Larry Bell is retiring, selling
The staff of The Wirecutter formed a union and will have a "digital picket line" if they can't agree on a contract with the New York Times by Black Friday. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSexF9gphF-L12PwPF_SQUTZ3mI-gr1wKErZZuUk23ccjODt_w/viewform
So that makes three suburban Detroit communities that elected Arab-American Muslim mayors.
Dearborn Heights also elected an Arab-American mayor. The city council appointed Bazzi to the position earlier this year following the death of the previous mayor from COVID-19, but Bazzi was elected to the position yesterday.
Hamtramck also elected an Arab-American mayor by a huge margin.
Dearborn elected its first Arab-American mayor, and by a pretty healthy margin.
CDC advisors recommend vax for kids https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/11/02/cdc-advisers-recommend-pfizer-biontech-childrens-vacccine/
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