Commentary: Los Angeles locked down, but COVID came anyway
The city’s crisis contradicts the simple narrative that outbreaks are punishment for red-state recklessness.
By Virginia PostrelBloomberg Opinion
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My neighbors’ children haven’t seen the inside of a classroom since spring. A book I checked out from the UCLA library to research a March column is still in my bedroom, gathering dust. Not even the drop-off return box is open. We haven’t eaten inside a restaurant or entered a museum, library or theater since March. They’re all shut down. This isn’t New York, with its delightfully uncrowded museums.
Missouri Republican US Senator Josh Hawley on Wednesday became the first senator to announce he will raise an objection to Congress’ count of the electoral vote next week, setting up a slowdown of the final step in Joe Biden’s election.
“I cannot vote to certify the electoral college results on January 6 without raising the fact that some states, particularly Pennsylvania, failed to follow their own state election laws,” Hawley said in a statement.
“And I cannot vote to certify without pointing out the unprecedented effort of mega corporations, including Facebook and Twitter, to interfere in this election, in support of Joe Biden. At the very least, Congress should investigate allegations of voter fraud and adopt measures to secure the integrity of our elections. But Congress has so far failed to act,” Hawley said.
On January 1, millennials will be old enough to sue for age discrimination washingtonpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from washingtonpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
December 29, 2020
A woman waves a “Vote” sign as people gather outside of the U.S. Supreme Court following the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in Washington, U.S., September 18, 2020. REUTERS/Al Drago
On Jan. 1, the oldest millennials, born in 1981, will turn 40 and officially become eligible to sue employers under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) of 1967.
It may seem silly to fret about age discrimination among a generation long vilified as the embodiment of entitled youth. But research shows that for many millennial women, age discrimination is already a reality – one that will become critical during the recovery from the coronavirus crisis, as discrimination tends to peak during and after recessions.
Some are itching to work somewhere other than home; others love it nhregister.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nhregister.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.