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Early Addition: The Pandemic Is Having A Long Term "Social, Emotional & Academic" Impact On Kids
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Published Dec 15, 2020
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- The United States, Canada, Britain and other wealthy countries have reserved huge amounts of the COVID vaccines next year—but what about poor nations?
- Mitch McConnell finally acknowledged and congratulated Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on winning the election.
- And yet, inside the right wing media bubble, Trump has not and cannot lose: "Inside this bubble, the president’s allies present virtually impossible outcomes as completely plausible. They raise expectations of victory in unwinnable lawsuits and battles over electors that state legislators are unwilling to have...And then when they don’t meet the bar they set, they move it."
- COVID-19 is having a "social, emotional and academic" impact on children that experts say could take years to recover from.
- What does "middle class" even mean anymore? "Forty years ago, the term “middle class” referred to Americans who had successfully obtained a version of the American dream: a steady income from one or two earners, a home, and security for the future. It meant the ability to save and acquire assets. Now, it mostly means the ability to put your bills on autopay and service debt."
- Tony-winning choreographer and dance icon Ann Reinking has died at 71.
- If you're looking for something fun to watch today, Vulture has ranked their 10 favorite music videos of the year.
- Friends of Brooklyn musician Sam Jayne, the frontman of Love As Laughter, say he has been missing for over a week.
- The Wall Street Journal reports that a suspected Russian hack of U.S. government agencies and private businesses across the globe festered for months, "going largely undetected by the Trump administration and cybersecurity firms until the past week."
- Listen to Bill Callahan and Bonnie “Prince” Billy latest cover of Robert Wyatt’s classic "Sea Song."
- And finally, Elaine just wanted to help clean the dishes:
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