What I've been reading this week through Sunday, 6/28/20
and also much from Twitter, and see, for example (esp. re-Tweets):
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Coronavirus Su 6/28/20 Black Lives Matter
‘We failed these kids'
School districts across the state have struggled with the abrupt shift to online learning. But Worcester has had an unusually rocky experience. Interviews with more than 20 parents, students, teachers and school committee members, and review of a half dozen district documents paint a portrait of a district focused on process and procedure at a time when nimbleness was imperative.
The Great Divide: To grade or not to grade?
The Great Divide: One in five Boston public school children may be virtual dropouts
School districts across the state have struggled with the abrupt shift to online learning. But Worcester has had an unusually rocky experience. Interviews with more than 20 parents, students, teachers and school committee members, and review of a half dozen district documents paint a portrait of a district focused on process and procedure at a time when nimbleness was imperative.
The Great Divide: To grade or not to grade?
The Great Divide: One in five Boston public school children may be virtual dropouts
SHIRLEY LEUNG
‘What can I do?’: 19 Black and brown business leaders want to drive a movement to end racial inequities
The New Commonwealth Racial Equity and Social Justice Fund expects to begin issuing out grants in a few months to organizations working on racial equity and social justice matters.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
‘What can I do?’: 19 Black and brown business leaders want to drive a movement to end racial inequities
The New Commonwealth Racial Equity and Social Justice Fund expects to begin issuing out grants in a few months to organizations working on racial equity and social justice matters.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
"No second or third wave - we are in a perm"
https://www.welt.de/
https://www.welt.de/
Lockdown in Argentina
Failed quarantine
COMMENT by JÜRGEN VOGT
Argentina is threatened by an economic slump of up to 13 percent. The number of bankruptcies increases faster than that of the infected.
https://taz.de/Lockdown-in-
Failed quarantine
COMMENT by JÜRGEN VOGT
Argentina is threatened by an economic slump of up to 13 percent. The number of bankruptcies increases faster than that of the infected.
https://taz.de/Lockdown-in-
Stranded Moroccans
The forgotten corona crisis
They wanted to go on vacation, then Corona came. More than 20,000 Moroccans are still stuck abroad. One of them is Souad Belkhadim. LILIAN SCHMITT
https://taz.de/Gestrandete-
The forgotten corona crisis
They wanted to go on vacation, then Corona came. More than 20,000 Moroccans are still stuck abroad. One of them is Souad Belkhadim. LILIAN SCHMITT
https://taz.de/Gestrandete-
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American Airlines will begin filling planes to capacity on July 1
By David Meyer June 26, 2020
By David Meyer June 26, 2020
"In addition to an existing mask requirement, passengers will be surveyed pre-flight “if they have been free coroanvirus symptoms for the past 14 days,” according to the statement.
Pre-check-in, all travelers will fill out a symptom checklist developed in consultation with Vanderbilt University Medical Center."
https://nypost.com/2020/06/26/
https://nypost.com/2020/06/26/
The Boston Globe
@BostonGlobe Jun 27
American Airlines to book jets to capacity, shelve social distancing
https://twitter.com/
@BostonGlobe Jun 27
American Airlines to book jets to capacity, shelve social distancing
https://twitter.com/
John Palfrey
@jpalfrey Jun 27
Bizarre decision/timing given what is occurring in so many American states. There must be another answer.
https://twitter.com/jpalfrey/
@jpalfrey Jun 27
Bizarre decision/timing given what is occurring in so many American states. There must be another answer.
https://twitter.com/jpalfrey/
American Airlines to book jets to capacity, shelve social distancing
By Mary Schlangenstein Bloomberg,Updated June 26, 2020
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
By Mary Schlangenstein Bloomberg,Updated June 26, 2020
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
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Corona virus worldwide
More than half a million corona deaths worldwide
According to data from Johns Hopkins University, more than ten million people have been infected with the virus. Most registered cases are in the United States and Brazil.
Overview of worldwide reports
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/
More than half a million corona deaths worldwide
According to data from Johns Hopkins University, more than ten million people have been infected with the virus. Most registered cases are in the United States and Brazil.
Overview of worldwide reports
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/
‘We Could Be Feeling This for the Next Decade’: Virus Hits College Towns
Opening bars and bringing back football teams led to new outbreaks. Communities that evolved around campuses face potentially existential losses.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/
Opening bars and bringing back football teams led to new outbreaks. Communities that evolved around campuses face potentially existential losses.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/
SURVEY
When would virologists go to the cinema again? To fly? Hug friends?
DER STANDARD asked 17 experts which day-to-day activities they have resumed , which they have not - and why
https://www.derstandard.at/
When would virologists go to the cinema again? To fly? Hug friends?
