Despite new law to require paid sick-time for workers, many companies aren’t bound by it

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) speaks to reporters announcing that House Democrats and the White House had come to an agreement on the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, in Washington, Friday, March 13, 2020. She is joined by, from left, Reps. Gil Cisneros (D-Calif.), Susie Lee (D-Nev.), and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.). (Samuel Corum/The New York Times) ... Read More

Juneteenth: A Truer Independence Day

The official end of slavery in America more fully embraces the self-evident truth of all people as created equal. What, to black Americans, is the Fourth of July? To the slave, as Frederick Douglass famously said, it is “a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him,” Douglass continued, “your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license; your national greatness,... Read More

Standing Between White Privilege and Black Disprivilege: An Asian American Perspective

How do I as a Chinese-American view the protests that have swept across our country? As protests have swept across the United States in the aftermath of the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and others, the sign Black Lives Matter has been on prominent display. The tipping point has been reached. Demonstrators have marched in all 50 states calling for the end of racial violence against black people. There is the occasional rejoinder, White Lives Matter or All Lives... Read More

A Truer Independence Day Tomorrow

Juneteenth may more fully embrace the self-evident truth of all people as created equal. What, to black Americans, is the Fourth of July? To the slave, as Frederick Douglass famously said, it is “a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him,” Douglass continued, “your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling vanity; your... Read More

Don’t Scoff at ‘Social Justice.’ Don’t Anchor Yourself to It, Either.

Today’s progressive activists have plenty in common with the biblical prophets. But some differences are too vast to ignore. Not many soon-to-be parents have the delight of saying, “Grandmother, guess what? You are going to be a great-grandmother!” My own grandmother eventually received four such announcements from me. Her response was always the same: “I don’t know why anyone would bring a child into this world.” She was glad to hold those great-grandchildren... Read More

Florida now requires regular, repeat coronavirus tests for nursing home staff

“To have the periodic testing every two weeks, that is more surveillance-style testing. You test once and you’re negative, that’s great,” DeSantis said Tuesday, when he announced the new policy at a Tallahassee press conference. “But you can get it two weeks later. So to constantly go back to the staff — which will be the entry point for this — is something that is very, very significant.” ... Read More

No, it’s not a movie but critics are drawing comparisons to Jurassic Park. Is a plan to release genetically modified mosquitoes in the Florida Keys safe?

How it works is that male mosquitoes are engineered to pass a gene to female offspring that prevents the females from surviving until adulthood. Females are key because they bite humans, whereas males don’t. With fewer females to mate with, the population declines, thereby spreading less disease. ... Read More

Florida ban on sunscreen restrictions goes to Gov. Ron DeSantis for signature

“Rather than stopping pollution at the source, the bill is full of bureaucratic housekeeping and weak, inadequate measures,” the Florida Conservation Voters said in a news release. “Rather than mandating strict nitrogen reduction standards for septic systems, it merely moves the regulation of septic tanks from the Department of Health to the Department of Environmental Protection. Rather than enacting stricter pollution standards for agricultural operations, it doubles down on... Read More