Jessica Bursztynsky

tech reporter at CNBC

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If you’re looking for love, is a potential mate more attractive if they’ve been vaccinated? Andy Slavitt, the White House Senior Advisor for COVID-19, thinks so.

Hot vax summer: Tinder and Hinge team up with White House to get folks vaccinated

If you’re looking for love, is a potential mate more attractive if they’ve been vaccinated? Andy Slavitt, the White House Senior Advisor for COVID-19, thinks so.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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Will Donald Trump be indicted over hush money payments to Stormy Daniels? Are liberals and conservatives far apart on climate? Should age matter for presidents?

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Panelists discuss the ongoing defamation case brought by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News, and a Texas school’s decision to discipline a teenager for raising safety concerns.

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The use of the century old Espionage Act in the Julian Assange case continues to set the chilling precedent of a bleak future in American journalism, a precedent that endangers even…

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After a murder on Veterans Row, finger-pointing goes beyond the suspect in the crime. Who’s to blame for the situation that led to the killing? It’s complicated.

from City of Tents: Veterans Row

California will not renew a $54 million contract with Walgreens after the chain announced it would not dispense mifepristone in at least 20 states.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The Iran-Saudi deal spells trouble for U.S. hegemony but potentially a new chapter of peace and prosperity in a deeply troubled world.

from Scheer Intelligence

Veterans Row is cleared from San Vicente Boulevard. What’s next for the veterans who found community there?

from City of Tents: Veterans Row

Two years after police cleared a large homeless camp and the city fenced Echo Park Lake amid massive protests, a new council member wants to bring down the chain link barrier.

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