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What would a world without women look like? On March 9, Mexico may find out
Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement After a string of gruesome killings of women, feminist activists here began wondering: What if we all just disappeared?Mexico is about to find out. Women across the country are being urged to skip work next Monday, stay off the streets and purchase nothing for 24 hours.The March 9 national strike, which is being promoted as #UNDIASINMUJERES, or “a day without women,” is meant to deliver an economic punch to cast light on what activists describe as a crisis of violence.“We want to make visible the violence that women suffer in every...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement After a string of gruesome killings of women, feminist activists here began wondering: What if we all just disappeared?Mexico is about to find out. Women across the country are being urged to skip work next Monday, stay off the streets and purchase nothing for 24 hours.The March 9 national strike, which is being promoted as #UNDIASINMUJERES, or “a day without women,” is meant to deliver an economic punch to cast light on what activists describe as a crisis of violence.“We want to make visible the violence that women suffer in every...WW…
Meghan McCain apologizes for previously backing Trump's anti-Asian rhetoric
Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement After last week — including six women of Asian descent — Meghan McCain, cohost of “The View,” expressed regret about her previous comments that supported former President Trump’s anti-Asian rhetoric.“STOP ASIAN HATE” she tweeted Wednesday, punctuating her message with three broken-heart emojis.Thousands responded to her post with likes. But for TV host John Oliver, who by placing the shootings in the context of , McCain’s actions rang hollow.Pointing to a clip from a March 2020 episode of “The View,” in which McCain said she had no...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement After last week — including six women of Asian descent — Meghan McCain, cohost of “The View,” expressed regret about her previous comments that supported former President Trump’s anti-Asian rhetoric.“STOP ASIAN HATE” she tweeted Wednesday, punctuating her message with three broken-heart emojis.Thousands responded to her post with likes. But for TV host John Oliver, who by placing the shootings in the context of , McCain’s actions rang hollow.Pointing to a clip from a March 2020 episode of “The View,” in which McCain said she had no...WW…
Public officials move to muzzle violent outbursts by anti-maskers
Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Leading public health authorities all but beg people to wear them. Local, state and federal government officials are imploring, and in two-thirds of states, mandating, citizens to don them in public. Even the most mask-averse potential “role model,” President Trump, has intermittently begun sporting one. The public, according to research polls, itself signals support for government-imposed mask mandates and most people say they are themselves wearing masks to protect others and, to some extent, themselves, from the deadly...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Leading public health authorities all but beg people to wear them. Local, state and federal government officials are imploring, and in two-thirds of states, mandating, citizens to don them in public. Even the most mask-averse potential “role model,” President Trump, has intermittently begun sporting one. The public, according to research polls, itself signals support for government-imposed mask mandates and most people say they are themselves wearing masks to protect others and, to some extent, themselves, from the deadly...WW…
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