9 Best Articles in 2021
The New York Times
A Senate Recess Can Wait. Americans Need Help Now.
The New York Times
4 min read · 14 saves · 2020-05-22 · Facing a calamity on par with the Great Depression, the Senate decides to take a vacation.
Guardian politics
UK coronavirus live: Parliament to close early for Easter recess
Guardian politics
2 min read · 17 saves · 2020-03-25 · Rolling coverage of all the UK developments in the coronavirus crisis
Big Think
Why more play is the key to creativity and productivity
Big Think
2 min read · 12 saves · 2019-10-24 · Adult recess and other apparently ridiculous activities may be one of the best ways to feel, work, and be better.
The New York Times
Top Democrats Press for Postal Service Officials to Testify
The New York Times
5 min read · 18 saves · 2020-08-16 · House Democrats are weighing cutting short their summer recess to approve legislation that would counter changes that critics say undermine casting ballots by mail.
recess-labs.com
Recess Labs
recess-labs.com
4 min read · 14 saves · From 2017 · We're a community of people playing around with ideas at the cutting edge of tech, design, and product.
Inc.
Want to Raise Successful Boys? Science Says Do This (but Their Schools Probably Won't)
Inc.
6 min read · 35 saves · From 2017 · Students--and especially boys--need hours of physical activity every day. They don't get enough because their schools won't let them.
Guardian politics
Brexit: Hammond says Boris Johnson wrong to claim that progress being made in talks with EU
Guardian politics
5 min read · 15 saves · 2019-09-03 · Parliament to resume after summer recess amid Boris Johnson threat to call snap election
Aeon+Psyche
Children today are suffering a severe deficit of pla...
Aeon+Psyche
~19 min read · 25 saves · From 2015 · Children today are cossetted and pressured in equal measure. Without the freedom to play they will never grow up
The New York Times
House Democrats Issue First Subpoena in Ukraine Impeachment Inquiry
The New York Times
2 min read · 15 saves · 2019-09-27 · With lawmakers headed to their districts for a two-week recess, Democrats are working on two tracks, charting their investigation and honing their message.
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Guardian politics
Brexit: parliamentary recess from Thursday hits hopes for deal approval
Guardian politics
1 min read · 2020-12-16 · Move seen as political theatre as talks in Brussels continue, but may not preclude recall of MPs and peers
CSPAN
Protestors Storm Capitol; House and Senate in Recess
CSPAN
Jan 6th · The U.S. House of Representatives and Senate met in a joint session to tally the results of the Electoral College ballots for president and vice president in the 2020 election.
NPR
Congress Forced To Recess Amid Debate Over Electoral College Votes
NPR
4 min read · Jan 6th · Deirdre Walsh · As Wednesday's tally of the Electoral College vote highlighted a bitter divide between the parties, the Capitol went into a lockdown because of protests.
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Guardian politics
Labour exploring rapid no-confidence vote in PM in early September
Guardian politics
3 min read · 11 saves · 2019-08-12 · Shadow home secretary says MPs need to act quickly after recess to avert no-deal Brexit
Forbes
Congress Considers Federal Crypto Regulators In New Cryptocurrency Act Of 2020
Forbes
4 min read · 11 saves · 2019-12-19 · As Congress prepares to recess for the holidays, it is a fitting end to 2019, notably marked by the reaction of U.S. lawmakers to the introduction of Project Libra by Facebook, that a bill has…
VICE News
More than 200 Republicans in Congress are skipping February town halls with constituents
VICE News
4 min read · 10 saves · From 2017 · Members of Congress are set to return to their districts this weekend for their first week-long recess since Trump’s inauguration. Heading home during legislative breaks is nothing new, but this year most Republicans are foregoing a hallowed recess tradition: holding in-person town halls in which lawmakers take questions from constituents…
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On the Wildness of Children — Carol Black
carolblack.org
~17 min read · 26 saves · From 2016 · The Revolution Will Not Take Place in a Classroom
NBC News
Adults need recess too. Here's why you should make time to play.
NBC News
5 min read · 11 saves · From 2018 · Research has shown that adults, too, have a lot to gain from the act of playing.
POLITICO
Closing time
POLITICO
10 min read · 14 saves · 2020-04-15 · CAN HE DO THAT? — President Donald Trump said at tonight’s coronavirus briefing that he would exercise his “constitutional authority to adjourn both chambers of Congress” to allow him to make recess…