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What everyone got wrong about legal marijuana
1 abr 20218 min
A growing number of Americans are getting COVID shots, and states and private companies are racing to help launch vaccine passports. <a href="https://apple.news/AylkAMO5QTz6rMMYJTZKrLQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Vox</a> explains what you need to know and the <a href="https://apple.news/AXNsqaFPTQT2cQlKqSSH-ug?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> reports on how this is becoming a political flashpoint. New York is the latest state to legalize recreational marijuana. New York Magazine’s the <a href="https://apple.news/AgmRWAcMAShuliChtkypzPA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Intelligencer</a> breaks down the plan. And NPR’s <a href="https://apple.news/AZZxkl3mMTqqMIQKBrZx81Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Planet Money</a> looks at how pot legalization has played out nationally in the last decade. There’s a growing field of apps that promise access to therapy from your smartphone. But Molly Fischer writes in <a href="https://apple.news/Ae1Qsai8ZQlOIa0ttBvJHTA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">New York Magazine</a> that these companies could be selling unrealistic expectations. The Louvre has digitized its massive art collection for anyone to access for free. <a href="https://apple.news/ASaFD3f2tTfW5HsDgPdoPIA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> has the story.
GOP star Gaetz under investigation, denies sex allegations
31 mar 202110 min
Today, President Biden is expected to reveal the first phase of his multitrillion-dollar infrastructure plan. The <a href="https://apple.news/ANNz07HozTE6Ficx9o1iwGg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> has details of the package, and looks at the long road ahead to making it a reality. Republican congressman Matt Gaetz is reportedly under investigation over whether he had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl and paid for her to travel with him. Gaetz denied the allegations to <a href="https://apple.news/AMEq8XitYSX6xRnC560_6RA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Axios</a> and claimed in a <a href="https://apple.news/AOAWqHUW5SSKlG5Bz85Kw3Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Fox News</a> interview that they were an attempt to thwart a separate investigation into an extortion plot against him. The Supreme Court will hear arguments today in a case that could shape the future of college sports. <a href="https://apple.news/AgVqINfEJQxem5yjzUElGXQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">ESPN</a> explains what’s at stake. For those working from home, returning to the office might mean giving up some perks. The <a href="https://apple.news/AbSoeoab5TsmV3aAjpn6sYg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> looks at something many people will miss: naps.
Chauvin murder case reignites debate over televised trials
30 mar 202110 min
As Derek Chauvin faces murder charges over the death of George Floyd, the whole trial will be streamed live, a first in Minnesota. <a href="https://apple.news/Ah5gnbfgsQLOZaOezi-k2JA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">BBC News</a> explains how the high-profile nature of this trial has reignited a debate about the role of TV cameras in the courtroom. Transgender Americans and their families are worried about a push by Republican legislators to restrict access to school sports. <a href="https://apple.news/A23dC70seQL-AJ2rNNg7Xgg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> reports on recent state laws and <a href="https://apple.news/AmYq9e13tSZafoRCzepv4Xg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Vox</a> takes a in-depth look at the larger movement. And Masha Gessen argues in the <a href="https://apple.news/AfrK82y6sRoWqevLggPEIHA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">New Yorker</a> that the true motivation of these campaigns is to make transgender athletes invisible. The stuck container ship in the Suez Canal drew our attention to the role such vessels play in global commerce. <a href="https://apple.news/AFTlj6mbqRJCYrhQZ2TJRew?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wired</a> looks into why containers are falling into the sea at alarming rates. Major League Baseball’s Opening Day is Thursday. And this year, the league is on the lookout for pitchers playing dirty by smearing stuff like pine tar on baseballs to make them harder to hit. The <a href="https://apple.news/Alr3bsi6ASsm0K53SrIJYHw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> reports on how officials are launching a CSI-style program to catch cheats.
