Are you ready for the Roaring '20s?
CNN
Historian Nicole Hemmer outlines the telling parallels between the post-WWI, post-flu pandemic Roaring '20s and the current moment in America. We hunger for the same aliveness and creativity evident in the Jazz Age and the Harlem Renaissance, she writes, but we must guard against the surges of xenophobia and hate that previewed the total economic collapse to come during the Great Depression.
As vaccination rates have soared (even with all the new variants and surges adding some uncertainty to the mix) it's become clear that when the lockdowns finally lift, Americans will be primed for a new Roaring '20s, an exuberance expressed in fashion, art, music -- anywhere we can display the kind of manic joy that comes after a year when the world became very small and quiet.President Joe Biden has given permission to Ukraine to strike inside Russian territory with American munitions, though he has restricted their use so Kyiv can only hit targets over the border close to Kharkiv after Russia made significant advances around the city in the northeastern part of the country close to the Russian border, two US officials told CNN.