Powell is rolling back Fed aid to the economy. Here’s what comes next.
The long-awaited move signals both optimism about the pace of job growth and wariness about price surges that have pushed inflation up to its highest level in decades.
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“Blackness Itself Is the Crime”: Bishop William Barber on Racism in the Ahmaud Arbery Murder Trial
We speak with Bishop William Barber of the Poor People’s Campaign, who was one of the Black pastors who visited the trial of the three white men who hunted down and shot dead Ahmaud Arbery, where last week a defense attorney claimed Black pastors sitting with the Arbery family in the courtroom could be “intimidating” for the jury, which is almost all white.
Indigenous Amazonian Leader: We Must End Fossil Fuel Extraction to Protect the “Lungs of the Earth”
Among the unprecedented moments for Indigenous participation in the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow were the protests to protect the Amazon rainforest, the largest remaining rainforest on the planet, that activists argue is on the brink of ecological collapse.
News Roundup: Biden promises infrastructure is ‘just the beginning’; Republicans defend Gosar
In the news today: While President Biden vows the newly passed infrastructure bill is “just the beginning” of revitalization efforts, House Republicans are still focused on protecting even their worst members from consequences for their acts. Another revelation seems to confirm that Trump’s most vocal advocates for nullifying the election were swimming in a whole sea of crackpot conspiracy theories—and demanding Trump’s military act on them.
‘You belong’: Sesame Street to introduce first Asian American muppet in Thanksgiving special
Just when we think Sesame Street can’t do anything better, the muppets prove us wrong. Sesame Street continues to win hearts with its efforts toward inclusion and diversity. After creating a segment to address the rise in bullying and violence many Asian American children are facing, Sesame Street has announced is it getting a new member.
ICE ignores pleas for release and instead transfers remaining immigrants detained at New Jersey jail
New Jersey’s Bergen County was the remaining locality in the state to continue holding a federal immigration contract when the commissioner board voted unanimously last month to end the agreement. Last Friday, the remaining 15 immigrants at the jail were removed, a week ahead of schedule. It was the culmination of years of organizing by immigrants and advocates.
New Orleans sheriff desperate to keep predatory prison phone call rates for sake of budget
Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman is facing his first major challenger in years. The sheriff, who’s been in power for 17 years and automatically won his 2017 re-election bid because no one challenged him, has found himself in a runoff with former police monitor Susan Hutson. The two could not be more different in their approach to running the office that oversees Orleans Parish Prison.
Paul Gosar Faces Censure Vote Over Violent Anime Video Of Ocasio-Cortez, Biden
The far-right Arizona congressman, who was the keynote speaker at a white nationalist conference earlier this year, has not apologized for the video.
Right-wing media stops covering CRT in schools because I guess that’s over for now
In the run-up to the November elections a couple of weeks ago, right-wing operatives, news organizations, and politicians could not stop talking about the crisis of race and education and how American history is taught in our nation’s schools. The easily digestible catchphrase for it all was critical race theory, or CRT.
New Book Reveals What Trump Said In Earlier Takes Of His Jan. 6 Video
Donald Trump made multiple videos addressing the Capitol rioters before the one he ultimately tweeted, a White House aide told author Jonathan Karl.
Birds Fake Their Own Death to Scare Off Intruders
In the spring of 2019, the biologist Tore Slagsvold headed into the forests outside Oslo to stage a series of tiny crime scenes. He didn’t need bullets, or bootprints, or even bodies or blood; only a handful of plush, white feathers.Slagsvold’s audience was avian—the region’s blue tits and pied flycatchers. And with any luck, his faux, fluffy evidence was going to scare the bejesus out of them.
House GOP Lawmaker Takes Credit For Infrastructure Funding He Voted Against
Alabama Rep. Gary Palmer tweeted about how the legislation would help his constituents — even though he voted against it.
Trump Fanatic Who Electroshocked D.C. Cop On Jan. 6 Tries To Get His Confession Tossed
The Trump supporter, who electroshocked Officer Mike Fanone at the Capitol on Jan. 6, is trying to argue that he wasn’t properly advised of his rights.
Inflation Is Not The Biggest Thing Happening In The Economy Right Now
Family poverty has substantially declined thanks to the child tax credit.