Opening statements begin in trial over George Floyd’s death
29 mar 202111 min
The Suez Canal traffic jam is on its way to getting solved. <a href="https://apple.news/A46_9jWkcSJqEUnOcnD_UhQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Bloomberg</a> reports on progress in moving the giant container ship. Derek Chauvin faces charges of second- and third-degree murder, as well as second-degree manslaughter. While few observers believe issues of race and justice won't shape the trial, the <a href="https://apple.news/ANZe0siOZQf-gEkpfwH9tHg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> explains why it’s unclear whether race will be addressed head-on in the courtroom itself. Myanmar saw its deadliest day of protests since its military took control of the government about two months ago. The <a href="https://apple.news/AY_FcU4z6QZSRElS9fwW2Jg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> spoke with one woman in Myanmar who is the wife of a soldier and active member of the resistance. It’s the final day for Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama, to vote on whether to join a union. <a href="https://apple.news/ABp9uzxrDSgWPHvB-fB3klA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Time</a> lays out what’s at stake. The <a href="https://apple.news/AlHdATojISvO6n00cWmPtvg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">New Yorker</a> looks at how important and unusual this battle is. And though Republicans aren’t usually fans of union drives, Senator Marco Rubio writes an op-ed in <a href="https://apple.news/AMjck4go_TX6OlxLQsjpIsw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">USA Today</a> supporting the warehouse workers. A recent email from a furniture company to hundreds of customers turned into a reply-all-pocalypse with a happy ending. The <a href="https://apple.news/AUHNuZ05vQkiIjTnKTJtN5w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> has the story.
Meet the crack team fighting to free the Suez container ship
26 mar 202110 min
Dredgers, tugboats, helicopters, and a legendary team of salvage experts: <a href="https://apple.news/AGzfR70eUST6Qsyy0vyzW6w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Bloomberg News</a> reports on the Herculean effort to free the giant container ship stuck in the Suez Canal. Gas prices are rising and could go even higher during the summer, energy-market watchers say. The <a href="https://apple.news/A7DRdZfm9SXi_CV4Wv4IyGA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> explains the factors behind the surge. Facebook is working on a version of Instagram for children under 13. The <a href="https://apple.news/Ad5SXn3zwRKKdY6mZDYk0CA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> looks into why social-media companies are focusing on younger kids. How does aging wine in outer space affect its taste? The <a href="https://apple.news/AzpSy27sXSMqMx0rVOoXNFA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Times of London</a> has the results of an experiment that saw prized Bordeaux blasted into orbit.
Republicans and Democrats fight to reshape how America votes
25 mar 202110 min
Democrats and Republicans are in a battle to reshape voting rights in this country. <a href="https://apple.news/AQ5ZLyQYSS0SABvRendzyug?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNN</a> looks at the fight in Congress over a sweeping bill. The <a href="https://apple.news/ASvbWtpwaRPO_v1vFSgm26w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Guardian</a> examines how these issues are playing out at the state level. Virginia has abolished the death penalty. The <a href="https://apple.news/ARATZDqdUSYKe4nqDd8nQXg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Appeal</a> gives some context about the move and looks at changing views about capital punishment nationally. Digital artist Beeple has been selling his work as NFTs for tens of millions of dollars. The <a href="https://apple.news/AL08gmP9STCeWkXsCmDUnnQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">New Yorker</a> explores what this means for the art world. There’s a new pasta shape: cascatelli. Dan Pashman, who hosts the food podcast The Sporkful, talks with <a href="https://apple.news/APHWkFO1yQgayv1g3x5MdtQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> about his three-year mission to create it.