DER STANDARD asked 17 experts which day-to-day activities they have resumed , which they have not - and why
https://www.derstandard.at/
Kitakyushu City "At the exit of the second wave" Declaration of de facto convergence
June 29, 12:11
https://mainichi.jp/articles/
June 29, 12:11
https://mainichi.jp/articles/
In her DACA dissent, Sonia Sotomayor shows she’s ‘a voice of one’ on systemic racism on the most conservative Supreme Court in decades
A liberal who is the first and only Hispanic justice, Sotomayor has emerged as a sharp, steady and often lonely critic of administration policies she sees as clearly motivated by racial and ethnic discrimination — and of her colleagues willingness to look the other way.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
A liberal who is the first and only Hispanic justice, Sotomayor has emerged as a sharp, steady and often lonely critic of administration policies she sees as clearly motivated by racial and ethnic discrimination — and of her colleagues willingness to look the other way.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
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Coronavirus Sa 6/27/20
’Til a fight over coronavirus precautions do us part
Pandemic stress is drawing some couples closer, but others are disagreeing about every curve this virus throws at us.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
Democracy and power:
"The virus must not sneak into democracy"
The philosopher Rainer Forst fears a new social Darwinism. He is concerned about national foreclosure and shifting the consequences of the crisis onto the weakest.
150 comments by Elisabeth von Thadden
https://www.zeit.de/kultur/
We do not want to leave the virologists alone in interpreting the situation. That's why we ask in the series "What are you thinking about?" leading researchers in the humanities and social sciences, what to think about in the crisis and what they are now worrying about. Elisabeth von Thadden asks the questions. The philosopher and Leibniz laureate Rainer Forst, 55, teaches political theory and philosophy at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, where he heads the Research Center for Normative Orders. Most recently he published the book "Toleration, power and the right to justification" (2020).
"The virus must not sneak into democracy"
The philosopher Rainer Forst fears a new social Darwinism. He is concerned about national foreclosure and shifting the consequences of the crisis onto the weakest.
150 comments by Elisabeth von Thadden
https://www.zeit.de/kultur/
We do not want to leave the virologists alone in interpreting the situation. That's why we ask in the series "What are you thinking about?" leading researchers in the humanities and social sciences, what to think about in the crisis and what they are now worrying about. Elisabeth von Thadden asks the questions. The philosopher and Leibniz laureate Rainer Forst, 55, teaches political theory and philosophy at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, where he heads the Research Center for Normative Orders. Most recently he published the book "Toleration, power and the right to justification" (2020).
States pledge 6.15 billion euros to fight corona, three senior Serbian officials infected with corona virus - the latest developments in corona virus worldwide
Over 494,800 people have died after infection with Sars-CoV-2. Around 9.8 million people have tested positive since the outbreak.
https://www.nzz.ch/
Over 494,800 people have died after infection with Sars-CoV-2. Around 9.8 million people have tested positive since the outbreak.
https://www.nzz.ch/
Photo: David J. Phillip / TT
The EU is expected to say no to US tourists
Increase in cases in several places in the US • Can be stopped from entry when Europe opens.
https://www.dn.se/nyheter/
The EU is expected to say no to US tourists
Increase in cases in several places in the US • Can be stopped from entry when Europe opens.
https://www.dn.se/nyheter/
Thousands of Swedes still stranded abroad
8,000 have received help from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs - many still stuck.
https://www.dn.se/ekonomi/
8,000 have received help from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs - many still stuck.
https://www.dn.se/ekonomi/
• Astra Zeneca already has a vaccine in production
https://www.dn.se/ekonomi/who-
https://www.dn.se/ekonomi/who-
China’s Xi Jinping is a successor to dictator Joseph Stalin: US NSA O’Brien
In a stinging attack, US NSA Robert O’Brien calls American China policy a blunder. Says this is the first of many speeches on China, right from Secretary of State Pompeo and Attorney General Barr, to FBI Director Chris Wray
https://m.hindustantimes.com/
In a stinging attack, US NSA Robert O’Brien calls American China policy a blunder. Says this is the first of many speeches on China, right from Secretary of State Pompeo and Attorney General Barr, to FBI Director Chris Wray
https://m.hindustantimes.com/
Harvard study advances gene therapy in fighting age-related diseases
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
Mask requirement
Despite the threat of a fine: Many Berliners on the go without a mask
06/27/2020
https://www.berliner-zeitung.
Despite the threat of a fine: Many Berliners on the go without a mask
06/27/2020
https://www.berliner-zeitung.
‘I refuse to bow to anybody.’ Rural California defies Gov. Newsom’s order to wear masks
https://www.sacbee.com/news/
https://www.sacbee.com/news/
San Jose lowriders bring coronavirus relief to Gilroy farmworkers
https://www.mercurynews.com/
https://www.mercurynews.com/
INFLATION
Central banks worldwide are creating more money than ever before. Where's the inflation?
Central banks are fighting the crisis and are creating trillions out of nothing in a few weeks. But that doesn't push prices up. Will that change?
https://www.derstandard.at/
home page inland education University
LOCKDOWN
Theo Anders, Walter Müller, Markus Rohrhofer
June 27, 2020
LOCKDOWN
Emptiness in the universities
For one semester, the students only saw their university from the outside. Little is to change in autumn - teaching and learning is increasingly happening online
https://www.derstandard.at/
LOCKDOWN
Theo Anders, Walter Müller, Markus Rohrhofer
June 27, 2020
LOCKDOWN
Emptiness in the universities
For one semester, the students only saw their university from the outside. Little is to change in autumn - teaching and learning is increasingly happening online
https://www.derstandard.at/
""Somehow we all have a sag, no motivation, no incentive. There is simply no presence at the university, there is no social contact. We also need internships in the hospital to study. Fiddling with dolls or having students examine each other is not a substitute, "complains Julia. She fears that nothing will change in the current state."
