FBI Director Christopher Wray testified before Congress on Thursday that the Capitol riot of Jan. 6 cannot be compared to “the horror” of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, which killed nearly 3,000 people, despite such comparisons being deployed by some.
New research finds a 40% drop in asthma attacks among Black and Hispanic Americans.
May 26, 2021
May 26, 2021
Around one in 13 Americans live with asthma that’s 25 million people in total. This chronic respiratory condition affects everyone from adults to young children, but it carries a deeply unequal burden: Black and Puerto Rican Americans are 1.5 and 2 times more likely (respectively) than white Americans to have asthma. Minority groups are also more susceptible to severe consequences from it, including emergency room visits, extended hospitalization, and death.
Asthma rates in the United States have been steadily increasing for years now… that is, until the COVID-19 pandemic hit in spring 2020. You might not associate the rise of COVID with a change in the prevalence of asthma (we wouldn’t have guessed this either), but new research is revealing a surprising correlation: An April 2021 study in the
To compare this January's Capitol Hill riot to the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks is ludicrous. Yet, that didn't stop Never Trump commentator George Will from jumping off the deep end Sunday.
January 20, 2021. President Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States. The scene, however, is devoid of any human presence. The streets of Washington DC are empty. People had been urged to stay at home and Americans throughout the rest of the country asked not to come. The city is under the protection of 25,000 members of the National Guard, heavily armed. High barriers topped with razor wire surround the Capitol area. In the streets planned for the new president’s “parade”, barriers separate the sidewalks from the roadway. The only people visible are men in uniform carrying rifles. A day that is usually a day of celebration in the United States is, this year, strange and sad.
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