Megan Rapinoe takes fight for equal pay to Congress
24 mar 20219 min
The experiences of multiple U.S. administrations has showed how difficult it is to manage immigration at the southern border. The <a href="https://apple.news/AeLzrMc-fTeqg7SD0rkZieA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> looks at approaches taken by previous presidents, and what the Biden administration is trying to do now. Today is Equal Pay Day, and soccer star Megan Rapinoe will testify in Congress about the fight for the women’s national team to get the same pay and benefits as the men’s. <a href="https://apple.news/AJzxEE1XTTaGNObl0UkJKLA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Sports Illustrated</a> looks at recent developments in the legal battle and <a href="https://apple.news/AKqrK0VnXQfCaJooRNo_T0g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">ESPN</a> provides background. On an Instagram account highlighting Christian leaders with expensive fashion tastes, Ben Kirby taps into the question: Is it OK to get rich while preaching? The <a href="https://apple.news/ASrdRQ9CcSy2EtGuN7yTLHQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> has the story. The average price of building a home in the U.S. has gone up by $24,000 over the past year. <a href="https://apple.news/ARGIKZ_h5RpOQJpgETaO4hA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Quartz</a> explains that this is partly because a beetle infestation damaged millions of acres of forest in Canada, which helped drive a rise in the cost of lumber.
Can your boss make you get a COVID vaccine?
23 mar 202110 min
Ten people are dead, including a police officer, after a shooting at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado. <a href="https://apple.news/A3hRBMYfARpypAd9dr9US8A?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNN</a> reports. The <a href="https://apple.news/Ay2eBlhuiR2mZasdjeqofmQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> looks at legal questions facing workers and managers about requirements to get COVID vaccines. Last night, the city council of Evanston, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, voted to pay reparations to Black residents for historical housing-discrimination. The <a href="https://apple.news/AUkXJ0H60SqqOiu0wcuhsGA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> reports on the nation’s first government reparations program for Black people. Doctors are concerned about a spike in cases of alcoholic liver disease among younger women that started before the pandemic and may be intensifying. <a href="https://apple.news/AZSD8ZCGyTq-_3DdsBxG1UA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> looks at the research. The two cousins behind the company that provides the bulk of America’s COVID-19 swabs despise each other. <a href="https://apple.news/AudKiURCjQpaQDiVcPgZtkQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Bloomberg Businessweek</a> has the story of how family drama got tied up with the national effort to boost testing.
Capitol attack reveals extremists in police ranks
22 mar 20219 min
The Department of Justice may seek sedition charges against some of those who stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6. Evidence points to a carefully planned plot, executed with military training. The insurrection has revealed a number of law-enforcement officers and former members of the military who take part in extremist behavior: According to an analysis from <a href="https://apple.news/AADWhTVBjTvuPypy50ixcIA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">USA Today</a>, 43 of the 324 people who’ve been arrested so far are military veterans, current or former police officers, or public-safety workers. Spring breakers continue to wreak havoc in Miami. The <a href="https://apple.news/AtltcYzzoT4WS4HSka51m0g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Miami Herald</a> writes that crowds have been so “violently rowdy” that restaurants have had to close down. And <a href="https://apple.news/AmCn97DWqSS61yjlro1UNlg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNN</a> reports that police have made more than 1,000 arrests since February 3. The pandemic has led to a housing boom for white-collar Americans, with prices reaching peaks not seen since 2006. The <a href="https://apple.news/AnarG386ITtWslBazJOGOzA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> explains why it’s getting easier for wealthy people to buy second homes. Oral Roberts University made history on Sunday, becoming only the second 15th-seeded team to advance to the Sweet Sixteen in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. <a href="https://apple.news/AWxKyDAb5ReGh6SLS3lKFNQ%20https://html5-editor.net/">CBS Sports</a> has the story. It was part of a weekend of upsets that ruined fan predictions: <a href="https://apple.news/A1n8cxUMSTwW-hYfFj5w-Rg%20https://html5-editor.net/">Marketwatch</a> says no perfect brackets remained out of the 20 million filled out online. And <a href="https://apple.news/AbN73pZ2xSLC-6dbtDGfltw%20https://html5-editor.net/">Yahoo Sports</a> reports that COVID-19 forced Virginia Commonwealth University to exit the tournament before playing its first game.
