From the editor | January 16

It may look inoffensive, but on the streets of Poland the rainbow bench has become a battleground amid a backlash from the conservative mainstream. Some local authorities have even declared their jurisdictions LGBTQ-free zones. Also in today’s Daily Dose: the burden on African American caregivers and a Victorian rat-catcher.

Fay Schlesinger, OZY Managing Editor

News + Politics

The Unequal Financial Burden for Black Caregivers

Cultural expectations can weigh extra heavily on African Americans.

The financial strain on African American caregivers is particularly acute compared with their White counterparts when it comes to caring for loved ones. Generally, African American caregivers have lower household incomes than White caregivers, but they spend similar amounts of money on caretaking, according to research by the AARP. Effectively, they face a greater financial “care burden.” In fact, African American caregivers are about four times as likely as Whites to spend more than a third of their annual income on care costs.

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Meet the Hidden Conservative Media Player Shaking Up 2020

Dave Rubin draws millions of eyeballs to his home for the a-religious right.

What do you call a "lifelong lefty," former Daily Show intern and Big Apple comedian who, after gaining some fame as a Young Turks host advocating for gay marriage and marijuana legalization, soured on the progressive left? Describing himself as a “classical liberal” who agrees with conservatives on lower taxation and protecting free speech, Dave Rubin now runs with the self-proclaimed “Intellectual Dark Web,” a crowd of disaffected liberal academics and commentators without a political home whose major shared belief is a disdain for left-leaning rhetoric and activism.

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