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Renato Aquino contracted COVID-19 last year after working on the frontline of the pandemic but is now "on track for a full recovery."

View | Why economists should watch stand-up comedy If you want to understand human behavior – apart from reading microeconomic textbooks you should watch stand-up comedy. 4 min read Sudipta Sarangi Economists would find the new cohort of Indian standup comics exceptional. Abhishek Upamanyu recalls that during his childhood on his grandmother’s death anniversary, he would offer food to the poor. While this is a good idea, it sets up perverse incentives. Share Via Read Full Story My wife has ...

Many years ago, I liked a boy. No, I’m just kidding. This isn’t a column about relationships, although I admit that some (but not all!) of what I am about to say could apply to relationships. For those of you who are my long-time readers, you know that this is the time of year when I review my submission success—the number of times I submitted my work to magazines, and the number of times my work was accepted or rejected—and the lessons I learned along the way. For newer rea...

Yellow Springs kicked off the beginning of 2020, as always, with the traditional ball drop overseen by Lance Rudegeair; MTFR personnel handed out hot cocoa, and at least one marriage proposal greeted the new year. The Reach Out Free Clinic, which was held each Tuesday evening at Central Chapel AME Church, celebrated a year of operation in early January. The free, donation-based clinic, a satellite location of Reach Out Dayton, closed due to the pandemic in March; the Dayton location shuttered p...

Years ago when I was in college, my professors told me, “You should think about teaching. You’d be good at it.” But I didn’t want to teach. I wanted to be a writer. I did become a full-time writer, eventually. In the meantime I became a study abroad administrator, an admissions recruiter, a publications coordinator, a career counselor, and a financial counselor. (I did have a short stint teaching at a university in Mexico early on, but I told myself I wasn’t any good at...

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Gun rights and somehow youre doing the right mall thing, thats wrong. thats what well be challenging every monday at 2:00, the rally is 3:00, non-violent, direct action civil disobedience across the country. >> im glad you brought us that information tonight. be safe and we will be paying attention to what youre doing. thank you so much. >> thank you so much. god bless. >> theres more to come on nbc, in just a few minutes. michael avenatti will be lawrences guest on the last word. now have that ...

Muslim woman and a rabbi stood together to say its time to take on this policy violence. were talking about 140 million poor and low income people in this country. 73 million are women and children, 37 million without health care. 64 million people working every day without a living wage. 13 million households that cant afford water. and more than a quarter million people die every year in this country from poverty and low wealth. that is why this movement is declaring we cannot be silent anymor...

Some victims as young as 21 months have been victims of rape. the ironic part here, that country has its first female president ever, who actually won the nobel prize in 2011 for work on womens issues. yet child rape remains a huge problem in that country. so she emptied her savings. she and a friend went to liberia, chronicled the issue. >> good for her. >> and now has done this documentary called "small small thing." its a project now on kickstarter looking to raise funds for the editing and t...