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Coronavirus F 6/26/20
On reopening schools, scientists say proceed with caution
Public health experts say that Massachusetts can safely reopen schools in the fall, but only if community transmission of COVID-19 is kept to a minimum over the summer.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
Public health experts say that Massachusetts can safely reopen schools in the fall, but only if community transmission of COVID-19 is kept to a minimum over the summer.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
Bike boom UK sales up 60% in April as Covid-19 changes lifestyles
https://www.theguardian.com/
https://www.theguardian.com/
Should Mass. residents be worried about tourists from coronavirus hotspots importing more illness?
Tourism is making a comeback, and with such a sharp rise in infection rates in many Southern and Western states, should Massachusetts residents worry about visitors bringing more coronavirus here?
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
Tourism is making a comeback, and with such a sharp rise in infection rates in many Southern and Western states, should Massachusetts residents worry about visitors bringing more coronavirus here?
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
foreign languages:
So that we understand each other correctly
Machines will soon be able to translate for us. Will nobody learn languages anymore? That would be a shame because foreign languages not only help us to understand the world, but also ourselves.
By Stefanie Kara and Stefan Schmitt
June 24, 2020, 4:51 p.m. Edited June 26, 2020
https://www.zeit.de/2020/27/
So that we understand each other correctly
Machines will soon be able to translate for us. Will nobody learn languages anymore? That would be a shame because foreign languages not only help us to understand the world, but also ourselves.
By Stefanie Kara and Stefan Schmitt
June 24, 2020, 4:51 p.m. Edited June 26, 2020
https://www.zeit.de/2020/27/
Human rights, development goals and powerless blue helmets - 12 milestones in 75 years of the UN
https://www.nzz.ch/
https://www.nzz.ch/
Travel in times of Corona: In which countries you can now go on vacation - and in which not
https://www.nzz.ch/
https://www.nzz.ch/
Die USA brauchen eine radikale ethisch-politische Neuordnung
https://www.welt.de/kultur/
https://www.welt.de/kultur/
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (AP)
Trump administration eyeing new testing strategy, Fauci says
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (AP)
Known as “pool testing,” the idea is that by testing samples from many people all together, officials could test more people with fewer resources. And those who are infected could be more quickly found and isolated.
By Paige Winfield Cunningham
https://www.washingtonpost.
Trump administration eyeing new testing strategy, Fauci says
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (AP)
Known as “pool testing,” the idea is that by testing samples from many people all together, officials could test more people with fewer resources. And those who are infected could be more quickly found and isolated.
By Paige Winfield Cunningham
https://www.washingtonpost.
"A total misinterpretation of the Swedish data"
Anders Tegnell in Swedish Radio about WHO designates Sweden as a special risk country.
https://www.dn.se/nyheter/
Anders Tegnell in Swedish Radio about WHO designates Sweden as a special risk country.
https://www.dn.se/nyheter/
Coronavirus rules for Maine tourists ‘distressing’ for state’s hospitality industry
In a state where summer tourism is indispensable to the economy, tough COVID-19 restrictions on out-of-state visitors have prompted dire warnings of irreparable harm from many in the Maine lodging business.
Should Mass. residents be worried about tourists from coronavirus hotspots importing more illness?A list of current travel advisories due to COVID-19 in the Northeast
In a state where summer tourism is indispensable to the economy, tough COVID-19 restrictions on out-of-state visitors have prompted dire warnings of irreparable harm from many in the Maine lodging business.
