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I Grew Up Dirt Poor. I Can’t Let My Son Ruin His Life by Going to a Fancy College.
I fear he doesn’t understand what debt really means.
How Flying Got So Awful
A travel rush has spurred tensions in the skies. But it’s even deeper than that.
I Want to Make My Daughter Split Her Inheritance With Her Ex-Husband
We’ve always butted heads. Then she blew up their marriage.
Biden’s top-down booster plan sparks anger at FDA
Acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock sent a memo Tuesday evening to vaccine regulators, reiterating her support as frustration over the process spreads within their ranks.
CDC vaccine panel: Let regulators lead on Covid-19 booster shots
Regulators are now left to chart a path forward despite limited, and sometimes confusing, data on vaccines’ effectiveness over time.
The U.S. Could Soon, Finally, Embrace a Globally Popular Policy for Families
It’s one of the only countries, along with Papua New Guinea, that doesn’t have this universal program.
Dear Care and Feeding: I Think My Career-Focused, World-Traveling Sister Would Make a Bad Mother
Parenting advice on “bad” mothers, noise problems, and birth families.
Powell walks high wire as Fed plans to ease support for Biden’s economy
Central bank chief seeks to avoid market turmoil as president weighs tapping him for a second term.
U.S. jobless claims near pandemic low as economy strengthens
Thursday’s report from the Labor Department showed that jobless claims fell to 375,000 from 387,000 the previous week.
House Dem campaign chief warns the majority at risk without message reboot
“We’re not trying to hide this,” the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s executive director said.
Biden’s economic gains come with newer worries about the future
Some economists have already begun to ease back on forecasts for the rest of this year.
U.S. economy surpasses prepandemic size with 6.5% Q2 growth
The growth is another sign that the nation has achieved a sustained recovery from the pandemic recession.
News Roundup: Supreme Court move to erase Roe blasted by dissents; Ida delivers dangerous final hit
In the news today: As the Northeast reels from new flooding, most other news today focuses on the Supreme Court decision allowing a plainly Roe-violating Texas anti-abortion law to take effect—sneeringly, according to the court’s majority, because the Texas plan of using civilian bounty hunters to enforce the law is such a thorny procedural question that the hard-right court has no choice but to let abortions be effectively banned in the state while the court ponders the issue.
So much for the free market: Florida to fine private businesses that require proof of vaccination
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis reminds me of someone. Someone from popular culture. Is it Hannibal Lecter? Nah. Lecter was far more discriminate when it came to choosing his victims. President Camacho from Idiocracy? No way. Camacho at least showed glimmers of empathy. Gus the Field-Goal Kicking Mule? Closer, but no. Gus was actually good at something. Jim Carrey’s talking asshole from Ace Ventura? Much closer—especially this version. But not quite.
Candace Owens gets hypocritical after being refused for COVID-19 screening
Candace Owens has had a long track record of outrageous statements about, well, everything. Recently, she’s become both a COVID-19 denier of sorts—one who has proclaimed that health care should not be free.
Over 100 groups say reinstatement of Remain in Mexico in any form ‘would be a travesty’
Last week, the Supreme Court’s right-wing justices issued a stunning, unsigned order that forces the Biden administration to revive the previous administration’s cruel and unlawful Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) policy or Remain in Mexico. Now, more than 100 organizations are calling on the Biden administration to take “all necessary legal steps” to attempt again to end the policy, including issuing a new memo.
Abortion allows us to determine our own futures
By Aimee Registe, J.D. and Jasminee Yunus, J.D.
This story was originally published at Prism.
At midnight on Sept. 1, our greatest fears became a reality in Texas under Senate Bill 8, which bans abortion before most people even know they’re pregnant and deputizes strangers to sue anyone who supports or assists another person in accessing abortion in violation of the law.
Texas abortion ban spawns look-alike laws but could be short-lived
Top Republicans in other states say they are examining how the Texas law’s unique “private right of action” enforcement structure could be used for similar abortion bans.
Joe Manchin Says He Won’t Support Democrats’ $3.5 Trillion Budget Bill
The West Virginia moderate is urging his party to “hit the pause button” on its ambitious package of spending on climate, health care, immigration and more.
Jen Psaki Shreds Male Reporter With Response On Why Biden Supports Right To An Abortion
The president had vowed “a whole-of-government effort” following the Supreme Court’s decision to allow a restrictive abortion law in Texas to go into effect.
‘QAnon Shaman’ Reaches Plea Deal, Now ‘Repudiates’ Association With ‘Q,’ Lawyer Says
Jacob Chansley’s lawyer called for “patience and compassion” for his client, who he said has “genuine mental health issues.
I Found a Condom Wrapper at My Boyfriend’s Place—Should I Buy His Weird Explanation?
Do guys really do this?
All of Those ‘Hysterical’ Women Were Right
Updated at 10:35 p.m. ET on September 2, 2021Last night, the Supreme Court quietly green-lit the most extreme abortion ban the United States has seen in half a century: a Texas law that prohibits abortions at six weeks from a woman’s last period, even in cases of rape or incest, and that deputizes citizens to spy on women and sue anyone who helps someone obtain a prohibited abortion.
‘This Is Untenable’: Supreme Court Liberals Slam Decision On Texas Abortion Ban
The Texas law is “flagrantly,” “patently” and “obviously” unconstitutional, wrote Justices Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor in their dissents.
Five Justices Did This Because They Could
The conservative majority on the Supreme Court was so eager to nullify Roe v. Wade, the 1973 precedent securing the right to abortion, that it didn’t even wait for oral arguments.Instead, in the middle of the night, five of the high court’s conservatives issued a brief, unsigned order allowing a Texas law that bans abortion at six weeks.
Nancy Pelosi Announces Vote On Bill To Codify Roe v. Wade
The House speaker said she’s responding to the Supreme Court’s “cowardly, dark-of-night decision” decision to greenlight Texas’ extreme anti-abortion law.
Texas Republicans Got What They Wanted. They Might Regret It.
Gerald Ford supported abortion rights. George H. W. Bush supported abortion rights for the first two decades of his political career. As governor of California, Ronald Reagan signed one of the most permissive abortion laws in the nation.Over the four decades since 1980, however, the Republican Party has coalesced around a more radical brand of abortion politics. This week, the Republican-appointed majority on the U.S.
Stop Death Shaming
Adam Maida
A record of the plague dead: Stacy Forbess, 55, an Alabama twirling coach; Haley Mulkey Richardson, 32, a pregnant Alabama nurse; Cindy Dawkins, 50, a Florida restaurant worker; Martin and Trina Daniel, 53 and 49, a Georgia couple married for some 20 years; Lawrence and Lydia Rodriguez, 49 and 42, a Texas couple married for 21. All unvaccinated, and all whose deaths were covered by various papers and TV stations, with notes of shame or contempt subtle in some tales and bold in others.
