‘Cloak and dagger’ military-intelligence outfit at center of US digital vaccine passport push
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20 Civilians Killed in Helmand, Health Clinic, School Destroyed
Vaccine Passports Can Help the US Reopen—or Further Divide Us
Vaccine Passports Can Help the US Reopen—or Further Divide Us
A very appealing vision for some could turn into a dystopian nightmare for millions. Such restrictive passports could mean being locked out of your job, education, or even the ability to shop for food. At a moment when vaccine distribution is highlighting inequalities both locally and internationally, when communities of color and lower-income communities are being systematically underserved, vaccine passports would amplify our medical segregation.
The 1619 Chronicles
Contrary to what the 1619 Project claims, 1776 isn’t just our nation’s “official” founding. It is our symbolic one, too. The metaphor of 1776 is more powerful than that of 1619 because what makes America most itself isn’t four centuries of racist subjugation. It’s 244 years of effort by Americans — sometimes halting, but often heroic — to live up to our greatest ideal. That’s a struggle that has been waged by people of every race and creed. And it’s an ideal that continues to inspire millions of people at home and abroad.
Children are being locked away, alone and terrified, in schools across Illinois. Often, it’s against the law.
The spaces have gentle names, like “the reflection room.” But shut inside them, children as young as 5 wail for their parents, scream in anger and beg to be let out.
— Read on features.propublica.org/illinois-seclusion-rooms/school-students-put-in-isolated-timeouts/
The Value of a College Degree? A Shot at a Shanghai High School
I spent seven years and tens of thousands of yuan getting my bachelor’s degree — all so my kid could stay in the Shanghai school system.
— Read on www.sixthtone.com/news/1004648/the-value-of-a-college-degree