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July 1 in Hong Kong has always been a day of protest. It marks the anniversary of the territory’s handover from Britain to China in 1997. This year, 23 years later, Hongkongers protested again — but this time, there was far more at stake than at perhaps any other time since. That’s because July 1,…
Democrats almost certainly need Cal Cunningham to beat Republican Sen. Thom Tillis in North Carolina to retake a Senate majority. Cunningham, a former state lawmaker and military prosecutor, is positioning himself as a moderate in step with a moderate North Carolina. He is holding off on aggressively attacking President Trump and instead staying “laser-focused” on…
If you're big into makeup — or you have a cousin, little sister, or best friend who's favorite Friday night pastime includes trolling YouTube for the newest beauty tutorial — you'll want to shop the Urban Decay flash sale going on right now. Today (that's November 30), Urban Decay, the cult-followed makeup brand that seems…
North Carolina GOP admits a new House election is probably needed after election fraud...
North Carolina Republican leaders sound resigned to the obvious: Given the evidence of absentee ballot tampering in the Ninth Congressional District, the subject of a state inquiry, a new election will likely need to be called. State GOP executive director Dallas Woodhouse stopped just short Tuesday of formally asking for a new election between Republican…
Kavanaugh’s Dissent In Louisiana’s Abortion Case Means Trouble For Roe v. Wade
As more legal challenges appear before the bench, Kavanaugh is likely to recommend procedural answers that might seem moderate but in reality allow anti-abortion zealots to continue to chip away at abortion rights in the country. That's what his record on reproductive rights — specifically, the case where the Trump administration tried to prevent an…
William Barr will give a press conference on the Mueller report Thursday. Here’s how...
Attorney General William Barr will hold a press conference Thursday morning about the release of the Mueller report, Justice Department officials have confirmed. Barr and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein — who appointed and oversaw special counsel Robert Mueller for much of his tenure — will address reporters at 9:30 am Eastern time on the…
The Democratic National Convention has set its speaker lineup
The Democratic National Convention is going fully virtual this year. Rather than days of full programming, the convention will be condensed into two hours of televised speeches spread out from Monday, August 17, to Thursday, August 20. Former Vice President Joe Biden is set to accept his party’s nomination on Thursday night from his home…
5 winners and 4 losers of the 2020 Oscar nominations, from Joker to J....
Now that the 2020 Oscar nominations are in, the requisite analysis can begin. You can’t learn a lot about movies from the Oscar nods, but you can learn a lot about the movie industry — what it prioritizes, who it favors, who it ignores over and over again. And this year’s nominees provide plenty of…
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12:30 p.m. — I hurry around and make myself a quick lunch of a microwave baked potato and chicken sausage. I don't have time to eat it before my next Zoom appointment so I make myself a cup of tea to sip on instead.2:30 p.m. — I finish my Zoom data collection and eat my…
With so much conflicting messaging — and many people’s understandable desire to just get up and go somewhere, like, anywhere that isn’t the trip from their bed to their couch — where is a person to turn? Instagram? Maybe unsurprisingly, social media isn’t much of a help — it sometimes seems like everyone online is…
Under plus-sizing, plus-size shoppers are often relegated to either the back of the store or another store entirely. In many instances, plus-size offerings aren't stocked in stores at all, but rather, only sold online. This affects the styles that are offered, too. “Even brands that see that women of size need more options and more…
Emotional implications also lie in questions like "When are you going to have kids?" "It implies that somebody wants kids," says Gloria Osborne, a cognitive behavioral therapist, and licensed clinical social worker. "You're asking them when they want to have kids as opposed to asking, 'Well, have you thought about having kids?' It's a very different question. When you ask…
Anecdotally, people online have been commiserating over all manner of allergy symptoms and speculating why they feel worse than ever. And the science proves it: Allergies are worse this year. According to recent research and forecasting, 2021 is shaping up to be a brutal allergy year. Just like 2020, 2019, and 2018 were before it.…
