[aggregation-styles] Foreign Affairs Subscription Political systems matter a great deal when it comes to disaster response. In general, democracies are better than autocracies at managing early warning systems: it is harder to suppress reports of an impending crisis in an open and transparent political system than in a closed system...
A Foreign Policy for the Post-Pandemic World
[aggregation-styles] Foreign Affairs Subscription A single event can reset U.S. foreign policy for decades in ways both good and bad. The 9/11 terrorist attacks created a brief moment of national and international unity that could have inspired an era of deeper global cooperation, but the United States squandered the opportunity....
Pelosi Rules Out Liability Protections for Employers of 'Essential Workers'
[aggregation-styles] Axios House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on CBS News' "Face the Nation" Sunday that Democrats will not support liability protections for employers of "essential workers" in the next coronavirus relief bill. Why it matters: Senate Republicans' stimulus proposal is expected to include widespread liability insurance for schools, businesses, hospitals...
Pelosi Criticizes Stimulus Proposal Giving Workers 70% Of Their Wages
[aggregation-styles] Forbes House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) criticized a proposal to give unemployed workers 70% of their wages as being overly complicated for states to manage, arguing that over 60% of American supported a "flat amount" instead, as Democrats and Republicans prepare to negotiate the next stimulus bill in Congress...
Germany’s Coronavirus Response Is a Master Class in Science Communication
[aggregation-styles] CNBC Germany, like many other countries, had a contingent of people who fought lockdowns and argued that Covid-19 was a hoax. But it also had a handful of prominent scientists communicating regularly and openly with the public. That played a huge role in drowning out rumors and misinformation, locals...
26 Deaths in 3 US Convents, as Nuns Confront the Pandemic
LIVONIA, Michigan — At a convent near Detroit, 13 nuns have died of COVID-19. The toll is seven at a center for Maryknoll sisters in New York, and six at a Wisconsin convent that serves nuns with fading memories. Each community perseveres, though strict social-distancing rules have made communal solidarity...
Movie Theaters Implore Studios: Release the Blockbusters
NEW YORK — A long time ago in a pre-COVID universe far, far away, blockbusters opened around the globe simultaneously or nearly so. In 1975, “Jaws” set the blueprint. Concentrate marketing. Open wide. Pack them in. Since then, Hollywood has turned opening weekends into an all-out assault. Staggered rollouts still happen, of...
No Virus Bill Yet: White House, GOP at Odds Over Jobless Aid
WASHINGTON — Negotiations over a new COVID-19 rescue bill were in flux Friday after the White House floated cutting an unemployment benefits boost to as little as $100 and President Donald Trump turned to a new priority, adding money to build a new FBI headquarters. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell sent senators...
COVID-19 Puts Kibosh on Central Unified’s In-Person Summer School
Central Unified's attempt to bring students back to the classroom for summer school classes turned out to be short-lived — as in, only a week. The district had carefully marked out spaces and put directional signs in hallways at Tilley Elementary School to prove to Fresno County public health officials...
AP-NORC Poll: Nearly Half Say Jobs Lost to Virus Won't Return
WASHINGTON — Nearly half of Americans whose families experienced a layoff during the coronavirus pandemic now believe those jobs are lost forever, a new poll shows, a sign of increasing pessimism that would translate into roughly 10 million workers needing to find a new employer, if not a new occupation. It's a...