Why hate-crime cases rarely make it to court
19 mar 20218 min
Many people want the murders in Georgia — where six of the victims were women of Asian descent — to be called a hate crime. But the decision to do so comes down to a strict legal definition that isn't employed very often by law enforcement. <a href="https://apple.news/Adormw2MVTOCNNGDgAn8c7g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Time</a> breaks it down. The filibuster is back in the news this week after President Biden signaled that he’s open to changing Senate rules. Historians explain in the <a href="https://apple.news/AKhvlAoigRNyfQ_JmqwDYsA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> how the filibuster has been used over the decades to deny fundamental rights to Black people. A political war over meat is playing out in two states. <a href="https://apple.news/Aw6hmfAH8RYSekwUqV1I-BA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Politico</a> looks at the conservative backlash the Democratic governor of Colorado has faced after encouraging people to avoid eating meat on March 20, or “MeatOut Day.” And the <a href="https://apple.news/AUrxOW334Q-ygUmIY90qZqw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Guardian</a> highlights the governor of Nebraska’s response: to declare the same date “Meat on the Menu Day.” March Madness is officially underway. And <a href="https://apple.news/ARlbP8B9pQim99hZcK9UEfQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">ESPN</a> says Jalen Suggs and Paige Bueckers are two players you should watch during the men’s and women’s tournaments, not just because of their skills, but because of their close, lifelong friendship.
Calls for action on anti-Asian hate after Georgia killings
18 mar 20218 min
Asian-American communities are calling for more action after the killings in Georgia, in which most of the victims were women of Asian descent. The shootings have intensified fears about increased anti-Asian violence during the pandemic. The <a href="https://apple.news/ACDjCEdkPRW2fRC4FwsOeMw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> and <a href="https://apple.news/AUng_hj8ZROW0huACBX1h9w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNBC</a> have more. Ohio’s attorney general is suing the Biden administration over the COVID-relief bill and rules about whether states can use federal money to offset tax cuts. <a href="https://apple.news/A42gy0hvVTYWKxRId2sfQtA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Bloomberg News</a> explains the debate, and the <a href="https://apple.news/ARLN8ftpjT4GwAYoyW1ns3Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> reports on how other Republican attorneys general are challenging the provision. The pandemic could permanently change the college-admissions process. The <a href="https://apple.news/AVk_9eKbZSc6qts96PlBbOw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> looks at the widespread impact of a move by many schools to allow applications without standardized test scores. The apes at your local zoo might be in line for a vaccination. <a href="https://apple.news/AmqyckJ2NTEKXSMrWu1pnNQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> highlights research into ways to protect animals from COVID-19, including an experimental vaccine the San Diego Zoo is giving to its gorillas, bonobos, and orangutans.
When will kids get COVID-19 vaccines?
17 mar 20218 min
Children are now taking part in trials of COVID-19 vaccines. <a href="https://apple.news/A6H6zNAJNS0-hmekZpY25og?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">National Geographic</a> and the <a href="https://apple.news/AZIR9aHCkTt2lzi6uGb4SbQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> explain how the testing works for kids. The <a href="https://apple.news/AwGFMsmZeQLiFBqKMT6XxGg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> reports on the deadly shootings at Atlanta-area massage parlors. Is America’s tax code racist? <a href="https://apple.news/Ah6DGoa7WQ4q7zAzOFk0vkQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Bloomberg Businessweek</a> profiles a woman who spent decades answering that question. A chunk of dirt from a long-forgotten Cold War mission is revealing surprising new information about our planet. The <a href="https://apple.news/A7TfnkVQCSKqRtYDqO-iuFA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> has the story.
