Everything You Need to Know About Nurse Ratched Before Watching the New Netflix Show

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When the world first meets Nurse Ratched, the cruel asylum nurse in Ken Kesey’s 1962 novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, she’s characterized in terrifying terms. She’s too comfortable unlocking doors, her movements sudden and unsettling. Cold air seems to follow her, and even the color of her fingernails sparks fear. “Funny orange,” the…

Many Young Americans Don’t Know Key Facts About the Holocaust. Now Is the Time to Fix the Way We Teach This History in the U.S.

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Holocaust education will soon reach a pivotal moment. Not too long from now, we will no longer be able to depend on first-hand accounts of the atrocities Holocaust survivors suffered at the hands of the Nazis while many collaborated and others stood witness. Now is the moment to reflect upon the horrors they lived through…

Voting By Mail? Here Are the Deadlines in Every U.S. State

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As COVID-19 continues to spread throughout the U.S., the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended Americans consider “voting alternatives” this fall to limit potential exposure to the virus. One alternative option is voting by mail, a practice that has been in place since the U.S. Civil War and carries a long history…

We Need a COVID-19 Vaccine. We Also Need Transparency About Its Development

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The authorization of an effective vaccine will mark perhaps the biggest turning point in the battle against coronavirus, but only if enough people are willing to get vaccinated. There have been substantial declines in public willingness to get vaccinated against COVID-19, despite immense, unprecedented public investments in vaccine development. In one survey, barely half of…

Democrats Just Won Several Major Lawsuits Over Mail Ballots—But Their Fight Is Far From Over

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After securing a several major court victories on Thursday, Democrats who have been worried about whether the United States Postal Service (USPS) is capable of efficiently and securely delivering ballots before Election Day, breathed a—temporary—sigh of relief. “We are fortunate to have a system where an attorney general could walk into a courtroom and make…