Tag: Antique
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Puerto Ricans still don’t have reliable drinking water, and fears of contamination are rising
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DAVID BEGNAUD: The two men running the ship told us that nearly 87 percent of the ship is empty. Sounds alarming, right? They have 200 beds, and 87 percent are empty. Now, here’s what they said: We stand ready for whatever the government wants to do. We are waiting to be told by the government.…
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Eviction protections, payments kept homelessness in check in L.A., study shows
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Eviction moratoriums and cash income from extended unemployment insurance and stimulus payments helped thousands of economically vulnerable people in Los Angeles County avoid becoming homeless during the pandemic, a new study has found. The study released Wednesday by the Economic Roundtable estimated that homelessness increased 13% from 2020 to 2022 — a higher figure than…
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Eliminating Income Tax Means More Money for Americans
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The following is a lightly edited transcript of remarks made by Pamela Denise Long during a Newsweek debate about the House GOP plan to abolish the IRS and to replace income tax with a national consumption tax. You can listen to the podcast here: With this consumption tax there would be a rewriting of the…
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Rescue Animals Are TIME’s 2020 Pet of the Year
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“In the end, I’ve got antibodies and a dog named Fauci.” That’s how Los Angeles-based lawyer Kari Milone says she’s choosing to look back on the eight months that she spent trying to adopt a rescue dog in 2020—a time period during which she not only lost her second dog in less than a year,…
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Timeless Portraits of L.A.’s Arcades
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Documenting video game parlors offered a French photographer a way to explore Los Angeles and its surrounding areas. Source link
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‘<em>Moonlight</em>, Best Picture’: The Oscars and the Rare Power of Shock
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Last year, the comedian Marc Maron brought the author Chuck Klosterman on as a guest on his WTF podcast. The two discussed many things (including Klosterman’s then-new book, But What If We’re Wrong?, which he was there to promote), but one of them was sports—and the particular thrill that they offer to audiences. Sporting events,…
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Brazil And Jan. 6 In U.S. Are Parallel Attacks, But Not Identical
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Enraged protesters broke into government buildings that are the very symbol of their country’s democracy. Driven by conspiracy theories about their candidate’s loss in the last election, they smashed windows, sifted through the desks of lawmakers and trashed the highest offices in the land in a rampage that lasted hours before order could be restored.…
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Worker Strikes And Union Elections Surged In 2022
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This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at The Conversation. Workers organized and took to the picket line in increased numbers in 2022 to demand better pay and working conditions, leading to optimism among labor leaders and advocates that they’re witnessing a turnaround in labor’s…
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The Cutting Edge of Equestrian Architecture
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By Hannah Warne Long gone are the days of bright red barns with rustic, dark, wooden interiors. Today’s designs are instead reimagining both barn interiors and architecture to create something totally new. Two of Douglas Elliman’s premiere equestrian property agents based in Wellington, Florida—an epicenter of the international equestrian community—weigh in on emerging barn architecture…
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As Republicans take control of House, members fear watered down security | House of Representatives
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Two years after the January 6 insurrection, fresh fears are being raised over safety for lawmakers and staff at the US Capitol, especially as Republicans have stripped away some of the security measures installed in the wake of the deadly attack on Congress. House Republicans, who secured a narrow majority in the 2022 midterm elections,…