Biden’s plan to raise taxes on the wealthy
16 mar 202110 min
The $1.9 trillion coronavirus-relief bill is just one of many big plans the Biden administration is hoping to push through. <a href="https://apple.news/AsCJ7GYTSR5alLt9ADVCGoQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Bloomberg News</a> reports that, in order to help fund the president’s agenda, his administration is planning the first major federal tax increase since 1993. And the <a href="https://apple.news/Am6vkXv01SRC9az2xg3NYgQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> breaks down how corporate taxes might change. <a href="https://apple.news/ArS5ArWCVRL-yX3G3lJV0kA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">New York</a> magazine takes a deeply reported look into the behavior of New York governor Andrew Cuomo. The Biden administration is planning a new advertising blitz to encourage Americans to get vaccinated. <a href="https://apple.news/Akwgb6LfKS9arEXtkKC9vLQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Stat</a> reports on the $1.5 billion campaign. And the <a href="https://apple.news/AGn4V34xZQDOsDbZ5uZK8Qw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> sat in on a focus group of vaccine-hesitant Trump voters to understand what could convince them to get a COVID-19 shot. Spring break is here, which means Florida is filling up with college students, despite warnings to stay away due to the coronavirus. <a href="https://apple.news/A_PuN9RJOQim-QebwGDqPCg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CBS News</a> looks at how one community is trying to shut down the party.
Stimulus checks arrive in America’s bank accounts
15 mar 20219 min
Millions of Americans are starting to receive money from the COVID-relief bill. <a href="https://apple.news/AcKy4zrR6RdGfTNmzWTEtDQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> and New York Magazine’s the <a href="https://apple.news/A_vwaOnrdQFuBmvLtmaQazA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Cut</a> spoke with people about how they are spending the money. The Biden administration has ordered the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help with the growing number of unaccompanied children arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border. <a href="https://apple.news/A7mq7ssoGRRK_5s0TAz4QJA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CBS News</a> looks at what’s happening and the <a href="https://apple.news/AetbELE7XRamokYGRRV1uqA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> explains who the minors are. As March Madness returns following its cancellation last year, <a href="https://apple.news/AWhk0duhFQ16lmR_7-TVA6g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CBS Sports</a> breaks down the technology the NCAA is using to track basketball players and control the spread of the coronavirus. There are new developments in the long-running debate over daylight saving time. <a href="https://apple.news/AitFy311CQLmTp-jcLYA4_g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNET</a> reports on a bipartisan group of U.S. senators who want an end to the biannual clock change. An op-ed in the <a href="https://apple.news/Aan4XayswTRCQtoyhD0wtJw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Chicago Tribune</a> argues for keeping the custom, while an <a href="https://apple.news/AG9AVFb-KQ0eNhB0_ALIMbg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">L.A. Times</a> editorial says, “Dump the clock-changing foolishness.”
A year into the pandemic, when will life return to normal?
12 mar 202111 min
Apple News Today talks to Alexis Madrigal, co-founder of the COVID Tracking Project at the Atlantic. Madrigal explains how data failures deeply hindered the U.S. government’s pandemic response. Plus, when we can expect life to return to normal.
“This is going to be so bad.” The journalist who saw the pandemic coming.
11 mar 202111 min
The World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic one year ago. But Stat reporter Helen Branswell saw the global health crisis coming months in advance. Branswell sits down with Duarte Geraldino to discuss the early signs of the pandemic and why world leaders didn’t take action sooner.
For women promised more, a year that “shattered our reality”
10 mar 202113 min
Since the start of the pandemic, more than 2.3 million women have left the workforce. In January, women’s participation in the labor force hit its lowest level since 1988. In the latest episode of a special series, Shumita Basu talks with Jen Gann, features editor at New York Magazine’s the Cut, about the toll the pandemic has taken on women.
Black Americans & COVID-19: The impact of racism on the body
9 mar 202112 min
Duarte Geraldino talks with journalist Akilah Johnson about her reporting on COVID-19 and its disproportionate impact on Black Americans. Johnson spent much of the pandemic covering health care at ProPublica and is now at the Washington Post. To understand why the disease hit Black Americans so hard, she says, you have to start with the tale of John Henry. It’s part of our special series marking one year since the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic.
The Pandemic Year: “I want this virus to die inside me”
8 mar 202113 min
March 11 marks one year since the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic. In a special series, Apple News Today is speaking with journalists who’ve done exceptional work covering the subject over the past 12 months. In the first episode, Shumita Basu talks with Eli Saslow, the Washington Post reporter behind the series Voices From the Pandemic. Saslow shares stories of lives that have been impacted by COVID-19, and discusses how much more interconnected we are as a result of this public-health crisis.