Should Mass. residents be worried about tourists from coronavirus hotspots importing more illness?A list of current travel advisories due to COVID-19 in the Northeast
Push to 'end' Minneapolis Police Department could keep officers
https://m.startribune.com/
https://m.startribune.com/
PARTIES DESPITE CORONA IN BERLIN
"You are young and you only have this time"
As of June 26, 2020 | Reading time: 4 minutes
By Eva Sudholt , Martin Heller (video)
Falko Liecke (CDU) is district city councilor for youth and health in Berlin-Neukölln: "We have not received a complaint"
DEUTSCHLAND AUSLAND
PARTYS TROTZ CORONA IN BERLIN
„Man ist jung, und man hat nur diese Zeit
https://www.welt.de/politik/
"You are young and you only have this time"
As of June 26, 2020 | Reading time: 4 minutes
By Eva Sudholt , Martin Heller (video)
Falko Liecke (CDU) is district city councilor for youth and health in Berlin-Neukölln: "We have not received a complaint"
DEUTSCHLAND AUSLAND
PARTYS TROTZ CORONA IN BERLIN
„Man ist jung, und man hat nur diese Zeit
https://www.welt.de/politik/
Raves, Gewalt, Strand-Exzesse – Briten rebellieren gegen den Lockdown
https://www.welt.de/
https://www.welt.de/
WHO: Astra Zeneca's covid-19 vaccine world-leading - has already started production
UPDATED 00:31 PUBLISHED YESTERDAY 21:05
https://www.dn.se/ekonomi/who-
UPDATED 00:31 PUBLISHED YESTERDAY 21:05
https://www.dn.se/ekonomi/who-
(Pic: Police wearing coronavirus mask in pic)
Scotland:
Six people injured in Glasgow after knife attack - police shoot suspect
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/
Scotland:
Six people injured in Glasgow after knife attack - police shoot suspect
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/
Texas Rolls Back Reopening as U.S. Coronavirus Cases Soar
https://www.wsj.com/articles/
https://www.wsj.com/articles/
2 of 3 ‘doctors’ in rural India have no formal medical degrees: Study
https://m.hindustantimes.com/
https://m.hindustantimes.com/
coronavirus
HS-analysis |Germany is now seriously fighting the second wave of the corona epidemic and taking the lead in the most difficult situation in history
foreign countries
20:15
https://www.hs.fi/ulkomaat/
HS-analysis |Germany is now seriously fighting the second wave of the corona epidemic and taking the lead in the most difficult situation in history
foreign countries
20:15
https://www.hs.fi/ulkomaat/
coronavirus |Some coronary patients who fall ill at the beginning of the year are still on sick leave - Expert tells what is at stake
Welfare
15:13
https://www.hs.fi/hyvinvointi/
Welfare
15:13
https://www.hs.fi/hyvinvointi/
Pandemic |WHO softened its statement that Sweden would be one of the countries at risk - "The country's health care is able to control the current situation"
foreign countries
22:05
https://www.hs.fi/ulkomaat/
foreign countries
22:05
https://www.hs.fi/ulkomaat/
(Oops ? ...)
Corona virus
Police control the requirement for masks in subways and buses
Many Berliners no longer adhere to the mask requirement. If you violate this, you will be fined. From Saturday, the police checked.
06/26/2020
https://www.berliner-zeitung.
Corona virus
Police control the requirement for masks in subways and buses
Many Berliners no longer adhere to the mask requirement. If you violate this, you will be fined. From Saturday, the police checked.
06/26/2020
https://www.berliner-zeitung.
Can Bitcoin be the golden ticket for expats that use multiple currencies?
Following the unexpected launch of the world’s first digital currency, Bitcoin, in 2009, there has always been an alternative for nomadic travellers and expats seeking a universal form of payment for goods and services. Bitcoin and its secure, decentralised blockchain network laid the foundations for a ground-breaking new monetary system that automated cross-border transactions, circumventing conversion fees in the process.
https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/
Following the unexpected launch of the world’s first digital currency, Bitcoin, in 2009, there has always been an alternative for nomadic travellers and expats seeking a universal form of payment for goods and services. Bitcoin and its secure, decentralised blockchain network laid the foundations for a ground-breaking new monetary system that automated cross-border transactions, circumventing conversion fees in the process.
https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/
Artwork creates anger at the Academy: - Deeply problematic
https://www.aftenposten.no/
https://www.aftenposten.no/
‘I’ve been waiting for this day’: Chicago area revels in movies, gyms, indoor dining and other pleasures as phase four begins
https://www.chicagotribune.
https://www.chicagotribune.
As U.S. reopens, here’s how to handle awkward COVID-19 social interactions — at the office, in restaurants and when having sex
https://www.chicagotribune.
https://www.chicagotribune.
In the laboratories of Google and IBM: here begins the quantum revolution
https://www.lesoir.be/309354/
https://www.lesoir.be/309354/
American Airlines to book jets to capacity, shelve social distancing
The airline said it would sell flights to capacity starting July 1, abandoning caps on passenger loads that were designed to promote social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
The airline said it would sell flights to capacity starting July 1, abandoning caps on passenger loads that were designed to promote social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
Khan Academy
There’s a free, effective remedy for students falling behind while schools are closed | Opinion
https://www.miamiherald.com/
There’s a free, effective remedy for students falling behind while schools are closed | Opinion
https://www.miamiherald.com/
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Coronavirus Th 6/25/20
(Genetics for identity - in all ~200 countries?)
THE FINE PRINT
He produced a license, passport, tax return, and his birth certificate. But the state says that still doesn’t prove who he is
The state Department of Unemployment Assistance has clamped down on its claims system in the wake of fraud, but in doing so has cut out access to many valid claims and hasn't provided much in the way of an explanation for the steps it has taken. 3 hours ago
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
THE FINE PRINT
He produced a license, passport, tax return, and his birth certificate. But the state says that still doesn’t prove who he is
The state Department of Unemployment Assistance has clamped down on its claims system in the wake of fraud, but in doing so has cut out access to many valid claims and hasn't provided much in the way of an explanation for the steps it has taken. 3 hours ago
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
Werlabs has so far carried out sampling of over 60,000 people.
