It may look inoffensive, but on the streets of Poland the rainbow bench has become a battleground amid a backlash from the conservative mainstream. Some local authorities have even declared their jurisdictions LGBTQ-free zones. Also in today’s Daily Dose: the burden on African American caregivers and a Victorian rat-catcher.
| Cultural expectations can weigh extra heavily on African Americans. The financial strain on African American caregivers is particularly acute compared with their White counterparts when it comes to caring for loved ones. Generally, African American caregivers have lower household incomes than White caregivers, but they spend similar amounts of money on caretaking, according to research by the AARP. Effectively, they face a greater financial “care burden.” In fact, African American caregivers are about four times as likely as Whites to spend more than a third of their annual income on care costs. | READ NOW |
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| | Dave Rubin draws millions of eyeballs to his home for the a-religious right. What do you call a "lifelong lefty," former Daily Show intern and Big Apple comedian who, after gaining some fame as a Young Turks host advocating for gay marriage and marijuana legalization, soured on the progressive left? Describing himself as a “classical liberal” who agrees with conservatives on lower taxation and protecting free speech, Dave Rubin now runs with the self-proclaimed “Intellectual Dark Web,” a crowd of disaffected liberal academics and commentators without a political home whose major shared belief is a disdain for left-leaning rhetoric and activism. | READ NOW |
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| | | Rainbow-colored infrastructure is emerging as the next battleground for LGBTQ visibility in the conservative Central European nation. |
| | Getting off the treadmill and onto the trail can make you a better runner. Chances are, you'll be happier too. |
| | More than any other human, this man turned rats from pests into friends. |
| | Uncertainty over the president’s policies is causing investors to hold back. Critics say that’s good for Mexico. |
| | This Pacific nation offers easy access to Europe — but that may come back to bite it. |
| | Just before the presidential debate between President Jimmy Carter and challenger Ronald Reagan in 1980, the Reagan campaign received an unexpected boost. |
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