The Pandemic Year: Special Series Preview
5 mar 20212 min
It’s Amazon vs. unions. These workers will decide who wins.
5 mar 20218 min
Following a string of high-profile attacks on Asian Americans, two writers go beyond the headlines to look at the long history of anti-Asian racism and violence in the United States. Connie Wun writes for <a href="https://apple.news/A38h7o_kMTb6LaiackYjLHA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Elle</a> and Harmeet Kaur for <a href="https://apple.news/Ad12zPVltQzqYrRU5_ngYlw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNN</a>.  Employees at an Amazon fulfillment center in Alabama are deciding whether to form a union. <a href="https://apple.news/AKTH-9bf4QF-sub3FdCBkOw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Bloomberg News</a> went to the town and spoke with workers on all sides of the debate. <a href="https://apple.news/ACSYGGvpiTEe5Y-NGJpd96g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Elle</a> looks at a wedding in Maine that became a COVID-19 superspreader event linked with nearly 200 infections and seven deaths.
Is Biden letting the world’s dictators off the hook?
4 mar 202110 min
The House canceled Thursday’s session after the U.S. Capitol Police warned of a possible plot by a militant group to attack the building. The <a href="https://apple.news/Aqt7WO_Y3QOON_APkVuAStQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> has more.  Critics say President Biden isn’t being tough enough with the world’s authoritarian regimes. In the <a href="https://apple.news/AeMgJfikaSsKpXNrzd9nbdg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">New Yorker</a>, Robin Wright argues that Biden’s actions against Saudi Arabia fall short. Her colleague Masha Gessen <a href="https://apple.news/AVU2DhJbrSti8wn0ueujARQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">writes</a> that U.S. measures taken against Russia are also lacking. COVID-19 vaccines may be a major scientific breakthrough, but they rely on a technology invented over 170 years ago: the hypodermic needle. The <a href="https://apple.news/A3geHqW_VTXmbAXL-LyO3Ug?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> reports on high-tech efforts to develop new ways of administering vaccines. Mars has captured the human imagination for centuries. In <a href="https://apple.news/AVJ5BsQS0Qd2Qft1w4-7stg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">National Geographic</a>, Nadia Drake asks: Why are people so obsessed with the red planet?
Two developments are transforming the U.S. pandemic debate
3 mar 20218 min
As COVID-19 vaccine production ramps up in America, some state governors are lifting pandemic restrictions even as the CDC warns against reopening too fast. <a href="https://apple.news/A2TVapwsAQcWibOPgOuUw4Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNN</a> looks at the tension between state and federal leaders. After the deep freeze, <a href="https://apple.news/Af75iJFk-Sva9QTlCzTWAoA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Vox</a> explains how many Texans, and people in nearby states, are still dealing with damage done to water supplies. Shipping companies are using James Bond–like measures to protect COVID-19 vaccine shipments, including armed guards, panic buttons, and kill switches. <a href="https://apple.news/A8-A2NgZcQ2OK3OZQw74zrA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Bloomberg Businessweek</a> has the story. Germans have coined more than 1,200 new words to describe living in the pandemic. The <a href="https://apple.news/Aqm9la6U-TyidxQh85sKB1g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> reviews this jawbreaking lexicon.
Maybe America’s love for pro sports is wildly exaggerated
2 mar 202110 min
Today, the Supreme Court will hear two election-law cases that may decide the fate of the landmark Voting Rights Act. <a href="https://apple.news/ARo6_f2UlSxivBHNPjPYZ6w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Vox</a>’s legal expert Ian Millhiser breaks it all down. Some of the the biggest pro sporting events have seen big drops in ratings during the pandemic. In the <a href="https://apple.news/Ar1WVML9mQ46sadB0ZsmS0Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Atlantic</a>, Jemele Hill argues that Americans aren’t as crazy about sports as we’ve been led to believe. Should Washington, D.C., become the 51st state? The <a href="https://apple.news/AQTRjQwZcTUqgt9WJdNls6w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> reports that lawmakers in at least nine states have taken formal steps to either support or oppose D.C. statehood. The <a href="https://apple.news/AlMrpotOvQt2hzuYuNbotUg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Post</a> also answers key questions about this debate. It’s time to get to work on your taxes. Like so many other things, the pandemic has made the process even more complicated. <a href="https://apple.news/AWJRWhAj5QqD0bi_vSKbPIg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Apple News</a> has a guide to this very unusual tax season.
