"He has to set an example for all tennis players out there and set an example for tennis," added Kyrgios. "I think when he was doing some of the things that he was doing during the global pandemic, it just wasn't the right time. … [Read more...] about Nick Kyrgios feels ‘safe’ ahead of the Australian Open as he credits the country for its Covid-19 response
Week ahead schedule
Trump impeachment article being sent to Senate Monday, ahead of trial next month
That outcome appears unlikely with more and more Republican senators coming out to say they are against holding an impeachment trial in the first place -- citing the fact that Trump has already left office. But the trial will be a cloud hanging over the Senate and the first 100 days of the Biden administration for as long as it goes on, and will shut down business in the upper chamber once it gets started in earnest next month. … [Read more...] about Trump impeachment article being sent to Senate Monday, ahead of trial next month
The Hill’s Morning Report – Biden: Focus on vaccine, virus, travel
Here’s the second panel on Wednesday: Susan Bailey, president, American Medical Association; John Banovetz, chief technology officer, 3M; Mayor Sharon Weston Broome (D), Baton Rouge, La.; John Brownstein, chief innovation officer, Boston Children's Hospital; Sree Chaguturu, chief medical officer, CVS; Daniel Dawes, director, Satcher Health Leadership Institute; Peter Hotez, co-director, Center for Vaccine Development, Texas Children's Hospital; Margaret Moss, associate professor in nursing, University of British Columbia; Jay Timmons, president and CEO, National Association of Manufacturers; Wes Wheeler, president, UPS Healthcare; and Rep. Brad WenstrupBrad Robert WenstrupOvernight Health Care — Fauci: Lack of facts 'likely' cost lives in coronavirus fight | CDC changes COVID-19 vaccine guidance to allow rare mixing of Pfizer, Moderna shots | Senate chaos threatens to slow Biden's agenda Trump, Biden battle over rush for COVID-19 vaccine The Hill's Campaign Report: Biden … [Read more...] about The Hill’s Morning Report – Biden: Focus on vaccine, virus, travel
‘I Want to Meet My Teacher’
When you look a little deeper into why South Orange–Maplewood stayed remote, the conversation starts to get fraught and tongue-tied. This is because the argument about in-person school is layered on top of the preexisting debate about race and school. National surveys suggest that Black parents tend to be more reluctant to send their children back to class. “They are more cautious about reopening, because they not only understand COVID but have borne the brunt of it,” said Khadijah Costley White, a Rutgers University communications professor and the founder of SOMA Justice. She is Black and has been opposed to reopening the district. “One of my friends lost her husband,” White told me the first time we talked. “We had to go outside her house and watch her sob next to her children.” A month later, White told me that COVID had just killed her uncle. … [Read more...] about ‘I Want to Meet My Teacher’
If Not Snapchat, What? A Guide to Stanford’s Non-Tech Fiefdoms
Vibhav Mariwala, ’20, a history major and co-president of BASES (Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students), says it is “refreshing” to not “get siloed off into ‘either/or,’” and tech types in Silicon Valley have been “excited” to talk to people outside traditional tech fields to hear a “different perspective.” Alina Utrata, ’17, a history major and Marshall Scholar, says when she arrived on campus in 2013, the student “derision” felt toward the humanities was “shocking,” but now “there’s this realization that just because you have amazing technical skills, that doesn’t necessarily mean you have the philosophical, political, or public-policy backgrounds to understand the ramifications of what you’ve done.” … [Read more...] about If Not Snapchat, What? A Guide to Stanford’s Non-Tech Fiefdoms