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Commentary It was a common trope of the extreme right in France before the war that no Jew could really understand Racine. This was because a Jew had no true homeland and none of the national roots (oddly enough, Racine means root in French) essential to a true, visceral appreciation of the great tragedian’s poetry. […]

Georgia’s elections integrity law has been hit with yet another lawsuit, with voting rights groups on Sunday filing a suit claiming racial discrimination. The lawsuit (pdf) was filed on behalf of a coalition of groups including the League of Women Voters of Georgia and the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, against Georgia Secretary of

The Supreme Court decided this morning to take up an abortion case from Kentucky, its first since Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s addition to the court gave its conservative wing a 6-3 majority. The case is Cameron v. EMW Women’s Surgical Center, court file 20-601. EMW Women’s Surgical Center, in Louisville, is Kentucky’s only licensed abortion

The two COVID-19 vaccines built on the new messenger RNA technology are highly effective in preventing infections of the CCP virus, which causes COVID-19, according to a newly released real-world study. Vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna reduced the risk of infection by 90 percent two or more weeks after the second vaccination, according to the study. Both

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The attorney representing George Floyd’s family said Monday he expects the defense team for the former Minneapolis police officer on trial in connection with Floyd’s death will to “try to assassinate” his character during the trial’s opening arguments. Benjamin Crump, the civil rights attorney representing Floyd’s family, made the remark in multiple interviews on Monday, the

U.S. Customs and Border Protection released around 2,000 illegal immigrants in southern Texas without giving them notices to show up at an immigration court proceeding in the future, said a Texas Democratic congressman. “There are some family units that have been returned to Mexico depending on the age of the kids that are with them,”

President Joe Biden’s administration is not creating COVID-19 vaccine passports but officials are working with private companies to set guidelines for the systems, which people can use to show proof they’ve been vaccinated, the White House said Monday. The administration will “provide guidance” on the effort to develop vaccine passports and similar systems, White House

Germany’s health department reported an additional 21 people who recently received the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine suffered blood clots, The Associated Press reported. Seven of the people who had blood clots have died, the Paul Ehrlich Institute, which is Germany’s federal medical regulatory body, told The Associated Press. Nineteen of the individuals affected by the blood

CHARLOTTETOWN—Prince Edward Island has suspended use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for those aged 18 to 29. Health officials said in a brief statement the vaccination appointments are on hold pending further information expected today from Health Canada and the National Advisory Committee on Immunization. Prince Edward Island announced on March 9 that it would