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| | | | | | 1 big thing: The TikTok war |  | | | Illustration: Annelise Capossela/Axios | | | | The war in Ukraine has created a complex challenge in America's classrooms: How do we teach it? - Why it matters: There's no avoiding it. The war is right there on TikTok and Instagram, Axios' Erica Pandey writes.
What's happening: Kids — from elementary to high school — are constantly encountering images and videos from the war, and the resulting humanitarian crisis. And they have questions. - "I've been sprinkling it in almost every day," says Sari Beth Rosenberg, who teaches high school history in New York City. "When kids learn about World War II, it's in documentary footage. Seeing this stuff adds a more human element, and sensitizes them to what war really means."
What you can do: When it comes to younger kids, teachers and parents should explain the war and answer questions in clear and simple terms, says Dawn Huebner, a child psychologist in New Hampshire. Start by asking kids what they're already seen and heard and go from there. - "Explain it in a way that a child can relate to," she says. "Talk about bullying, or someone trying to take something that isn't theirs."
But it's important not to oversimplify. Educators and parents should tell kids that individuals — like Vladimir Putin — are perpetrating the violence, not the Russian people, Huebner says. - Assure young kids that while we care about what's happening in the world, we're personally far from danger.
Share this story. |     | | | | | | 2. Jill Biden's surprise Ukraine stop | | Dr. Jill Biden greets Ukraine first lady Olena Zelenska today in Uzhhorod, Ukraine. Photo: Susan Walsh/AP Dr. Jill Biden made an unannounced visit to Ukraine on Mother's Day to meet with Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska. - "I wanted to come on Mother's Day," the first lady said, per the White House pool. "I thought it was important to show the Ukrainian people that this war has to stop — and this war has been brutal, and that the people of the United States stand with the people of Ukraine."
The first lady visited the western city of Uzhhorod after meeting with refugees and volunteers at the Slovakia border crossing, as part of a four-day swing through Eastern Europe. - She met Zelenska at a public school being used as temporary shelter for 163 displaced Ukrainians, including 47 children.
🇨🇦 Also today, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a surprise visit to Irpin, Ukraine. | | | | | | | | 3. Social history: Ed Koch's double life | | In 1977, Mayor Ed Koch addresses supporters as Bess Myerson, his faux "first lady," looks on. Photo: Charles Ruppmann/New York Daily News via Getty Images Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch, who died in 2013 at age 88, was assumed to be gay — but, to the end, refused to say so. - "The New York Times has assembled a portrait of the life Mr. Koch lived, the secrets he carried and the city he helped shape as he carried them," Matt Flegenheimer and Rosa Goldensohn write at the start of their 4,900-word "The Secrets Ed Koch Carried."
- "The story of Mr. Koch that emerges from those interviews is one defined by early political calculation, the exhaustion of perpetual camouflage and, eventually, flashes of regret about all he had missed out on."
Why it matters: "[I]t is a reminder that not so long ago in a bastion of liberalism, which has since seen openly gay people serve in Congress and lead the City Council, homophobia was a force potent enough to keep an ambitious man from leaving the closet." Behind the scenes: In "Why We Wrote the Story," deputy managing editor Carolyn Ryan says Koch's dual lives are "especially resonant at this moment, as we watch openly gay politicians rise on the city and national stage, and gay rights once again become the center of major national debates." | | | | | | | | A message from Facebook | | Facebook has invested $16 billion to keep you safe on our platform | | |  | | | | Facebook invested $16B in safety and security over 6 years. The impact? - Quadrupled safety and security teams.
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Learn what's next. | | | | | | 4. 📊 Poll du jour | | Graphic: CBS News Following the leak of a Supreme Court draft overturning Roe, the share of voters who say abortion should be generally available has increased a bit, to its highest level, CBS News reports. - The CBS News/YouGov survey of 2,088 U.S. adults was conducted from Wednesday to Friday, and has a margin of error of ± 2.7 points.
Go deeper. | | | | | | | | 5. 📚 Esper: Trump envied Russian ships | | Photo: Norah O'Donnell interviews Mark Esper ... tonight, on "60 Minutes." Photo: CBS News We got our hands on a hard copy of former SecDef Mark Esper's "A Sacred Oath," out Tuesday. He writes that former President Trump, who fired him, had a penchant for aesthetics that extended to warships: On multiple occasions, the president complained that the U.S. Navy ships "look ugly," while the Russian and Italian ships, for example, "look nicer, sleeker, like a real ship." Maybe so, but as I told the president in defense of the Navy, "Our ships are built to fight and win, not win beauty contests; we prize function over form." That didn't satisfy him. — p. 197 Esper also recalls Trump obsessing about Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a pivotal witness in Trump's first impeachment trial: [T]he president asked me a couple of times about Vindman: "When will the Army kick him out?" he would say. It was surprising how animated one Army lieutenant colonel was able to make the leader of the free world. I never understood it. — p. 458 Two chapter titles give a sense of Esper's rollercoaster: "The Republic Wobbles" ... "October Surprises." | | | | | | | | 6. 🇭🇰 Hong Kong picks hardliner | | John Lee at a rally in Hong Kong on Friday. Photo: Kin Cheung/AP In an "election" where he was the only candidate, hardliner John Lee was named Hong Kong's new leader — a move by Beijing to tighten its grip on the city, BBC reports. - Lee oversaw the sometimes violent crackdowns on pro-democracy protests in 2019.
The 64-year-old replaces outgoing chief executive Carrie Lam. | | | | | | | | 7. 🏇 Biggest longshot in a century | | Rich Strike crosses the finish line. Photo: Rob Carr/Getty Images Aptly named Rich Strike, an 80-1 longshot, pulled off the second-biggest upset in the Kentucky Derby's 148-year history. - The chestnut colt paid $163.60.
Only Donerail, in 1913, had a higher payout — $184.90. Photo: Andy Lyons/Getty Images The field leaves the Churchill Downs starting gate. Photo: Brynn Anderson/AP Is the woman in the infield wearing the hat, or vice versa? | | | | | | | | 8. 🏎️ Fake marina takes Miami | | Marc and Isabella pose at the fake marina and beach club in Miami Gardens. Photo: Darron Cummings/AP Ahead of today's Formula 1 debut in Miami, a big pre-race attraction has been the Mia Marina — in landlocked Miami Gardens. - It's inside Turn 6 of the track built around Hard Rock Stadium, home of the Miami Dolphins. The 10 yachts are real. But the water is just plywood and a decal, AP reports.
- Tickets to the Yacht Club started at $9,500.
The race is the hottest ticket in sports right now: George Lucas was there yesterday, as were Greg Norman, Michael Strahan and Jeff Gordon. - Bills QB Josh Allen was hanging outside McLaren hospitality, waiting for his friend Daniel Ricciardo.
Attendance was capped at 85,000 a day. A gondola takes guests from the marina to the Beach Club, where Post Malone went head-to-head with F1 qualifying. Miami International Autodrome, built around Hard Rock Stadium. Photo: Marco Bello/Reuters Zoom out: "Formula 1, which commands a vast international audience, is seeking to capitalize on its growing U.S. popularity, fueled in part by the success of the Netflix show 'Drive to Survive,' as NASCAR's television ratings have been in decline." —N.Y. Times | | | | | | | | A message from Facebook | | Privacy Checkup helps you stay informed and empowered on Facebook | | |  | | | | We want privacy to be as easy as possible for you. That's why we built the Privacy Checkup, so you can: - Strengthen your account security.
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