Can we all be better Earthlings?

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🗓️ 22 April 2020

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

On Earth Day, Sarah Kaplan asks how we can be better Earthlings. Seung Min Kim analyzes the new coronavirus response bill working its way through Congress. And Monica Hesse explains why we’re all having extra-weird dreams.

What does it mean to be a good Earthling?

The Senate has passed a $484 billion bill that would expand small-business aid and boost money for hospitals and testing. Will it be enough?

You’re not the only one having weird dreams. Being trapped in our homes has made our subconsciouses run wild.

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0:00.0	From the newsroom of the Washington Post,
0:05.5	Hi, this is Vanessa Williams from the Washington Post.
0:08.5	Hey, it's Philip Rutger at the Washington Post. Do you have a minute?
0:11.7	Hi, this is Dan Zag.
0:13.5	This is Post Reports. I'm Martine Powers.
0:17.5	It's Wednesday, April 22.
0:23.5	Today, what it means to be an Earthling?
0:26.5	Congress tries again to rescue small businesses,
0:30.0	and our coronavirus dreams.
0:35.0	Today is the 50th anniversary of the first Earth Day.
0:39.0	Science reporter Sarah Kaplan has been thinking about
0:42.0	what it means to be a good citizen of the Earth in 2020.
0:46.0	On April 22, 1970, millions of Americans went out into the streets
0:51.0	for what was a pretty unprecedented demonstration in defense of nature.
1:00.0	At the time, environmentalism wasn't really a concept that was widely acknowledged,
1:07.0	and there was a pretty general practice of disregarding the effect of our activities on the environment.
1:14.0	A unique day in American history is ending.
1:17.0	A day set aside for a nationwide outpouring of mankind seeking its own survival.
1:23.0	Earth Day.
1:24.0	No, it's New Year! That's all right!
1:27.0	That all motivated people to come out and protest for the environment,
1:32.0	kind of for the first time.
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