The sexual-harassment allegations against Governor Cuomo
1 mar 20219 min
Two former aides have accused New York governor Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment. <a href="https://apple.news/AxzqPTaELSLS7va64jzSxng?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NBC News</a> has the latest on the allegations, his response, and the coming investigation. More and more civilians are taking part in tactical-training courses in which they learn how to shoot to kill. Rachel Monroe recently took some of these courses, typically taken by law enforcement and military personnel, and wrote about her experience for <a href="https://apple.news/A4_BywWIfQ_64vuyPuZmYNQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wired</a>. On top of treating people with COVID-19, doctors and nurses are also working day and night to stop misinformation spreading online. The <a href="https://apple.news/A0F1MfqycRrGjyDlk38-w6g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> has the story. In his new book, A World Without Email, computer scientist Cal Newport looks at what scientific research says about why email makes us miserable and how to change for the better. The <a href="https://apple.news/A9kH-U6Q_SBSmuI_WV9iArw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">New Yorker</a> has an excerpt.
Trump speech to kick off fight for the GOP’s soul
26 feb 202110 min
The Conservative Political Action Conference features the biggest stars in the GOP — the people who might lead the party in the future. <a href="https://apple.news/AVI6tMbCgTfy7R8SHotMzwA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> reports that this year, it’s still all about Donald Trump. A <a href="https://apple.news/AjEA2UWQWRqerNKZ7lJrKWw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Politico</a> analysis says potential Republican presidential candidates will have to decide whether to run as Trump Ultra, Trump Lite, or Trump Zero. President Biden is making important new moves in the Middle East, launching airstrikes against Iran-backed militias and shifting to a new diplomatic approach with Saudi Arabia. <a href="https://apple.news/AJvg2JTXKSIul8FixEuTl7A?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNN</a> looks at the state of play in Iran, while the <a href="https://apple.news/A6HZd9eK8T8qJ61Y-CA7WaA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> covers the Saudi developments. The Philippines is offering nurses to European countries in exchange for vaccines. <a href="https://apple.news/Aq9YCVRYGQoKiUHNiPy7dmg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Vice</a> reports that many nurses don’t appreciate being treated as tradable commodities. The Golden Globes are Sunday night, and this year there’s controversy involving race, power, and ethics. The L.A. Times reports on how the organization that gives out the awards is under scrutiny for its <a href="https://apple.news/ADqnJaYBaTsC4hpJlhejWPQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">lack of diversity</a> and <a href="https://apple.news/ATiP85hAVQUunDt9aX8bymg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">accusations of bad conduct</a>.
South Dakota AG refuses to step down after deadly crash
25 feb 202110 min
Tomorrow, an FDA advisory committee meets to review the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine and decide whether to grant it emergency authorization. Brown University School of Public Health dean Dr. Ashish Jha explains to <a href="https://apple.news/AoI4_K2-oTlWeHYQQxFy52w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> why he’s telling his family to take it if that’s what’s offered. The pressure is rising for South Dakota’s top law-enforcement officer to step down after he hit and killed a man while driving last September. Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg said he thought he struck a deer. The <a href="https://apple.news/AMztFv-PaS2iIiApeJ2XzbA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Sioux Falls Argus Leader</a> lays out the facts and the unanswered questions.  There’s a huge difference between the generational wealth of white Americans versus people of color, with significant implications for retirements. The <a href="https://apple.news/AmvsJ5hBFSOamdZNS0WWRpQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> analyzes a quarter century of data and finds the gap is getting wider and wider.  The <a href="https://apple.news/AqurvbkaeTDu0lX04yUj2pQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Athletic</a> explores the growing popularity of virtual sports-cards and why some are selling for hundreds of thousands of dollars apiece.