Photo: Jessica Gow / TT
The antibodies increase among those who test themselves
It shows tests of another 13,000 people who have chosen to test themselves in several places in Sweden.
https://www.dn.se/nyheter/
Photo: Jessica Gow / TT
The antibodies increase among those who test themselves
It shows tests of another 13,000 people who have chosen to test themselves in several places in Sweden.
https://www.dn.se/nyheter/
Tourists from coronavirus hot spots: Should we be concerned?
Massachusetts has had a 14-day quarantine advisory in place since late March for all travelers coming into the state, but it includes no fines, rendering it relatively toothless.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
Massachusetts has had a 14-day quarantine advisory in place since late March for all travelers coming into the state, but it includes no fines, rendering it relatively toothless.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
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Coronavirus W 6/24/20
EDUCATION TOP SIX
‘Covid-19 to deepen inequalities in education’ — report
Bongekile Macupe
24 Jun 2020
https://mg.co.za/education/
‘Covid-19 to deepen inequalities in education’ — report
Bongekile Macupe
24 Jun 2020
https://mg.co.za/education/
Door-to-door survey in Delhi to map coronavirus spread
Authorities began gearing up on Wednesday to launch a mammoth screening campaign covering all households in the national capital to check people for signs of Covid-19, drafting in staff from the civic bodies and setting up new control rooms to coordinate measures.
https://m.hindustantimes.com/
Among the key decisions taken at the Tuesday meeting were to deploy staff from the municipal corporations for the household screening, an exercise that could require at least 3,000 workers for each of the city’s 11 districts. (File photo)
Updated: Jun 25, 2020 01:44 IST
By Anonna Dutt and Ashish Mishra , Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Authorities began gearing up on ...
Authorities began gearing up on Wednesday to launch a mammoth screening campaign covering all households in the national capital to check people for signs of Covid-19, drafting in staff from the civic bodies and setting up new control rooms to coordinate measures.
https://m.hindustantimes.com/
Among the key decisions taken at the Tuesday meeting were to deploy staff from the municipal corporations for the household screening, an exercise that could require at least 3,000 workers for each of the city’s 11 districts. (File photo)
Updated: Jun 25, 2020 01:44 IST
By Anonna Dutt and Ashish Mishra , Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Authorities began gearing up on ...
Covid-19:
For the first time, users report infections via the Corona warning app
The Corona Warning app was downloaded more than 12 million times in the first week. According to the Minister of Health, it is more successful than in other EU countries.
281 comments
https://www.zeit.de/digital/
For the first time, users report infections via the Corona warning app
The Corona Warning app was downloaded more than 12 million times in the first week. According to the Minister of Health, it is more successful than in other EU countries.
281 comments
https://www.zeit.de/digital/
Corona warning app:
Warning: This app is not yet error-free
Risk assessment not possible? Wrong region? The German Corona warning app is currently spitting out irritating error messages. What is behind the most common bugs
By Lisa Hegemann 261 comments
https://www.zeit.de/digital/
Warning: This app is not yet error-free
Risk assessment not possible? Wrong region? The German Corona warning app is currently spitting out irritating error messages. What is behind the most common bugs
By Lisa Hegemann 261 comments
https://www.zeit.de/digital/
Walt Disney is considering postponing the July 24 release of “Mulan,” according to a person familiar with the matter, a rescheduling that could call into question hopes across Hollywood and the movie-theater industry to have cinemas up and running next month.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/
https://www.wsj.com/articles/
Why there's hope for the last black-owned bank in Texas
Unity National Bank has supported the banking needs of low- and moderate-income communities for decades, the same communities suffering the worst effects of COVID-19. It hasn’t been profitable.
https://www.houstonchronicle.
Unity National Bank has supported the banking needs of low- and moderate-income communities for decades, the same communities suffering the worst effects of COVID-19. It hasn’t been profitable.
https://www.houstonchronicle.
Icons of 1960s civil rights movement voice cautious optimism
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/
How the World Is Learning to Live With a Deadly Pandemic
Governments that had appeared to tame the virus are turning to targeted and fast-but-flexible approaches to stop third or fourth waves.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/
Governments that had appeared to tame the virus are turning to targeted and fast-but-flexible approaches to stop third or fourth waves.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/
Crisis is expected to cost the global economy more than $ 12 trillion, IMF says
The IMF has significantly revised down its global growth forecasts. GDP is expected to fall by 4.9% this year, and will only increase by 5.4% next year. European countries are paying a high price.
https://www.lesechos.fr/monde/
Gita Gopinath, the chief economist of the IMF points out the record level of public debts compared to the GDP. (Olivier Douliery AFP)
By
Richard Hiault
The IMF has significantly revised down its global growth forecasts. GDP is expected to fall by 4.9% this year, and will only increase by 5.4% next year. European countries are paying a high price.
