The US Has No Decent Paid Sick Leave Policy. This Bill Attempts to Change That.
Chef preparing vine tomatoes, Antigua, Guatemala, Joe Schmelzer/Cultura Exclusive via Getty As the coronavirus continues to spread to more communities in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control has warned workers to stay home if they are feeling sick. The CDC recommended that employers “actively encourage sick employees to stay home” and maintain flexible…
Correctional Facilities Are the Perfect Incubators for the Coronavirus
Peter Macdiarmid/AP The numbers of infections and deaths from the novel coronavirus keep climbing. As of Friday, more than 100,000 people had been infected worldwide—including 250 cases in the United States. California, Washington state, Florida, and Maryland have all declared states of emergency. Local governments and businesses are cancelling travel plans and some schools and colleges…
Friday Cat Blogging – 6 March 2020
This is Hopper strolling around in her local forest. Who knows what she might find? Maybe a squirrel. Or a bird. Or a caterpillar. The suburban backyard is, from a cat’s perspective, a marvelous ecosystem of flora and fauna to be explored anew every day.
Hundreds of Counties Have Never Recovered From the Great Recession
Via Brad DeLong, here’s an interesting map. It shows the economic growth of every county in the United States since the end of the Great Recession: This is really disturbing. It would be one thing if there were some counties that had declined since the economy peaked in 2007. It would be another thing if…
The New York Times Found Some Soviet Files About Bernie Sanders. They’re Pretty Boring.
Charlie Neibergall/AP Late Thursday evening, the New York Times published a provocative-headlined story about Bernie Sanders. Previously unreported records from an archive in Russia detailed the Soviet government’s efforts in the 1980s to use the sister-city relationship between Burlington, Vermont, (where Sanders was mayor) and the Russian city of Yaroslavl as a vehicle for propaganda.…
Trump, Denying Sexism Helped Bring Down Warren, Says Something Sexist About Her
While political pundits fight over what exactly went wrong for Elizabeth Warren, one thing is reasonably agreed upon: The former Harvard law professor was one of the 2020 contest’s most qualified candidates, one whose unrivaled policy expertise became an unlikely but rousing campaign trademark. Not according to Donald Trump. Nope. While speaking at a press…