Coronavirus Roughly half of the vaccine locations in Massachusetts offer the Pfizer booster for the newly eligible group. Karolina Moran, 16, receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in Miami in May. Saul Martinez / The New York Times Massachusetts has over 1,000 locations offering COVID-19 vaccine boosters, though 16 and 17 year olds…Continue Reading
“I met my father once.” Hip hop icon Raekwon begins his memoir, “From Staircase to Stage,” with this line. The talented lyricist and cofounding member of the ’90s mega-group Wu-Tang Clan, known on stage as The Chef, didn’t have a relationship with his father. When we sat down recently for a conversation about his book, music, career and…Continue Reading
As an environmental historian and scholar of the 19th century, I spend a lot of time thinking about how the past can help us confront our current crises – especially climate change. And there’s a lot of help to be found in the 1800s, from the appreciation of wildness in Henry David Thoreau’s famous “Walden,”…Continue Reading
Ballots are counted by Maricopa County Elections Department staff ahead of Tuesdays election on October 31, 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona. Early voting lasted from October 7th through the 30th in Arizona, which had a record number of early voters. (Courtney Pedroza/Getty Images) This article originally appeared on AlterNet. Election vigilantes still pushing former President Donald…Continue Reading
One night in first grade, my mom came back from the video rental store with a surprise. Her usual token rental was a “Care Bears” or Disney VHS tape; this time, she instead arrived home bearing a cheesily-animated movie whose art style resembled the “Cathy” comics. Yet unlike Cathy, whose main concerns were her own…Continue Reading
PARIS (AP) — First, a steady crawl. Then a short clumsy slide across the slick stone floor at their home at the Beauval Zoo near Paris. Then finally the big show as the twin giant panda cubs took their first steps in public on Saturday. The female twins were born in August. Their mother, Huan…Continue Reading
Football star and TV celebrity Michael Strahan caught a ride to space with Jeff Bezos’ rocket-launching company Saturday, sharing the trip with the daughter of America’s first astronaut.Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket blasted off from West Texas, sending the capsule on a 10-minute flight with the two VIP guests and four paying customers. Their automated…Continue Reading
Olympic leaders aimed their ire at FIFA’s president on Saturday over his push for staging more World Cups, during an IOC-hosted meeting that Tibetan students tried to interrupt in a protest against the Beijing Winter Games.FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s plan to stage men’s and women’s World Cups every two years instead of four was previously…Continue Reading
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan described social media Saturday as one of the main threats to democracy.Erdogan’s government plans to pursue legislation to criminalize spreading fake news and disinformation online, but critics say the proposed changes would tighten restrictions on free speech.“Social media, which was described as a symbol of freedom when…Continue Reading
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Environmental protesters blocked roads in Serbia for a third consecutive weekend to oppose plans for lithium mining, despite a bid by the country’s populist government to defuse the demonstrations by agreeing to the key demands of organizers. Several thousand people braved rain and cold weather Saturday to halt traffic in the…Continue Reading