https://www.lesechos.fr/monde/
Gita Gopinath, the chief economist of the IMF points out the record level of public debts compared to the GDP. (Olivier Douliery AFP)
By
Richard Hiault
Officials mull charges — and public art policies — after Capitol's Columbus toppled statue
https://m.startribune.com/
https://m.startribune.com/
Biden takes dominant lead in poll as voters reject Trump on virus and race
https://m.startribune.com/
https://m.startribune.com/
State guidelines for when Mass. schools reopen this fall: masks, meals in classrooms, no temperature checks
The guidelines leave perhaps the biggest question unanswered: the exact date when students will actually return to in-class instruction. The state education commissioner in an open letter that precedes the guidelines tells school leaders they will need to prepare three possible approaches for this fall: a full-scale return to school, a mix of in-person and remote learning, or just remote learning.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
The guidelines leave perhaps the biggest question unanswered: the exact date when students will actually return to in-class instruction. The state education commissioner in an open letter that precedes the guidelines tells school leaders they will need to prepare three possible approaches for this fall: a full-scale return to school, a mix of in-person and remote learning, or just remote learning.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
Virtually no tourists travel to Alaska after a record 1.4 million cruise visitors were expected
https://www.washingtonpost.
https://www.washingtonpost.
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A college-by-college look at what some schools in Mass. are planning for the fall
Here’s a look at what some colleges in Boston and across Massachusetts and New England are planning for the fall semester.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
Black-owned bookstores in Mass. see surge in sales and, in Boston, some backlash
Store owners have found themselves answering a barrage of requests for books by Black scholars.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
Store owners have found themselves answering a barrage of requests for books by Black scholars.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
Fauci, health officials testify at a fraught time for US pandemic response
With coronavirus cases rising in about half the states and political polarization competing for attention with public health recommendations, Dr. Anthony Fauci returned to Capitol Hill on Tuesday at a fraught moment in the nation’s pandemic response.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
With coronavirus cases rising in about half the states and political polarization competing for attention with public health recommendations, Dr. Anthony Fauci returned to Capitol Hill on Tuesday at a fraught moment in the nation’s pandemic response.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
Fauci says the next few weeks are critical to tamping down coronavirus spikes
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
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https://www.bostonglobe.com/
THE FINE PRINT
Not the kind of wedding they had planned — and partially paid for
Alden Castle would provide a marriage ceremony, a cocktail hour, a sit-down dinner, and dancing for about 130 guests in a sumptuous 100-year-old manse. But that all changed with the pandemic.
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Not the kind of wedding they had planned — and partially paid for
Alden Castle would provide a marriage ceremony, a cocktail hour, a sit-down dinner, and dancing for about 130 guests in a sumptuous 100-year-old manse. But that all changed with the pandemic.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
Photo: Magnus Andersson / TT
Tegnell: The youngest follow the guidelines poorly
TV | TEXT People between the ages of 18 and 29 are worst off following the guidelines: "Maybe not so surprising."
https://www.dn.se/nyheter/
Tegnell: The youngest follow the guidelines poorly
TV | TEXT People between the ages of 18 and 29 are worst off following the guidelines: "Maybe not so surprising."
https://www.dn.se/nyheter/
Finland is waiting to open for Sweden
Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto: "Finland is ready to help Sweden in every way."
https://www.dn.se/nyheter/
Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto: "Finland is ready to help Sweden in every way."
https://www.dn.se/nyheter/
Live. Nearly 43,000 dead in the UK
Video
37:05. Authorities held a press conference. "We are slowly but surely heading in the right direction," says state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell
https://www.dn.se/nyheter/
Video
37:05. Authorities held a press conference. "We are slowly but surely heading in the right direction," says state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell
https://www.dn.se/nyheter/
Twin Cities Marathon will convert to virtual event
Race leaders went past Lake Harriet during the 2019 Twin Cities Marathon.
The Twin Cities Marathon wasn't exactly canceled. But its conversion to a virtual event — with entrants running any 26.2-mile route on any day in October — will make it the most unusual in its 39-year history.
https://m.startribune.com/
Race leaders went past Lake Harriet during the 2019 Twin Cities Marathon.
The Twin Cities Marathon wasn't exactly canceled. But its conversion to a virtual event — with entrants running any 26.2-mile route on any day in October — will make it the most unusual in its 39-year history.
https://m.startribune.com/
COVID-19 on the Rise in 29 States; Immigrant and Communities of Color Carry Brunt of Devastation
https://www.democracynow.org/
https://www.democracynow.org/
Coronavirus Continues to Devastate Latin America; South Korea in Midst of Second Wave
https://www.democracynow.org/
https://www.democracynow.org/
The protesters took to the streets - and had a breakthrough. Thus, the protests have already changed the United States.
https://www.aftenposten.no/
https://www.aftenposten.no/
Coronavirus: Government to end recommendations on teleworking and protection of over-70s
https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/
https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/
Survey: Finns worry more about job security amid pandemic than Danes, Swedes
https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/
https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/
Workers rights rolled back as Covid-19 strikes
The economic crisis triggered by the pandemic has laid bare longstanding deficiencies in labour rights around the world
SARAH SMIT
https://mg.co.za/business/
The economic crisis triggered by the pandemic has laid bare longstanding deficiencies in labour rights around the world
SARAH SMIT
https://mg.co.za/business/
The government will lift travel restrictions in July, but the situation in Sweden does not allow for relaxation - "We do not give a general hug recommendation," said Minister Kiuru
The government will withdraw age-based recommendations to avoid the coronavirus, with people over the age of 70 receiving the same recommendation as others. The telework recommendation will also end at the beginning of August.
https://www.hs.fi/politiikka/
The government will withdraw age-based recommendations to avoid the coronavirus, with people over the age of 70 receiving the same recommendation as others. The telework recommendation will also end at the beginning of August.
https://www.hs.fi/politiikka/
Statsepidemiolog Anders Tegnell.Photo: Magnus Andersson / TT
Then a second wave of the corona virus may appear
Tegnell about the German outbreak that gives a clue: "It's quite likely."
