President Joe Biden said, "the fact is you can't look at that television and say nothing happened on the sixth" in response to a question on whether he had confidence Republicans and Democrats could work together establishing a bipartisan investigation into the Capitol insurrection. Read More at Insider
The Right Is Panicking Over Critical Race Theory
Critical race theory opens up challenging issues about equity, affirmative action, reparations, and government intervention to dismantle racist systems — all of which face significant opposition from the right. Read More at CNN
Yes, We Should Ban Critical Race Theory from Our Schools
Teaching critical race theory in schools has emerged as the dominant subject gripping and dividing the nation with strong opinions coming from both sides. Read More at Newsweek
5 Books to Help You Live to Age 100 — and Beyond
Recent advances in neuroscience, biology, and technology have revealed what we can do to add years to our lives—and in the five remarkable reads below, you’ll discover where to begin. Read More at Next Big Idea Club
Trump’s PAC Raised $75M Calling for Audits of 2020 Vote, Spent Zero on Election Reviews
Former President Donald Trump’s leadership PAC hauled in $75 million as he continuously complained that the 2020 election had been stolen from him, but the organization hasn’t spent any of it to conduct ballot reviews. Read More at Mediaite
Zakaria: Some Republicans Are Pushing People to Get Vaccinated. It May Be Too Late.
Fareed Zakaria says that some Republican politicians and conservative media figures are finally urging people to get vaccinated despite largely contributing to the anti-vaccination sentiment that has grown in America. But they may be too late. Read More at The Washington Post
COVID Outbreak at Hume Lake Church Camp Prompts Worry
A concerned mother said she's worried about the health of her daughter after learning of a COVID outbreak at Hume Lake Christian Camp in the Sierra east of Fresno. Hundreds of kids from several churches may have been exposed to coronavirus at Hume Lake, according to a report from KRON...
Pegasus Project Turns Spotlight on Spyware Firm NSO’s Ties to Israeli State
A recent transparency report acknowledges spyware firm NSO is ‘closely regulated’ by export control authorities in Israel. Read More at The Guardian
U.S. Senators Tell California Lawmakers to Stop Effing with Bullet Train
Senators, Alex Padilla and Dianne Feinstein, came down hard on state lawmakers’ continued gas-lighting and obstructionism over funding for California’s bullet train project. Read More at Streetsblog
What the Protests in Cuba Mean for the Future of Communism and U.S. Relations
With Cuba's most significant demonstrations in decades, president Miguel Diaz-Canel has blamed the U.S. for the hardships Cubans face and claimed the demonstrators are mercenaries hired by the U.S. to destabilize the island. Read More at Eurasia Group