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Countries decry 'vaccine nationalism' as poorer nations struggle for access to shots
Seventy-five countries around the world called for an end to what they describe as “vaccine nationalism” in a joint letter to the United Nations this month. “The pandemic knows no borders,” the letter says in part.
8 min read - NewsAmy Capetta
Target Is Rolling Out a Shopping Cart for Special-Needs Children
Target recently announced that the majority of its stores will be offering at least one Caroline's Cart, a shopping cart designed for children with special needs.
- NewsJennifer O'Neill
In Praise of Target’s New Gender-Neutral Home Line for Kids
Target is launching a new line of children’s home goods that doesn’t identify pink items as girls’ or blue as boys’ because as a company rep said, “We really wanted to develop a collection that would be universal,” and asked, “Who are we to say what a child’s individual expression is?”
- NewsRachel Bertsche
Mom Thanks 'Magic' Target Staff for Surprising Daughter
A thank-you message to the Target staff who brightened a young girl’s Christmas is going viral on Facebook. Michele Berg says the one thing her 9-year-old daughter Natalie wanted for Christmas was a talking My Friend Cayla Doll. Because of the toy’s $60 price tag, it was one of Natalie’s only gifts — she received two other small toys, but Cayla was the big present, Michele explained in her Facebook post.
- NewsSarah Chang
7 Things You Should Never Touch at a Big-box Store
With Black Friday on the horizon you’re probably thinking about that great deal you’re going to score. Or you’re busy planning your ever-growing holiday gift list. But this Black Friday, you may be bringing home more than you bargained for — your favorite big-box stores are some of the germiest places out there, harboring bacteria like E. coli and MRSA, and even fecal matter. Yuck.
- NewsMolly Shea
Target’s ‘Obsessive Christmas Disorder’ Sweater Is No Laughing Matter
(Photo: Target) It’s officially holiday season, which means stores are stocking up on ugly sweaters perfect for Yankee gift swaps and frat parties alike. It’s all in good cheer — except for one sweater from Target that’s spurring backlash from angry customers. For $22.40, buyers can wear their OCD, or obsessive Christmas disorder, on their chests. Obsessive Christmas disorder could sound a little cute — until you remember that for the roughly 2.2 million Americans who battle obsessive-compulsive
- NewsRachel Bertsche
'Priceless' Target Ad Goes Viral for All the Right Reasons
A new Target ad featuring a girl with a disability is getting an outpouring of support from parents applauding the retailer for including kids with special needs in its campaign. The advertisement, included in Target’s weekly mailer, shows a number of kids wearing different Halloween costumes. One of the children is a young girl with leg braces, dressed as Frozen’s Queen Elsa. It was a casting decision that didn’t go unnoticed by Jen Spickenagel Kroll, who posted a note on Facebook thanking t