Then a second wave of the corona virus may appear
Tegnell about the German outbreak that gives a clue: "It's quite likely."
Ekrem Imamoglu:
Embrace and reconcile
He campaigns for ultra-nationalists, can with left-wing Kurds, does not want to scare religious people: Istanbul's mayor has become popular. President Erdoğan fears him.
https://www.zeit.de/politik/
An analysis by Issio Ehrich 207 comments
Embrace and reconcile
He campaigns for ultra-nationalists, can with left-wing Kurds, does not want to scare religious people: Istanbul's mayor has become popular. President Erdoğan fears him.
https://www.zeit.de/politik/
An analysis by Issio Ehrich 207 comments
Corona-Ausbrüche:
Behörden ordnen Lockdown für Gütersloh und Warendorf an
Nach dem Coronavirus-Ausbruch beim Fleischverarbeiter Tönnies zieht die Landesregierung Konsequenzen. In zwei Kreisen wird das öffentliche Leben heruntergefahren.
https://www.zeit.de/wissen/
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Behörden ordnen Lockdown für Gütersloh und Warendorf an
Nach dem Coronavirus-Ausbruch beim Fleischverarbeiter Tönnies zieht die Landesregierung Konsequenzen. In zwei Kreisen wird das öffentliche Leben heruntergefahren.
https://www.zeit.de/wissen/
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The summer of deserted cities of art: one foreign tourist out of two is lost
Florence under 900 thousand overnight stays, Venice hotels only half occupied, flights from abroad plummeted by 91%
https://rep.repubblica.it/pwa/
Florence under 900 thousand overnight stays, Venice hotels only half occupied, flights from abroad plummeted by 91%
https://rep.repubblica.it/pwa/
School - Saturday shifts and lessons: guidelines.
Presidia: “Impossible distances in chicken coop classes. 40% of unsuitable classrooms and few teachers "
https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.
Presidia: “Impossible distances in chicken coop classes. 40% of unsuitable classrooms and few teachers "
https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.
Government’s timetable for easing travel restrictions disappoints travel industry
THE NEWS that Finland will continue to scale down travel restrictions next month has been met with a mixed reaction from travel industry companies, according to Helsingin Sanomat.
THE NEWS that Finland will continue to scale down travel restrictions next month has been met with a mixed reaction from travel industry companies, according to Helsingin Sanomat.
Minister of the Interior Maria Ohisalo (Greens) and Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto (Greens) on Tuesday announced the government will remove internal border controls and quarantine requirements for countries that have reported no more than eight new coronavirus cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the past two weeks on 13 July.
https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/
https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/
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Black students, alumni go public with painful stories of racism at prestigious prep schools
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(Monitor Gothenburg with smart phones too ???)
Police drones should monitor central Gothenburg
"Be able to detect crimes and order justice".
https://www.gp.se/nyheter/g%
"Be able to detect crimes and order justice".
https://www.gp.se/nyheter/g%
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Life is awakening again in Bergamo - also thanks to Atalanta and football
The city of Bergamo was the epicenter of the Corona epidemic in Italy, the pictures with stacked coffins went around the world. Now Northern Italy is gradually returning to normal - and football is being played again.
https://www.nzz.ch/sport/in-
Life is awakening again in Bergamo - also thanks to Atalanta and football
The city of Bergamo was the epicenter of the Corona epidemic in Italy, the pictures with stacked coffins went around the world. Now Northern Italy is gradually returning to normal - and football is being played again.
https://www.nzz.ch/sport/in-
Apple replaces Intel chips on Macs with its own processors
https://www.nzz.ch/
https://www.nzz.ch/
ECONOMY
MACS
Why Apple gives the chip manufacturer Intel the pass
https://www.welt.de/
MACS
Why Apple gives the chip manufacturer Intel the pass
https://www.welt.de/
Riots in Stuttgart:
Why this escalation?
Eyewitnesses, videos and the police help to reconstruct the riots in Stuttgart. Young people there say: "Some wanted to play a little America."
Why this escalation?
Eyewitnesses, videos and the police help to reconstruct the riots in Stuttgart. Young people there say: "Some wanted to play a little America."
By Hannes Leitlein and Simone Gaul, Marius Buhl, Stuttgart u. a.
https://www.zeit.de/
https://www.zeit.de/
Mass. has lowest coronavirus transmission rate in the country, website reports
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
https://www.bostonglobe.com/
Museums, galleries and cinemas to reopen in England from 4 July
https://www.theguardian.com/
https://www.theguardian.com/
Two of the nation’s most influential experts on the pandemic, both based in Texas, are calling for a 9/11-style COVID Commission to prepare an independent, nonpartisan investigation of the U.S. response to the novel coronavirus.
