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As COVID-19 cases decline and vaccinations soar, public health experts are keeping up negative messaging.
Such negativity is undermining public health. If the message is that life won t change after being vaccinated, people will conclude getting jabbed isn t worth it.
Public health experts need to offer a frank acknowledgment that as more people acquire immunity, everyday life can become more pleasant.
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The prison where I m incarcerated shut down contact visits on March 9, 2020.
There s been no transparency from officials on when we ll get to see our loved ones again.
As bars and restaurants are filling up again, it s time to lift restrictions in prisons.
Christopher Blackwell is a writer who is incarcerated at the Washington State Reformatory in Monroe, Washington.
This is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed are those of the author.
Last night, before I fell asleep in my cell, I kissed a photo of my wife twice and said, It s okay, my love, we ll make it through this.
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45 million Americans owe $1.7 trillion in student debt, and 93% of that debt is federally owned.
Forgiving student debt would generate more than $1 trillion of economic activity and create millions of jobs.
The Biden administration could forgive all federal student loan debt tomorrow without Congress.
Carl Gibson is a freelance journalist and columnist from Kentucky.
This is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed are those of the author.
President Biden took office facing down both a once-in-a-century pandemic and the economic fallout it created. But with Democrats having unified control of both chambers of Congress for the first time in more than a decade, Biden has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to effectively tackle those twin crises and significantly improve the lives of tens
In that single sentence, Ramsey accomplished the impressive feat of both identifying the problem while also completely dismissing it. Yes, many people
are screwed, financially speaking and for them, that relatively modest amount of money would change their life by helping to address their immediate basic needs such as putting food on the table.
The backlash against those comments was strong and swift, as Ramsey mentioned on his radio show soon after, noting, Apparently I have upset a lot of snowflakes.
The privileged conservative view on poverty
Ramsey is a huge proponent of hardcore conservative philosophies, such as the ubiquitous bootstraps mindset, pushing the notion that anyone can achieve the American Dream through sheer will and determination. If someone works hard and wants it badly enough ignoring systemic obstacles and inequality caused by racial bias, generational poverty, and other factors beyond an individual s control they can achieve financial stabil