When Covid Came for Provincetown
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Provincetown didn't just provide an example of a COVID-19 outbreak — people reacted responsibly, setting an example for how to prevent such an outbreak from being worse than it needs to be.
Ukrainian-Americans from an enclave in New York City speak for themselves of their history and culture.
I have worried the term "storyteller" sounds fanciful and doesn't invoke trust.
State legislatures are enabling themselves to override election results and upend our democracy under the guise of protecting it.
Nearly half of California is federal land, with about 20% belonging to the U.S. Forest Service.
Some major corporations — such as AT&T, Pfizer, and UPS — resumed donations, within a year, to lawmakers who undermined our last presidential election.
“We ‘help’ U.S. businesses abroad … But that’s not actually a strategy.”
A great history lesson on tax avoidance and its relevance today.
Hospitals charge some patients much more than others for the same services depending on their insurer and even their specific insurance plan — and sometimes those 'negotiated' rates are higher than what the patients would pay out-of-pocket without insurance.
Anna Sacks, @thetrashwalker, reveals the cruelty of corporate waste and the abundance of goods that are discarded and destroyed rather than provided to people who would use them.
Spoiler: the arrival of the printing press — and the skilled workers who operated the presses.