April 1, 2020 — Many emergency room workers remove their clothes as soon as they get home — some before they even enter. Does that mean you should worry about COVID-19 transmission from your own clothing, towels, and other textiles?
While researchers found that the virus can remain on some surfaces for up to 72 hours, the study didn’t include fabric. “So far, evidence suggests that it’s harder to catch the virus from a soft surface (such as fabric) than it is from frequently touched hard surfaces like elevator buttons or door handles,” wrote Lisa Maragakis, MD, senior director of infection prevention at the Johns Hopkins Health System.
for the complete article: webmd.com/lung/news/20200401
So, did you know there are three different ways states define “child marriage,” and that’s why sources disagree:
States with NO minimum age at all.
States with a full ban (18, no exceptions)
States with a minimum age + exceptions
It is now 2026, and child marriage is still legal in 33–34 U.S. states. Only 17 states and D.C. have fully banned it with no exceptions. Three states — California, Mississippi, and New Mexico — still have no minimum age at all, meaning a child of any age can legally be married with the right combination of parental or judicial approval. Between 2000 and 2021, over 315,000 minors were legally married in the U.S., and 86% of those marriages were between a minor girl and an adult man. Despite public assumptions, the U.S. still has one of the weakest child‑marriage protections in the developed world.
States that have fully banned child marriage (18, no exceptions)
17 states + D.C.
Delaware
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Rhode Island
New York
Massachusetts
Vermont
Connecticut
Michigan
Washington
Virginia
New Hampshire
Maine
Oregon
Missouri
Oklahoma
District of Columbia
These are the only places where child marriage is truly abolished.
It’s time for America to evolve from the misogynistic values of the 1600s to a future where no child’s life is shaped by outdated laws that were never meant to protect them. ~ Nativergrl77
(Sources: World Population Review, LegalClarity, FreedomUnited, Wikipedia)
So, as of June 2020, in the 40 states that have set a marriage age by statute, the lower minimum marriage age when all exceptions are taken into account, are:
2 states have a minimum age of 14: Alaska and North Carolina
3 states have a minimum age of 15.
21 states have a minimum age of 16.
10 states have a minimum age of 17.
4 states have a minimum age of 18.
The Koski/Heymann study found prevalence of child marriage varied from more than 10 per 1,000 in West Virginia, Hawaii and North Dakota to less than four per 1,000 in Maine, Rhode Island and Wyoming.[29]
In Texas from 2000 to 2014, almost 40,000 children were married.[30][31]
In Florida, 16,400 children, some as young as 13, were married from 2000–2017, which is the second highest incidence of child marriage after Texas.[15]
In Alabama there were over 8,600 child marriages from 2000 to 2015, the fourth highest amount of any state. However, child marriage in Alabama showed a large decline in that time. In 2000, almost 1,200 children married, but by 2014 it dropped to 190.[31]
In Virginia between 2004 and 2013, nearly 4,500 children were married according to the Tahirih Justice Center.[32]
In Ohio from 2000 to 2015 there were 4,443 girls married aged 17 and younger, including 43 aged 15 and under.[33]
In New York, more than 3,800 children were married between 2000 and 2010.[34]
The Koski/Heymann also found that only 20% of married children were living with their spouses; the majority of the rest were living with their parents.[29]
Source: wiki … please, definitely correct wiki if the information is false
In the U.S., federal law and most state laws prohibit armed federal forces and, in many states, armed local police from standing at polling places, except in narrow, legally defined situations.
Federal Law
Several federal statutes explicitly bar armed federal forces and law enforcement from polling places:
18 U.S.C. § 592 – Prohibits deploying federal troops or armed federal law enforcement agents to any polling place, except to repel armed enemies of the United States electiontaskforce.org+1.
18 U.S.C. § 594 – Makes it a federal crime to intimidate voters electiontaskforce.org.
42 U.S.C. § 1985 – Prohibits conspiracies to intimidate or injure voters in federal elections electiontaskforce.org.
Voting Rights Act, § 11(b) – Bars intimidation of voters by public or private entities electiontaskforce.org.
Posse Comitatus Act (1878) – Restricts the use of the U.S. Army and Air Force for domestic law enforcement, including election policing, unless Congress authorizes it electiondesk.org.
These laws mean that federal military or armed federal law enforcement cannot be stationed at polling places except in extremely narrow, historically rare circumstances Brennan Center for Justice+1.
State Law
While each state’s statutes differ, all states have restrictions on behavior at or near polling places to ensure voters can cast ballots without intimidation Katie Couric Media+1. Many states:
Directly prohibit armed personnel (including police) from entering polling places except for specific purposes such as:
Casting their own ballot
Responding to an immediate emergency at the request of election officials electiondesk.org
Ban firearms at or near polling locations for anyone, including law enforcement Katie Couric Media+1.
