. By positioning itself in this way, Understory happens to have collected a new kind of hail data. It has a ground-truth record of where hail has landed, a surprisingly hard type of data to come across in …
Read More »OPINION: Time To Level The Playing Field For Vaccines
Back in December, just as the long-awaited COVID-19 vaccine roll-out was beginning to get underway, I wrote that this was an opportunity to take another step along our journey to be a “more perfect union.” Just as our nation had with the Polio vaccine more than half a century earlier, …
Read More »Award-Winning Black-Owned Bakery Launches First Ever Dessert Truck
The award-winning online bakery, Luv’s Brownies®, home of the Original Heart-Shaped Brownie®, is bringing its sweet treats to the Bay Area with the launch of its first-ever dessert truck. Luv’s Brownies kicked off the first two locations on January, 9th & 10th at the Rose Garden Farmers’ Market and Cupertino Farmers’ …
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