Plus, the Taliban says women must study in all-female classrooms.
Biden travels West to tour wildfire damage and push his economic agenda; the Taliban says women must study in all-female classrooms. Tonight's Sentences was written by Jariel Arvin. President Biden makes his first trip West Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Getty -
President Joe Biden has begun a trip to three western states to assess wildfire damage, push his economic agenda, and campaign for California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is facing a recall election. [LA Times / Eli Stokles] -
Monday, the president met with fire officials in Idaho and surveyed wildfire damage in California; this evening, he will deliver remarks on the eve of Newsom's recall election. [CBS News /Ed O'Keefe and Kathryn Watson] -
California has been hit particularly hard this fire season: Nearly 7,000 wildfires — which experts say have been strengthened by dry conditions and heat linked to climate change — have blazed through 1.7 million acres. [Reuters / Kanishka Singh] -
While in Boise, Biden used the wildfires to promote his infrastructure plan, which includes measures meant to limit climate change, such as funding for a clean energy standard and electrification. Congress has not yet passed the plan, but Biden argued that if it does so, future fires may be avoided. [AP / Alexandra Jaffe and Darlene Superville] -
The president also hopes to use his political sway to push Newsom to victory in Tuesday's recall election. Republicans began a campaign to recall Newsom in the spring over perceived failures in handling the coronavirus pandemic. Quirks in the state's recall system mean rivals don't necessarily need majority support to become governor, and many in the GOP saw the recall as their best shot at the governor's mansion. [Vox / Andrew Prokop] -
On Tuesday, Biden will travel to Denver to push his economic agenda, again making the case that investing in his $3.5 trillion spending package will help fight climate change and improve the country's infrastructure. [CNN / Kate Sullivan and Jasmine Wright] The Taliban says Afghan women must attend female-only classrooms -
The Taliban have announced that Afghan women will be required to wear conservative Islamic clothing and that university classrooms must be separated by gender from now on, raising concerns that their pledge to rule more progressively than they did when previously in power was a lie. [Guardian / Hanna Ellis-Petersen] -
The international community has been watching Afghanistan to see how the Taliban would treat women's rights. After the group assumed control of the country in the late 1990s, women were not allowed to study or work outside the home. [Reuters] -
Some Afghan women responded to the announcement by the Taliban's higher education minister by sharing photos in traditional attire on social media. [Independent / Saman Javed] -
The news came as more than $1 billion in aid has been pledged for Afghanistan after UN Secretary-General Antonio Gutierrez warned that the country was perhaps facing its "most perilous hour," with poverty rates increasing and public services on the brink of collapse. [Reuters / Emma Farge and Michelle Nichols] -
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken promised $64 million in US support that will go directly to UN agencies and nongovernmental organizations "to meet critical health and nutrition needs, address the protection concerns of women, children, and minorities, to help more children — including girls — go back to school." [Washington Post / John Hudson] "Vox Sentences is my morning cup of reality. The daily updates are succinct, relevant, and clever, and they have become my go-to source for more in-depth coverage". —Woody, Vox contributor Justice Amy Coney Barrett said the Supreme Court is "not comprised of a bunch of partisan hacks" in a speech rejecting the notion that the court is driven by political views. [Chandelis Duster / CNN] -
Democrats unveiled a proposal Monday to hike the tax rate for corporations to 26.5 percent, institute a 3 percent tax on Americans making more than $5 million per year, and raise the top tax rate (for joint filers earning more than $450,000) to 39.6 percent in order to help pay for President Biden's $3.5 trillion infrastructure plan. [AP / Hope Yen and Lisa Mascaro] -
As vaccination rates increase, schools in New York City opened for more than a million students for the first time since March 2020. [NYT / Eliza Shapiro] "When we're in power, you can't stand still and say, 'Oh, we've got a lot going on, we'll get to politics when it comes around'. This is a four-year political fight, and I think this White House realizes that." Several years after US diplomats in Cuba claimed they were attacked by an invisible weapon, similar incidents continue to be reported around the world. Scientists haven't been able to determine a definitive cause, but the possibilities point toward something just as mysterious as the illness itself: the inner workings of the human brain. [Spotify] This email was sent to edwardlorilla1986.paxforex@blogger.com. Manage your email preferences or unsubscribe. If you value Vox's unique explanatory journalism, support our work with a one-time or recurring contribution. View our Privacy Notice and our Terms of Service. Vox Media, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, Floor 11, Washington, DC 20036.
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