If you believe local police are violating these rules, you can document the incident and contact the Washington State Department of Elections or the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division.
The Chicago Public Schools boycott, also known as Freedom Day, was a mass boycott and demonstration against the segregationist policies of the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) on October 22, 1963.
More than 200,000 students stayed out of school, and tens of thousands of Chicagoans joined in a protest that culminated in a march to the office of the Chicago Board of Education. The protest preceded the larger New York City public school boycott, also known as Freedom Day.
In response to the school segregation enacted by Willis, community members began organizing resistance. Organizers included Chicago activist Albert Raby.[7] The Coordinating Council of Community Organizations (CCCO) took the lead, organizing “Freedom Day,” the mass boycott and protest.[8] According to the chairman of the CCCO, Lawrence Landry, “The boycott is an effort to communicate dissatisfaction on how schools are being run.”[9]The Chicago Defender estimated that forty percent of CPS students would participate in the boycott.[9]
On October 22, 1963, nearly half of all CPS students skipped school, leaving schools on Chicago’s South Side and West Side mostly empty.[3] The Chicago Tribune reported that 224,770 students were absent from CPS, amounting to 47 percent of the student population.[10] Some students opted to attend makeshift Freedom Schools instead.[11] In addition to the boycott, nearly 10,000 protesters marched in Chicago’s downtown, stopping outside the Chicago Board of Education offices. Chicago police kept protesters from entering the building.[5]
While Freedom Day was popular and widely covered, it did not have significant impact in changing the policies of Superintendent Willis. This de facto school segregation was supported by da Mayor Richard J. Daley,[7] who went on to nominate two school board members who did not support the CCCO’s push for integration. Ultimately, CPS was not moved to integrate after Freedom Day, despite the best efforts of Black activists and the CCCO.[8] Use of Willis Wagons prevailed,[4] and Willis himself did not retire until 1966 (albeit four months before the end of his term).[6] However, the size of the first Freedom Day protest inspired subsequent boycotts in Chicago[12] and the United States.[13][14]
Civil rights issues were on many Americans’ minds in 1963. The growing movement was hard to ignore, even if you didn’t participate. Activists protested racial segregation nationwide, and protests sometimes turned violent.
In the spring, youth in Birmingham, Alabama, demonstrated against segregation in their city. In late summer, the focus shifted to Washington, DC, when 250,000 Americans marched for jobs and freedom. By fall, the movement had come north to Chicago.
Segregation Is Not Just a Southern Problem
As a student in Chicago in 1963, you couldn’t choose where to go to public school. You had to attend the one in your neighborhood. Since the city’s neighborhoods were either black or white so were its schools. Public schools in black neighborhoods were often outdated and always overcrowded. Although Superintendent Ben Willis and the Chicago Board of Education tried to improve these conditions, they resisted integration.
Marching for Change
On October 22, 1963, a coalition of civil rights groups staged Freedom Day, a mass boycott and demonstration against segregated schools and inadequate resources for black students. Almost half of Chicago’s public school students skipped class, leaving many schools on the South and West Sides virtually empty.
The climax of Freedom Day was the march to the downtown office of the Chicago Board of Education. Thousands took to the streets, carrying signs that voiced their frustrations. Many targeted Superintendent Ben Willis, comparing him to segregationist George Wallace, the governor of Alabama. Police met the nearly 10,000 protestors and prevented them from entering the Chicago Board of Education building.
The protest ignited other demonstrations, each demanding an end to segregation in Chicago. Change occurred slowly, but this activism led to increasing support for integration and revealed that racial segregation extended beyond the south.
On October 22, 1986 President Reagan signed into law the Tax Reform Act of 1986.
Among its provisions, the law required that every dependent age 5 or older listed on a tax return had to have their own Social Security number. This new requirement doubled SSA’s enumeration workload in the following year. White House photo. SSA History Archives.
Source: Social Security Online Added by: Brandon samuels
The Tax Reform Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. §§ 47, 1042) made major changes in how income was taxed. The act either altered or eliminated many deductions, changed the tax rates, and eliminated several special calculations that had been permitted on the basis of marriage or fluctuating income. Though the act was the most massive overhaul of the tax system in decades, some of its key provisions were changed in the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1993 (107 Stat. 416).
ce suggests that it’s harder to catch the virus from a soft surface (such as fabric) than it is from frequently touched hard surfaces like elevator buttons or door handles,” wrote Lisa Maragakis, MD, senior director of infection prevention at the Johns Hopkins Health System.
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