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• Minneapolis Curfew Sows Confusion For Those With Covid-19 Vaccine Appointments April 13, 2021
  Cities are hastily imposing curfews to squelch large demonstrations — criminalizing both protest and everyday life. The post Minneapolis Curfew Sows Confusion For Those With Covid-19 Vaccine Appointments appeared first on The Intercept.
• Sen. Mark Kelly Is Emerging as an Obstacle to the PRO Act April 13, 2021
  Sen. Angus King, meanwhile, has been "inundated" by supporters and opponents of the sweeping labor law reform. The post Sen. Mark Kelly Is Emerging as an Obstacle to the PRO Act appeared first on The Intercept.
• Biden Looks to Extend Trump’s Bolstered Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentencing April 12, 2021
  Over 100 advocacy groups sent a letter to Congress opposing the “hardline anti-science policy,” which applies to a broad range of fentanyl-related substances. The post Biden Looks to Extend Trump’s Bolstered Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentencing appeared first on The Intercept.
• Petrobras ordena manutenção que provoca aglomeração de milhares de trabalhadores em refinarias April 12, 2021
  Trabalhos já foram adiados, mas sindicato argumenta que estatal poderia adiar mais. A taxa de contaminação entre os funcionários é o dobro da população em geral. The post Petrobras ordena manutenção que provoca aglomeração de milhares de trabalhadores em refinarias appeared first on The Intercept.
• The Long Shadow of Virginia’s Death Penalty April 11, 2021
  Virginia made history when it abolished capital punishment. But for those who were proximate to the state’s 113 executions, closure remains complicated. The post The Long Shadow of Virginia’s Death Penalty appeared first on The Intercept.

Trending Topic

• Raptor rapture: A Q&A with Jonathan Meiburg
  A raptor in the Falkland Islands, the striated caracara, was a mystery to Charles Darwin. Jonathan Meiburg talks about solving the puzzle.
• ‘First Person Singular’ delves into lost love and strange happenings
  Japanese writer Haruki Murakami offers a collection of imaginative short stories with skewed elements that his many fans are sure to applaud.
• Harpies, sirens, and other ‘nasty’ women: Going beneath misogyny.
  Mythology is rife with female monsters. Essayist Jess Zimmerman sees their stories not as cautionary tales, but as inspiration for powerful women.
• Marriages of long standing are tested in quiet, contained ‘Good Company’
  Long-time couples and old friendships come under scrutiny in Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney’s highly anticipated second novel.
• Beyond Jackie Robinson: The unsung heroes of the Negro Leagues
  Jackie Robinson may have been the first Black player in the majors, but others soon followed – an exodus that spelled the end of the Negro Leagues.

Inovation

• Extremist Facebook groups still active despite bans, report says
  More than 100 groups tied to QAnon, boogaloo, and militia movements that glorified violence during the 2020 election still have an active presence on Facebook with nearly 27 million followers.
• Another hacking incident highlights growing cybersecurity threat
  A hack on file-transfer company Accellion in December has affected dozens of companies and government agencies on at least four continents. The incident highlights the growing threat of hackers getting hold of sensitive data through third-party services.
• The internet breaks too easily. Can that be fixed?
  As the internet has become dominated by a handful of tech giants, outages have become routine. Some people seek a less-centralized model.
• Eye in the sky: Did Baltimore’s aerial surveillance program go too far?
  A federal appeals court is set to consider the constitutionality of a police surveillance program conducted last year in the skies over Baltimore.
• Facebook reverses news ban in Australia. A global precedent?
  The Australian government and Facebook have come to an agreement on a law that would make digital giants pay for journalism. Facebook’s cooperation is seen as a major victory in Australia’s efforts to curb Big Tech and could set a precedent for other countries.

Politics

• Biden aid for Black farmers: The view from one Louisiana farm
  Racial equity toward farmers is an overt goal of President Biden’s pandemic relief. For many Black farmers, the aid only begins to address the gaps.
• With racial justice in mind, US rethinks highways
  When interstate highways were built they often sliced through Black neighborhoods, disrupting and devastating thriving communities. Now, there is increasingly political will – and, potentially, congressional funding – to reroute those expressways.
• Republican unity? Trump offers different take at donor meeting
  At GOP donor meeting, Donald Trump veered from prepared remarks Saturday and slammed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Republicans.
• ‘An enormous waste’: How stimulus checks play in red-state America
  Many see the relief bill as padded with unnecessary items, further ballooning the national debt even as the economic outlook is improving.
• Is the political scandal dead? Gaetz, Cuomo scoff at resigning.
  As Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz finds himself embroiled in a federal sex trafficking probe, politicians from both parties in recent years have ignored calls to resign amid allegations of impropriety, pushing through scandals that might previously have sunk them.