For those who want to regulate women’s bodies, ignorance has been no obstacle. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/05/opinion/sex-women-facts-education.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Tag: United States
‘Catastrophic’ Delays at U.S.-Mexico Border Follow Redeployment of Agents
The United States’ southwest border has, in effect, been partly closed because of American staffing shortages, costing businesses millions of dollars a day, according to industry officials. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/05/world/americas/us-mexico-border-delays.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
2 U.S. Dual Citizens Held in Saudi Crackdown on Dissent, Rights Groups Say
At least eight intellectuals, writers or activists have been arrested in Saudi Arabia in recent days, including two with American as well as Saudi citizenship, the groups said on Friday. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/05/world/middleeast/american-detainees-saudi-arabia.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
More Internet, Less Sex
The modern decline of healthy social interactions. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/04/opinion/sex-americans-internet.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The Health Reforms the G.O.P. Should Embrace (but Probably Won’t)
Republicans keep searching for a politically safe silver bullet that slays Obamacare and yet leaves everyone happy. That plan doesn’t exist. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/04/opinion/republicans-health-reforms.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Making Video Games Is Not a Dream Job
The workers behind hits like Fortnite and Call of Duty need unions to protect them from exploitation. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/04/opinion/video-games-layoffs-union.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The Interpreter: Border Crackdowns Feed a Self-Reinforcing Cycle of Fear and Backlash
In the United States and Europe, efforts to control unauthorized arrivals can heighten perceptions of chaos at the border. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/02/world/americas/us-immigration-crackdown.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The Government Had to Approve This Op-Ed
Prepublication review of the writings of current and former federal employees violates their First Amendment rights. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/02/opinion/government-censorship.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The Interpreter: Brexit Mess Reflects Democracy’s New Era of Tear-It-All-Down
Britain’s breakdown represents a much wider phenomenon. Across Western democracies, politics are increasingly defined by opposition — to everything. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/29/world/europe/brexit-theresa-may-democracy-chaos.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The Real Joe Biden Decision
It’s not whether to run, but whether to run against the emerging consensus of his party. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/02/opinion/joe-biden-2020-presidential-campaign.html?partner=rss&emc=rss