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Tag: 2021 obituaries

  • Kintsugi
  • January 7, 2022January 7, 2022

People who left us in 2021; some we miss, some we don’t

Prince Philip. Colin Powell. Sylvia Weinstock. Joan Didion. Desmond Tutu. Harry Reid. Elsa Peretti. Larry King. Wilfred Wimbert. Donald Rumsfeld. Olympia Dukakis. Bob Dole. Cicely Tyson. Sarah Wedd

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NY Times

  • Trump Seeks to Abolish Iran’s Nuclear Stockpile, a Problem He Helped Create
  • Al Qaeda-Linked Militants Launch Major Attacks on Cities Across Mali
  • In Deep Blue California, a G.O.P.-Backed Voter ID Proposal Makes the Ballot
  • 2 C.I.A. Officers Killed in Mexico Crash Lacked Proper Authorization
  • Democrats Weigh Whether a Lawmaker’s Ethnicity Counts More Than Ideology

NPR

  • Covering the Artemis II mission
  • Former MIT president says the US is losing the innovation race to China
  • Trump and Congress cut funding for Planned Parenthood. Can Botox keep it afloat?
  • A real-life Kraken stalked the seas of the late Cretaceous
  • Before sci-fi was everywhere, this pioneering magazine championed 'scientifiction'

The Progressive

  • Treat Violence As a Workplace Safety Issue
  • Who’s Thinking of the Children, Since Trump Isn’t?
  • At This Minnesota Prison, A New Housing Experiment Transformed Life Inside
  • This Arbor Day, Let’s Move Past the Myths
  • Trump’s Vision for the Homeless Is Already Here

FactCheck.org

  • Trump’s Numbers, April 2026 Update
  • We Won a Webby People’s Voice Award
  • What Do We Know About ‘Birth Tourism’?
  • Elon Musk Amplifies Baseless Claim About COVID-19 Vaccine
  • An Attack Over ICE in the Massachusetts Democratic Senate Race

Snopes.com

  • Did Trump promote new rules that would limit privileges for Congress members?
  • Did AOC once say, 'I am as powerful as a man and it drives them crazy'?
  • 18 rumors involving Pope Leo XIV, examined
  • Did man break into Barnes & Noble to finish reading book?
  • Is Nicki Minaj the only 'Trump gold card' visa recipient so far?

Tradeoffs

  • New York Braces for Trump's Big Medicaid Shakeup
  • Should People Who Want GLP-1s Have to Work for Them?
  • High Health Care Costs Are Fueling a New Fight Over Old Laws
  • Trump's Pick to Quiet the Chaos at HHS
  • Generic Drugs Head to the Supreme Court
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