How Capitol security failed to stop the insurrection
24 feb 20219 min
For the first time since the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, key officials who were in charge of security that day have testified before Congress. The <a href="https://apple.news/Anb2rImDcS5mfBIhH7Bpfxw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> reports that one big question raised at the hearing was whether domestic terror is taken as seriously as foreign threats. <a href="https://apple.news/AueB5Yp45QJKspmix75akPA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Politico</a> reports on Democratic claims of a double standard for Biden cabinet nominees that affects women and people of color. Online coaches are pushing the idea that positive thinking can help people “manifest” their way into making more money. <a href="https://apple.news/A6z-DCmWLSzyvHsgik73t7g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Cosmopolitan</a> reports that women, who’ve been hit especially hard by the pandemic, are the main target. Fast-food companies are cutting less-popular items to streamline their menus during the pandemic. The <a href="https://apple.news/AVqBmMOIJRpKMDWVTJNEpiA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> highlights the elaborate campaigns people are mounting online to bring back personal favorites.
Rich countries corner global vaccine supply
23 feb 202111 min
International agreements are to make sure all countries have equitable access to vaccines. But <a href="https://apple.news/AB29m54cdQ2aEIvEiIMbxFQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Vox</a> argues that the U.S. and other wealthy countries need to do more. One obstacle to fair distribution is price transparency: <a href="https://apple.news/AKzg1KT0YTue03OPbVHpYvA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> looks at why many developing countries are paying much higher prices for doses. Since Election Day, at least six Facebook employees have resigned while calling out the company’s leaders for failing to address the spread of misinformation and hate speech on the platform. <a href="https://apple.news/AquBlVvlVSQe9iIXX5MM63A?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">BuzzFeed News</a> reports on former employees who say Facebook’s leadership is working against its own content-moderation policies. In 1955, Black teen Claudette Colvin was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, 10 months before Rosa Parks got national attention for a similar act of civil disobedience. Colvin spoke with <a href="https://apple.news/AhSesZkUsTiurP1xYl80Qkw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNN</a> for a new series called “History Refocused.” Yesterday, electronic-music duo Daft Punk announced they’re calling it quits. <a href="https://apple.news/AgbwzcLdTRYaXl2jb4MsgyA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">GQ</a> takes a look at the iconic group’s influence on music and culture. And the <a href="https://apple.news/AMWcFDcKgSWugk2pnc63I3w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">L.A. Times</a> looks at their 10 greatest moments.
How America can learn from its pandemic mistakes
22 feb 202112 min
The United States is near half a million deaths from COVID-19, the most in the world. <a href="https://apple.news/AaPqdeO3gQZ2Vt-Rh_WI9qA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Politico</a> writes that while this crisis has exposed some of the deepest flaws in our public-health system, it has also revealed possibilities for improvements going forward. Merrick Garland, who was previously snubbed for a Supreme Court seat, has been tapped by President Biden for the role of attorney general. <a href="https://apple.news/ADiVU9N2lSEqhR-5KXWG2dg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> breaks down Garland’s legal background. And the <a href="https://apple.news/AkubN5nQQQt2whtFiiQulnA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Guardian</a> explains that he will be taking over the Department of Justice during a difficult moment. The freezing conditions that left millions of Texans without electricity and safe drinking water also impacted migrants on the border. The <a href="https://apple.news/A6ochrxDZSVi6IvlhL6XDYA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Guardian</a> reports on the dangers for those seeking to enter the U.S. And the <a href="https://apple.news/Aj1r4k0MURAi21pQ--3xO6A?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> looks at Biden’s immigration moves so far. Online learning means college students have new opportunities to cheat while taking tests from home. <a href="https://apple.news/A3sO0uxoORpSh62cZIxUg_g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Forbes</a> reveals how some are using an online service called Chegg to access answers on demand.

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