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Tag: toxic masculinity

  • Prof Patty
  • October 20, 2020October 20, 2020

Coronavirus Safety Runs Into a Stubborn Barrier: Masculinity

When political leaders suggest basic precautions appear unmanly, men are less likely to follow health and safety advice, experts say. By Daniel Victor Oct. 10, 2020 On Tuesday, and not for the firs

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NY Times

  • Trump’s Planning for America’s 250th Emphasizes Religion’s Role in the Nation’s Founding
  • U.S. Intelligence Saw No Change in Iran’s Missile Capabilities Before War
  • Family of Minneapolis Boy Detained by ICE Faces Fast-Track Deportation
  • Bondi Doesn’t Commit to Deposition With House Panel Over Epstein Files
  • Pakistan Pauses Afghanistan Airstrikes for Eid

NPR

  • These roaches form exclusive long-term relationships after eating each other's wings
  • Bringing marine life back to South Florida's 'forgotten edge'
  • Donations to science often avoid scrutiny. Jeffrey Epstein used this to his advantage
  • Why the driest place in North America is seeing an explosion of wildflowers
  • Texas's state animals, armadillos, are making North Carolina their home

The Progressive

  • Bringing White Appalachians into the Fight
  • A Mother’s Struggle Through War in Gaza
  • How Black Women Continue to Shape American Democracy
  • The Cost of Bolivia’s ‘White Gold’
  • Health Care Is the Way for Democrats to Win

FactCheck.org

  • Q&A on the SAVE America Act
  • EPA’s Misleading Claim of $1.3 Trillion in Deregulatory ‘Savings’
  • No Broad Autism Approval for Leucovorin, Despite FDA Commissioner’s Prior Suggestions
  • How Iran Blocking the Strait of Hormuz Affects the U.S.
  • Is the U.S. at ‘War’? Politicians Disagree

Snopes.com

  • Resignation letter from U.S. counterterrorism head Joe Kent over Iran war is authentic. Read it here
  • Did Trump call Gavin Newsom 'president'? We checked the footage
  • Did Trump say truckers should switch to gasoline to cut fuel costs?
  • Iran didn't release list of 11 US cities it plans to target in attacks
  • Are US soldiers 'openly refusing' deployment orders to Iran? Inspecting claim

Tradeoffs

  • ‘It Sucks’: Spiking Health Insurance Costs Hit Small Businesses
  • 'We Can’t Afford All These Humans’: A Doctor's Take on AI in Health Care
  • Immigration Enforcement’s Twin Threats to Health Care
  • As States and CDC Split on Vaccines, What's Next?
  • A Better Way to Care for Older Adults with Opioid Addiction

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