Jobs are coming back. Businesses are reopening. But a year after the epidemic hit the economy, applications for unemployment benefits will remain stubbornly, shockingly high – by some measures, higher on a weekly basis at any stage of the previous recession. And progress has stalled: initial weekly claims under regular …
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Foreigners in their own country: State Department Asian Americans face discrimination
Rep. Ted Liu (D-California) said in an interview that diplomatic discrimination and violence against members of the Asian American community are “different expressions of the same issue: the incompetence of our government and some people distinguish between foreign governments and Americans of Asian descent. It was this disability that led …
Read More »U.S. George W. on the Capitol Rebellion. Bush: “I get distracted whenever I think about it.”
“I don’t remember what I was doing, but … I was sick to my stomach … to see our nation’s capital attacked by hostile forces,” Books said in an interview with the Texas Tribune as part of SXSW. Said in an interview with the Texas Tribune as part of SXSW. …
Read More »California has a record week of COVID vaccinations
Nearly 1 million Californians have received shots in the past two days, data show, indicating that the state’s uneven COVID-19 vaccination is increasing significantly. The last four days have seen the highest number of single-day vaccinations given, according to data compiled by the Times. That record-setting includes 464,249 doses reported …
Read More »NASA has successfully tested an SLS rocket that will help Artemis astronauts reach the moon
The test took place at NASA’s Stanislaus Space Center outside of St. Louis, Mississippi, and began at 4:40 p.m. The test lasted only eight minutes. “SLS has built the most powerful rocket ever, and NASA hit more than 1.6 million pounds of thrust in the main phase of the rocket …
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