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Unvaccinated Under God: Religion and Vaccine Hesitancy in Modern America, by Kira Ganga Kieffer, Princeton University Press, 304 pages, $29.95 In Unvaccinated Under God, Kira Ganga Kieffer unpacks the recent history of vaccine hesitancy in America. Kieffer, a religious studies scholar at Fairfield University, offers a way to understand hesitancy itself as a form of religious expression, even when it arises among people not bound by particular spiritual traditions. Unlike many people who tackle this topic, Kieffer treats the vaccine-hesitant with respect and curiosity, not contempt. As a result, the book leaves you not seething in rage but a little…
Image courtesy be-fearless.org. With a few weeks to go before the start of the Teamsters’ union convention in Las Vegas, a major push is on to deny Richard Hooker the five per cent of delegates needed for him and his Fearless slate to be nominated. While there is still much skullduggery afoot to trash the reputation of Richard Hooker, the first African-American candidate for General President of the Teamsters, most of it is now quite open and increasingly nasty, as he challenges Sean O’Brien, the pro-Trump leader of the union. A recent screed by Frank Halstead, a longstanding member and…
Hello and welcome to another edition of Free Agent! Watch where you’re driving this week, and keep an eye out for innocent bystanders, please. Today’s newsletter is a beast, covering the Protect College Sports Act—a 101-page bill just introduced in the Senate that has huge implications for college sports. We’ve got everything you need to know, everything right and wrong with the bill, and whether it can pass and become law. But first, if you want to fill out our survey on the NBA and NHL finals, let me know who you’re rooting for here. Don’t miss sports coverage from…
Blockchain.com, one of the industry’s oldest firms, has confidentially filed a draft Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a planned initial public offering. Blockchain.com Group Holdings Inc., one of the oldest companies in the crypto industry, has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering, the Dallas-based firm announced Thursday. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the proposed offering have not yet been determined. The IPO remains subject to market conditions and the completion of the SEC’s review process.…
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After a preliminary hearing in the Scottish judicial review of the terrorist proscription of Palestine Action, the judge, Lord Young, reversed his earlier decision and has stopped the review, as fast as he possibly could. London had sent a regime minister to overawe the Edinburgh court. Yvette Cooper, former home secretary who proscribed Palestine Action, and Prime Minister Keir Starmer meeting during the Interpol General Assembly in Glasgow in November 2024. (Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street/Flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) After direct action activists of the organization Palestine Action (PA) entered the Royal Air Force base at Brise Norton, Oxfordshire…
Not only does the military have a significant presence in O’ahu’s rental market, but it also contributes to upward pressures on Hawai’i’s housing prices because of the tax-free stipends—known as Basic Allowance for Housing or BAH—that active-duty service members receive on a monthly basis. Local residents have difficulty competing with compensation packages bolstered by BAH payments, making military renters more attractive to landlords. An E5 Sergeant, a rank of enlisted personnel who have been promoted to lead a small team or section, with dependents and 4 years experience had a base pay of $40,388 and a BAH of $39,852 in…
Biden, DNC Autopsy and the Democrats' Unfinished Business Source link
Iranian Endgames Source link