Pfizer seeks emergency use authorization for Covid-19 antiviral pill
The pill, called Paxlovid, was slightly less effective when given up to five days after patients presented symptoms, Pfizer said.
We Live By a Unit of Time That Doesn’t Make Sense
Days, months, and years all make sense as units of time—they match up, at least roughly, with the revolutions of Earth, the moon, and the sun.Weeks, however, are much weirder and clunkier. A duration of seven days doesn’t align with any natural cycles or fit cleanly into months or years.
Kyle Rittenhouse Is No Hero
As the Kyle Rittenhouse trial comes to a close, two things are becoming clear at once. First, absolutely no one should be surprised if Rittenhouse is acquitted on the most serious charges against him. And second, regardless of the outcome of the trial, the Trumpist right is wrongly creating a folk hero out of Rittenhouse. For millions he’s become a positive symbol, a young man of action who stepped up when the police (allegedly) stepped aside.
Historian Alfred McCoy Predicts the U.S. Empire is Collapsing as China’s Power Grows
President Joe Biden’s virtual summit Monday with Chinese President Xi Jinping follows the two countries’ announcement just days earlier they will work together to confront the climate emergency after Xi did not attend the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow. Tension has been mounting between the two superpowers, especially over Taiwan and Hong Kong, with some speculating that a new Cold War is developing.
“Hell on Earth”: Millions of Afghans Face Starvation as U.S. & West Freeze Billions in Gov’t Funds
Humanitarian and economic conditions are rapidly deteriorating in Afghanistan, where the U.N. estimates that more than half of the population suffers from acute hunger. The country has fallen into an economic crisis after the U.S. and other Western countries cut off direct financial assistance to the government following the Taliban takeover in August. Taliban leaders are also unable to access billions of dollars in Afghan national reserves that are held in banks overseas.
The Personality Test in Your Closet
As a wearer of novelty T-shirts and lifelong collector of stuff, I’ve amassed quite a lot of tees over the years. A family road trip to the Ben & Jerry’s factory one summer in the 1990s netted a bright, tie-dyed number, while a recent pandemic acquisition, a forest-green long-sleeved tee, came from Mystic Muffin, a Toronto restaurant famous for its apple cake. I’ve misplaced the former somewhere in storage, but wear the latter all the time in cooler weather.
Tobacco lawsuits could upend Biden’s plan for historic menthol ban
The agency’s effort to decide which e-cigarettes can stay on the market could force it to confront the menthol question much sooner.
Dems’ plan to limit drug price inflation faces test in Senate
Attempts at price controls have to conform with the parameters of the reconciliation process they’re hoping to use to pass the social spending package on a party-line vote.
Emails reveal new details of Trump White House interference in CDC Covid planning
The documents released by a congressional committee lay out a timeline for how the Trump White House began to downplay the dangers posed by Covid-19.
Biden nominates Califf as FDA chief
The selection ends the administration’s lengthy search for a permanent FDA commissioner.
Will inflation ease by next November? That depends on Covid, Yellen says
“The pandemic has been calling the shots for the economy and for inflation,” Janet Yellen said.
Biden’s ‘I feel your pain’ conundrum
It’s tripped up the last two Democratic presidents and could trip up Biden too: How to sell a recovery when most voters aren’t feeling it.
Investors sour on cannabis after Democrats fail to help industry
Plummeting stock prices and lack of federal action has soured investors
‘Back into gear’: Solid jobs report boosts Biden’s case for recovery
“This recovery is faster, stronger, fairer and wider than almost anyone could have predicted,” Biden said.
Powell is rolling back Fed aid to the economy. Here’s what comes next.
The long-awaited move signals both optimism about the pace of job growth and wariness about price surges that have pushed inflation up to its highest level in decades.
East Timor Massacre Remembered: U.S.-Armed Indonesian Troops Killed 270 Timorese 30 Years Ago Today
Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Santa Cruz massacre in East Timor, when Indonesian troops armed with U.S. M16s fired on a peaceful memorial procession in the Santa Cruz cemetery in Dili, killing more than 270 East Timorese. Indonesia had invaded East Timor in 1975 and maintained a brutal occupation until 1999, when East Timorese voted overwhelmingly for independence in a United Nations referendum.