Leia Collinsflipped into PoliticsBiden marks ‘Bloody Sunday’ by signing voting rights orderPBS NewsHour - Aamer Madhani, Associated PressWASHINGTON — A new executive order from President Joe Biden directs federal agencies to take a series of steps to promote voting access, a move that …
Leia Collinsflipped into To ReadRemembering Allan McDonald: He Refused To Approve Challenger Launch, Exposed Cover-Upverified_publisherNPR - Howard BerkesOn Jan. 27, 1986, Allan McDonald stood on the cusp of history. McDonald directed the booster rocket project at NASA contractor Morton Thiokol. He was responsible for the two massive rockets, filled with explosive fuel, that lifted space shuttles skyward. He was at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida …
Leia Collinsflipped into Politics5 winners and 3 losers in the $1.9 trillion Covid-19 stimulus billverified_publisherVox - Emily StewartSen. Joe Manchin is a winner in the stimulus bill. Losers: deficit hawks, and people hoping for a $15 minimum wage. President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package is on the brink of becoming law. While it may not have been everything many Democrats hoped and dreamed of, the bill is a …
Leia Collinsflipped into PoliticsEurope staggers as infectious variants power virus surgePBS NewsHour - Colleen Barry, Associated PressMILAN — The virus swept through a nursery school and an adjacent elementary school in the Milan suburb of Bollate with amazing speed. In a matter of …
Leia Collinsflipped into To ReadWho's really Latina? A recent controversy draws outrage over identity, appropriationNBC News - Raul A. ReyesThe controversy around identifying as Latino without having Latino ancestry surfaced in the recent case of the prominent civil rights lawyer Natasha Lycia Ora Bannan. Who's really Latino? For millions of Americans, the issues around racial, cultural and ethnic identity are complicated. There are …
Leia Collinsflipped into To ReadBrooklyn Librarian Becomes Unlikely Star With Her Bilingual Story Timeverified_publisherNPR - Sally HershipsWhen Brooklyn librarian Tenzin Kalsang's story time for kids — in which she reads in both Tibetan and English — moved online last year, she was so nervous she couldn't sleep the night before. "I was like, oh, my goodness, how am I going to do this?" she said. "When I get shy, my face turns really …
