Month: May 2021

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NBN Book of the Day - Robert Snyder, “All the Nations Under Heaven: Immigrants, Migrants, and the Making of New York” (Columbia UP, 2019)

All the Nations Under Heaven: Immigrants, Migrants, and the Making of New York by Frederick M. Binder, David M. Reimers, and Robert W. Snyder (Columbia University Press, 2019) covers almost 500 years of New York City’s still unfolding story of cultural diversity and political conflict, economic dynamism and unmatched human diversity. This briskly paced volume – which updates a first edition originally published in the mid-1990s – reminds us that today’s hot button debates about immigration, inequality, and globalization have, in various earlier forms, long played roles in the evolution and development of one of the world’s great cities.

Bruce Cory is editorial advisor at The Center for New York City Affairs at The New School.

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The Best One Yet - 💄 “Dewy is the new cakey” — Estée Lauder’s hero creme. Yahoo got dumped. Fortnite’s fight club.

We noticed a funny thing about Estée Lauder’s cosmetics earnings: It’s not a makeup company anymore. Yahoo and AOL just got dumped by Verizon for $5B, so we’re doing a relationship autopsy. And Fortnite is taking on Apple in the App Store Fight Club.  $EL $VZ $APO $AAPL Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @JackKramer @NickOfNewYork  Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form:  https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9  Got a SnackFact for the pod? We got a form for that too: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe64VKtvMNDPGSncHDRF07W34cPMDO3N8Y4DpmNP_kweC58tw/viewform Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - What Sex Workers Want

Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance recently announced the end to prosecuting some charges related to sex work, following decisions in other New York City boroughs. But is this policy shift something sex workers actually want? And does it go far enough? 

Guest: Melissa Gira Grant, staff writer at The New Republic and the author of Playing the Whore: The Work of Sex Work.

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Short Wave - A Vaccination Update And The CDC’s Latest Guidance On Masks

The rate of vaccination in the U.S. continues to slow. Maddie Sofia talks with NPR health correspondent Allison Aubrey about that and what can be done to get more people vaccinated. Also, making sense of the CDC's latest mask guidance.

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The NewsWorthy - Severe Storms, Refugee Rules & Thank a Teacher- Tuesday, May 4th, 2021

The news to know for Tuesday, May 4th, 2021!

We have updates about:

  • more severe weather on the way and where more than a dozen tornadoes were reported already
  • the new rule now in place that President Biden has been going back and forth on
  • the eyesight issue impacting more children than ever before
  • one of the world's richest couples splitting up
  • two well-known internet brands getting sold for a fraction of what they were once worth
  • Teacher Appreciation Day

Those stories and more in just 10 minutes!

Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com or see sources below to read more about any of the stories mentioned today.

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Severe Storm Damage, Next Threat: AP, Weather Channel, USA Today, NWS

Mexico City Overpass Collapse: Reuters, AP, NBC News, ABC News

U.S. Raises Refugee Admission Cap: Politico, NPR, WSJ, Fox News, White House

EPA Climate Change Action: WaPo, NY Times, AP, NPR, EPA

FDA Could OK Vaccine for Adolescents Soon: CBS News, NY Times, USA Today

More Children Near-Sighted: NY Times, WaPo, ResearchGate, WHO

Bill and Melinda Gates Divorce: CNBC, BBC, NPR, Bill Gates, Forbes

Verizon Sells Yahoo and AOL: USA Today, WSJ, TechCrunch, The Verge, Verizon

Kroger’s Drone Home Delivery: Kroger, Cincinnati Enquirer, The Verge, Fox Business

Tanker Truck Driver Shortage: Fox Business, CNN, ABC News 

Teacher Appreciation Day & Deals: Thrillist, USA Today, White House, Admissionsly, NCES

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What A Day - Vaccine But Not Herd Immunity

Four mothers who had been separated from their children at the border by the Trump administration will finally be reunited with them this week, according to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas yesterday. These are the first families to be brought together as a result of a task force President Biden created shortly after taking office, and over the next few weeks, an additional 32 families from across Mexico and Central America are set to be reunited.

Public health experts think it's unlikely we'll ever reach herd immunity in the U.S., at least not anytime in the foreseeable future, because of factors like more contagious virus variants and vaccine hesitancy.

And in headlines: Biden's EPA to cut hydrofluorocarbons, CVS and Walgreens were responsible for the bulk of discarded vaccines, and Bill and Melinda Gates announce their divorce.


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In God We Lust - The Granda Plan | 4

Jerry Falwell Jr’s public profile is rising through conservative politics just as compromising photos of Becki may be circulating in Miami. Jerry turns to an unlikely friend for help but with reporters sniffing around, the affair won’t stay secret forever. 

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The Daily Signal - Christopher Rufo on Critical Race Theory in Schools

Critical race theory is making its way into institutions across America.

Christopher Rufo, a visiting fellow for domestic policy studies at The Heritage Foundation, joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to discuss how critical race theory is affecting what children learn in schools. (The Daily Signal is Heritage's multimedia news outlet.)

"Critical race theory is an academic discipline ... that holds that racism is the driving force in society, that in order to understand power relations, in order to understand institutions such as the law, education, the Constitution, [and] social relations, you have to understand that through the lens of race," Rufo, also a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, says.

Rufo explains how critical race theory is affecting corporate America and what can be done about it.

We also cover these stories:

  • Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., says that those who contend the 2020 election was stolen are “poisoning our democratic system.”
  • Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell signals that President Joe Biden’s $4.1 trillion "infrastructure" package will receive zero support from Senate Republicans.
  • Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs a bill invalidating all remaining emergency COVID-19 orders across his state.

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Ologies with Alie Ward - Speech Language Pathology (TALKING DOGS… AND PEOPLE) with Christina Hunger

Talking dogs. Rolled Rs. That dangly thing in the back of your throat. Speech impediments. Alternative forms of communication. And talking cats. World famous speech pathologist by day, dog whisperer also by day, Christina Hunger MA, CCC-SLP joins us to talk about what those letters after her name mean, helping people literally find their voice, AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication), different types of language and communication, and how she applied the same principles to gift her dog with the ability to emotionally manipulate her. A tale as old as time. Learn about emerging schools of thought around the ethics of differing modes of interpersonal communication, and just maybe how you can teach your most beloved angels how to demand more cheese in plain language.

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Opening Arguments - OA487: How To Overturn Citizens United

All-star Senator Sheldon Whitehouse is at it again! In a Judiciary subcommittee meeting, Whitehouse laid out the groundwork for how a future Supreme Court could overturn Citizens United and Shelby County v. Holder. These are two atrocious decisions that would make even the Andrewest judge lament stare decisis, but today's episode explains how a court could overturn them without doing damage to court legitimacy going forward! (if you're into that kind of thing...) Before that, Andrew breaks down SCOTUS granting cert in the NYS Rifle & Pistol Assn v Corlett. Then, we tackle a listener email claiming we badly misrepresented defense attorneys in last Tuesday's show.

Links: NY State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n. v. City of New York, N.Y. Penal Law § 400.00(2)(f), Supreme Court of the United States opp brief, 2nd Circuit NY State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n v. Beach, Cert Peition, Cert granted, Supreme Court Fact-Finding and the Distortion of American Democracy, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, Citizens United, Civil Service Commission v. Nat’l Assn of Letter Carriers,