Watch now: Analysis: Yankees-Phillies, Marlins-Orioles, reportedly postponed due to COVID-19 concerns (7:02) White Sox manager Rick Renteria has tested negative for COVID-19 after waking up Monday morning with possible symptoms, reports Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times. Renteria, 58, was not going to be at the shelter Monday night, …
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Octavia Spencer calls for an authentic on-screen representation of people with disabilities
Academy Award-winning actress Octavia Spencer calls for a more authentic screen representation of people with disabilities. “Nothing can replace lived experience and authentic representation,” Spencer said in a recent video for the Ruderman Family Foundation, a disability advocacy organization. “That’s why it is imperative that we hire the right actor …
Read More »Federal prisons reach bleak milestone: 100 prisoner deaths from coronavirus
The Federal Bureau of Prisons reached a grim milestone on Saturday: 100 prisoners have died from coronavirus since the beginning of the pandemic. Among the dead are fathers and mothers, daughters and sons and brothers and sisters, none of whom was sentenced to death. There are 122 facilities in the …
Read More »Intel vs. Taiwan Semiconductor: What a difference a day makes (NASDAQ: INTC)
Investment thesis Interest and proper reporting often produce market price adjustments that provide short-term earning opportunities that generate returns from “conventional” conservative “long-term passive investment strategies.” Skillful anticipation of such opportunities often has a better chance of capturing when investor attention and available liquid capital are used to direct. Those …
Read More »NGOs and activists pressure Barr to declare the Chinese Communist Party a ‘transnational criminal organization’
Hundreds of US and American religious and international human rights and activist groups are calling on the United States Department of Justice to declare the Chinese Communist Party a “transnational criminal organization” or TCO. The effort comes as tensions between Washington and Beijing continue to flare up, exacerbated by the …
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