Two of the nation’s most influential experts on the coronavirus pandemic, both based in Texas, are calling for a 9/11-style COVID Commission to prepare an independent, nonpartisan investigation of the U.S. response to the novel coronavirus.
“We must prevent this from happening again,” said Gerald Parker, who directs the pandemic and biosecurity program at Texas A&M’s Bush School of Public Service. “This is not going to be our last pandemic.”
https://www.houstonchronicle.
https://www.houstonchronicle.
Sweden's change of heart
Schwedens Sinneswandel
Wegen seiner Corona-Politik ist Schweden isoliert - und braucht dringend gute Nachrichten Wegen seiner Corona-Politik ist Schweden isoliert - und braucht dringend gute Nachrichten
Schwedens Sinneswandel
Wegen seiner Corona-Politik ist Schweden isoliert - und braucht dringend gute Nachrichten Wegen seiner Corona-Politik ist Schweden isoliert - und braucht dringend gute Nachrichten
Sweden's change of heart
So far, Sweden has been steadfastly going its own way, without strong restrictions and large-scale tests. But now the government is partially turning around. Not voluntarily, but because she fears political isolation - and the absence of tourists.
Uta Weisse
So far, Sweden has been steadfastly going its own way, without strong restrictions and large-scale tests. But now the government is partially turning around. Not voluntarily, but because she fears political isolation - and the absence of tourists.
Uta Weisse
Sweden is isolated because of its corona policy - and desperately needs good news
https://www.welt.de/politik/
coronavirus
Corona pandemic The epidemic is fading in Finland, but the world has not yet reached its peak - in three countries coronary infections are increasing rapidly
Berlin public transport
Berlin wants to punish those who refuse to pay a fine with fines
In its session this Tuesday, the Berlin Senate will presumably impose fines for people who do not wear mouth-to-nose protection on buses and trains. The police union has already rejected the request.
06/22/2020
https://www.berliner-zeitung.
Berlin wants to punish those who refuse to pay a fine with fines
In its session this Tuesday, the Berlin Senate will presumably impose fines for people who do not wear mouth-to-nose protection on buses and trains. The police union has already rejected the request.
06/22/2020
https://www.berliner-zeitung.
Florida’s surgeon general quietly advises everyone to wear masks in public spaces
https://www.miamiherald.com/
https://www.miamiherald.com/
Head of the Federal Employment Agency
"We are experiencing a historic slump"
"We are experiencing a historic slump"
Job agency boss Detlef Scheele expects unemployment to rise to over three million in summer for the first time in ten years. Germany must do everything it can to ensure that Corona does not undermine equality in the labor market.
Interview by Alexander Hagelüken
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/
Interview by Alexander Hagelüken
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/
EU expresses ‘grave concern’ over Hong Kong security law, urges Beijing to reconsider
The European Union urged Chinese leaders on Monday to respect Hong Kong’s autonomy and expressed “grave concern” over plans to impose a new security law on the territory. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and European Council chief Charles Michel expressed their view in a video summit with Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang, which […]
https://hongkongfp.com/2020/
The European Union urged Chinese leaders on Monday to respect Hong Kong’s autonomy and expressed “grave concern” over plans to impose a new security law on the territory. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and European Council chief Charles Michel expressed their view in a video summit with Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang, which […]
https://hongkongfp.com/2020/
Beijing’s crackdown at schools – bad for students, bad for teachers and tragic for Hong Kong
https://hongkongfp.com/2020/
https://hongkongfp.com/2020/
During the pandemic, rush on imported fruits and vegetables
Modified 7 hours ago
Covid-19 did not cause shortages on fresh produce, quite the contrary. The Swiss have never had more love for avocados, potatoes and other mangoes than during confinement
https://www.letemps.ch/
Modified 7 hours ago
Covid-19 did not cause shortages on fresh produce, quite the contrary. The Swiss have never had more love for avocados, potatoes and other mangoes than during confinement
https://www.letemps.ch/
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buttercup (R. arvensis): What I've been reading - 6/21/20 week - Coronavirus + BlackLivesMatter + Black Books Matter
https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/buttercup-r-arvensis-what-ive-been.htmlbuttercup (R. aquatilis): What I've been reading - 6/14/20 week - Coronavirus + BlackLivesMatter
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GREG MANKIW'S BLOG
Random Observations for Students of Economics
SUNDAY, JUNE 07, 2020
What I've been watching
Over the past week, I have watched the six-part HBO miniseries The Plot Against America, which came out in March. It is based on the 2004 Philip Roth novel of the same title and tells an alternative history in which FDR is defeated in 1940 by the fascist-sympathizing Charles Lindbergh through the eyes of a Jewish family living in Newark, NJ. Compelling story, well acted. It is the best piece of television I have seen in years.
http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2020/06/what-ive-been-watching.html
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