The Sick Continent: A year after the pandemic hit Europe, vaccinations have stalled & structural fiscal austerity depresses investment. Meanwhile in the UK & the US, the population will be largely vaccinated by May & a fiscal stimulus larger than the output gap is in train.
Even as we’ve battled the pandemic, we’ve continued to neglect the longer-lasting epidemic of gun violence in America. Although the shooter’s motive is not yet clear, the identity of the victims underscores an alarming rise in anti-Asian violence that must end.
In Opinion
"Eventually, doctors will find a coronavirus vaccine, but black people will continue to wait, despite the futility of hope, for a cure for racism," writes Roxane Gay.
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“When I have my camera on me, I don’t forget that I’m a black human being,” the photographer Chris Facey said. “I remember why I’m at these protests.” https://t.co/i8uYAStQyL
President Trump said the U.S. would designate antifa as a terrorist organization. But the laws that permit such an action are limited to foreign groups �� and antifa is a vaguely defined movement of left-wing and anti-fascist activists, not an organization.
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President Trump called the Minneapolis protesters “thugs” and threatened to intervene. “When the looting starts, the shooting starts,�� he said. https://t.co/HkqX4o0WhH
Breaking News: Protesters breached a police precinct in Minneapolis as demonstrations escalated for a third night over the death of George Floyd https://t.co/4SWBB4Knai
LEFT: Cover of Dutch magazine Elsevier falsely stereotyping South Europeans as lazy and unproductive.
RIGHT: Post by @CarlijnNelissen — a Dutch professional who spent 4 years living in #Greece — about what Southern Europeans really looks like.