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COVID school closures may slightly stunt U.S. economic growth: Fed paper
FILE PHOTO: An exterior view shows Brentano Elementary Math & Science Academy in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., January 27, 2021. REUTERS/Eileen Meslar SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – U.S. school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic may end up stunting U.S. economic growth over the long term by […]
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Our Health Care Heroes Are Getting Fed Up With Us
Front-line health care workers see you. They see you traveling for big, indoor holiday gatherings. They see you packing into bars. They see your social media posts from house parties. They see you without a mask. And they know they’ll see some of you again soon, crammed into increasingly crowded […]
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400 Years After the ‘First Thanksgiving,’ the Tribe Who Fed the Pilgrims Continues to Fight for Their Land Amid Another Epidemic
Weetoomoo Carey, 8, left, and Jackolynn Carey, 5, Wampanoag Nipmucs from Mashpee, look across to the Mayflower replica anchored near Plymouth Rock on Nov. 26, 1991. They were with a group of Native Americans gathered for a day of mourning in response to the Pilgrims’ Thanksgiving Weetoomoo Carey, 8, left, […]
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I’m fed up of being responsible for every aspect of planning a holiday
Helen Whitaker regretted taking on all the planning on an extended family trip to Bruges My moment of relaxation was supposed to come on the Monday morning of our long weekend. In a café on the Markt square in Bruges, my 73-year-old father and I ordered coffee while the more energetic members […]