Biden administration likely to miss July 4 vaccine target as new Covid strain surges
The setback comes amid a drop in the nation’s vaccination rate and difficulties in convincing younger Americans in particular to seek out the shot.
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Our New Postracial Myth
The signposts of racism are staring back at us in big, bold racial inequities. But some Americans are ignoring the signposts, walking on by racial inequity, riding on by the evidence, and proclaiming their belief with religious fervor. “America is not a racist country,” Senator Tim Scott said in April.Black babies die at twice the rate of white babies.
From Black Lung to BlackRock: Striking Alabama Coal Miners Protest Wall St. Financiers of Warrior Met
More than a thousand coal miners at Warrior Met Coal are now in the third month of their strike in the right-to-work state of Alabama. The miners walked off the job on April 1 after their union, the United Mine Workers of America, called the first strike to hit the state’s coal mining industry in four decades.
Western States Face Record Heat & Historic Drought, But GOP Rejects Green Infrastructure Funding
As lawmakers in Washington continue to negotiate over an infrastructure bill that Democrats say needs to include major new funding to address the climate crisis, much of the U.S. is experiencing record heat, with many western states seeing record temperatures, drought and water shortages. “The climate crisis is here now,” says climate and energy researcher Leah Stokes, an assistant professor of political science at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Republicans Won’t Even Debate “For the People Act” as They Flood States with Voter Suppression Bills
Senate Republicans are expected to use the filibuster to block debate on the For the People Act, a sweeping bill that would protect voting rights across the United States and improve ballot access. The Senate vote comes as Republican state lawmakers are passing sweeping measures to suppress the vote. According to the Voting Rights Lab, 18 states have enacted more than 30 laws to restrict voting since the November election.
Dear Care and Feeding: My Reckless In-Laws Want to Take My Son on Vacation
Parenting advice on drinking and driving, free-range parenting, and SIDS.
My Mother-in-Law Blew All Her Money and Now Wants Her Kids to Support Her
Neither of her children wants to keep bailing her out.
Investment Firms Aren’t Buying All the Houses. But They Are Buying the Most Important Ones.
Invitation Homes bought 90 percent of the homes for sale in some ZIP codes in Atlanta in the early 2010s.
It’s Hard to Make America More Fun When There Are So Many Guns
The unexamined enemy of great public design.
Guinea declares end to latest Ebola outbreak
The latest outbreak was the first to emerge in Guinea since a deadly outbreak from 2014 to 2016.
Million-dollar lotteries fail to cut through vaccine apathy
Prizes and giveaways appear to offer diminishing returns as the number of persuadable adults gets smaller.
CDC Director: Delta variant to ‘probably’ become dominant strain in U.S.
Research from Scotland released this week showed the variant made hospitalization more than twice as likely than for patients with the Alpha variant.
A ‘humble’ Fed ramps up inflation forecast as prices jump
Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank still expects rising inflation to subside in the coming months but underscored that he will be watching the data to see if that’s wrong.
Soaring prices draw both shrugs and screaming in Washington
A continued inflation spike could make it a lot harder for the president to push through trillions of dollars in additional federal spending.
Biden’s back door to wage hikes
Income growth has been relatively strong, particularly in the last couple of months, despite disappointing overall job growth.
Bargain hunters pounce as Trump condo prices hit decade lows
It’s a stunning reversal for a brand that once lured the rich and famous willing to pay a premium to live in a building with Trump’s gilded name on it.
‘Hard to love it’: Modest job gains leave lingering doubts about recovery
The figure will provide some relief to the White House after the April report, but it’s well short of the pace predicted by many economists earlier this year.
Kyrsten Sinema’s Filibuster Stand: If Democrats Pass Bills, GOP Can Just Overturn Them Later
The Arizona Democrat argued in an op-ed that preserving the Senate minority rights is more important than passing legislation amid threats to democracy.
‘Clueless’ Jim Jordan’s Attack On Biden Backfires Spectacularly On Twitter
The Ohio congressman’s critics stepped in with a blunt reminder of recent history.
News Roundup: Infrastructure ‘bipartisanship’ still not a thing; DeSantis steals Trump’s crown?
In the news today: The Senate continues to plod its way towards a recognition that Republicans won’t be contributing to a “bipartisan” infrastructure plan or anything else. A new straw poll ranks Florida Man and Trump impersonator Ron DeSantis over Trump himself in Republican 2024 presidential preferences, so get ready for some truly blistering Trump attacks. In the meantime, Texas Gov.
Trump reportedly lamented that ‘the Blacks hate me’ in 2020
Republicans right now are wound up about critical race theory, arguing that teaching about racism, or that there are historical problems with racism are problematic and must be stopped. Why, with the passage of the Juneteenth federal holiday, Republicans would like to point to the fact that racism is clearly just a problem in the past.
How far in the past? In explosive revelations published by Politico, it appears not far at all.
The ad launching Dr. Chris Jones’ campaign for Arkansas governor will blow you away
Dr. Chris Jones, physicist, nuclear engineer, urban planner, and pastor, has launched his campaign to become the next governor of Arkansas with a powerful ad. He is the second Black man to do so in over 100 years; the first was businessman Josiah Homer Blount, in 1920, and another Black Democratic candidate, Anthony Bland, is formally announcing his run on Wednesday.
How teens are using online platforms to call out racism in high school
This story was originally published at Prism.
By Umme Hoque
An open letter from AAPI high school students in Massachusetts begins with a simple statement: “We are high school students from Boston, Malden, and Quincy, members of the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center (BCNC) Youth Center. We ask educators and superintendents to address the surge of anti-Asian racism that followed the COVID-19 outbreak.
Republicans run into early headwinds in two critical Senate races
Last year, Senate Republicans were already feeling so desperate about their upcoming midterm prospects that they rushed to wish Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa a speedy and full recovery from COVID-19 so that he could run for reelection in 2022. The power of incumbency is a huge advantage for any politician, and Republicans were clinging to the idea of sending Grassley—who will be 89 when the ’22 general election rolls around—back to the upper chamber for another six-year term.
Democratic Senator Defends Membership In All-White Beach Club
Sheldon Whitehouse told a reporter that whites-only clubs are “a long tradition in Rhode Island” and he thinks “we just need to work our way through the issues.
‘Arrogant’ Meghan McCain Angers Twitter Users Over Joe Biden Attack
The “View” co-host claimed that the president’s support of abortion rights was “doing grave spiritual harm to himself and harm to this country.
The Atlantic’s Floodlines Wins 2021 Peabody Award
The Atlantic’s narrative podcast Floodlines has won a 2021 Peabody Award. The eight-part series, hosted by senior editor Vann R. Newkirk II and executive produced by Katherine Wells, reported on New Orleans after its 2005 flood, and examined how Hurricane Katrina has shaped the city and its residents’ lives in the years since it devastated the Gulf Coast. This is The Atlantic’s first Peabody Award.