Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Reading archive 2021-06-15

Opinion: How Republicans could actually improve Biden’s infrastructure proposal

Shake Shack manager was held and ‘taunted’ after NYPD union falsely claimed he poisoned drinks, lawsuit says

Jon Stewart goes all-in on the lab leak theory

Ex-lawmaker insisted her sister-in-law was murdered in burned trailer. Now she’s been killed at the same site.

Tons of toxic cargo: How a fire aboard a container ship has caused one of the worst environmental disasters Sri Lanka has ever seen.

Critical race theory battle invades school boards — with help from conservative groups: In towns nationwide, well-connected conservative activists, and Fox News, have ramped up the tension in fights over race and equity in schools. - "Rufo, who said he was in touch with then-President Donald Trump’s staff before he issued an executive order last September banning critical race theory’s use by federal agencies, promised in a March tweet to make critical race theory 'toxic' in the public imagination. Rufo declined an interview request. 

"'The goal is to have the public read something crazy in the newspaper and immediately think 'critical race theory,'' he wrote. 'We have decodified the term and will recodify it to annex the entire range of cultural constructions that are unpopular with Americans.'"

Emails reveal Trump pressured top DOJ officials to overturn election results

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