The Year of the Neighborhood—if You Were Lucky
Cities splintered in the pandemic, but only some Americans got to enjoy a hyperlocal utopia.
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If Trump Really Wants to Kill the Relief Bill, Congress Can’t Stop Him
If he’s willing to do a coup, he’s probably willing to do this.
If Trump Really Wants to Kill the Relief Bill, Congress Can’t Stop Him
If he’s willing to do a coup, he’s probably willing to do this.
What the New Stimulus Bill Provides—and What’s Still Missing
Boosted unemployment insurance? Check. A continued eviction moratorium? Check. Checks? Check. But there’s still much more that we need.
What the New Stimulus Bill Provides—and What’s Still Missing
Boosted unemployment insurance? Check. A continued eviction moratorium? Check. Checks? Check. But there’s still much more that we need.
Feds may cut Moderna vaccine doses in half so more people get shots, Warp Speed adviser says
Federal officials have said the U.S. will need to vaccinate roughly 80 percent of the population to achieve herd immunity against the coronavirus.
Surgeon general defends integrity of Covid-19 numbers
Jerome Adams was responding to a presidential tweet saying the numbers are phony.
U.S. coronavirus cases eclipse 20 million
The 20 millionth case comes less than two months after the country tallied its 10 millionth.
How 100,000 Pacific Islanders got their health care back
For two decades, victims of U.S. nuclear bomb tests fought to obtain the Medicaid eligibility that was promised them. In the waning days of 2020, they won.
Fauci predicts normal life won’t return in U.S. before fall 2021
The assessment comes as the Trump administration appears poised to miss its year-end target to vaccinate 20 million Americans.
Trump backs down, signs stimulus package
A government shutdown was averted after the president approved the Covid relief package and annual spending bill.
Congress sends Covid package and spending measure to Trump
The president has thrown the fate of the bill into jeopardy.
Fed enters Biden era with clipped wings and a warning from Republicans
Congress curbed the central bank’s emergency lending despite the economy’s continuing struggles.
Biden adds former Obama budget official, onetime Warren aide to economic team
Biden added that the appointees have “broad viewpoints on how to build a stronger and more inclusive middle class.
Fed sees less severe recession this year but warns of tough winter
Officials said they expect the U.S. economy to shrink by 2.4 percent this year, a brighter forecast than they offered just three months ago.
Colonization Fueled Ebola: Dr. Paul Farmer on “Fevers, Feuds & Diamonds” & Lessons from West Africa
We continue our conversation with medical anthropologist Dr. Paul Farmer, whose new book, “Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds,” tells the story of his efforts to fight Ebola in 2014 and how the history of slavery, colonialism and violence in West Africa exacerbated the outbreak. “Care for Ebola is not rocket science,” says Dr. Farmer, who notes that doctors know how to treat sick patients.
Dr. Paul Farmer: Centuries of Inequality in the U.S. Laid Groundwork for Pandemic Devastation
As the United States sets records for COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations, we speak with one of the world’s leading experts on infectious diseases, Dr. Paul Farmer, who says the devastating death toll in the U.S. reflects decades of underinvestment in public health and centuries of social inequality. “All the social pathologies of our nation come to the fore during epidemics,” says Dr.
Why Britain Failed, Again
When Britain first went into lockdown to arrest the spread of the coronavirus last year, one had to contend with a number of mitigating factors when assessing the government’s performance. Yes, the country had suffered the worst death toll in Europe, and the worst economic slump, but Boris Johnson had “followed the science,” delaying a lockdown on the advice of his government’s medical and scientific advisers.
Trump’s Erratic Election-Eve Rally
During an election-eve rally in Dalton, Georgia, Monday night, President Donald Trump offered a wide range of lies, conspiracy theories, and hogwash, but he also said one thing that was unimpeachably true.“I don’t do rallies for other people,” he said. “I do rallies for me.”Ostensibly, Trump was in Georgia to campaign for Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, the two Republicans running to keep their seats in a runoff on Tuesday.
Monday Night Owls: The never-ending coup against Black America
Night Owls, a themed open thread, appears at Daily Kos seven days a week
16 DAYS UNTIL JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE
Zak Cheney-Rice at The Intelligencer writes—The Never-ending Coup Against Black America. Historically, “recovery” tends to look a lot like betrayal.
The last time I visited my grandparents’ hometown, I was researching an article about lynching.
Google workers form union, not to bargain a contract but to press the company to stop being evil
The tech industry’s overwhelmingly non-unionized status took a small but significant hit on Monday, with the announcement of the Alphabet Workers Union, a minority union at Google (the parent company of which is Alphabet). Their goal—at least in the short term—isn’t to win a union representation election and get the company to the bargaining table. It’s to create a platform to pressure the company on a range of issues as a group rather than as individuals.
‘I have a Bronze Star’: Black real estate photographer targeted for appearing to have taken a photo
Video shows a Black U.S. Army veteran questioned by Virginia police when a white resident came to the racist conclusion that a Black man sitting in his car must be committing a crime. Marlon Crutchfield was instead working as a real estate photographer when the nosy neighbor’s complaint attracted the attention of three cop vehicles on Dec. 21, 2020, Crutchfield said in the video he shot of Arlington County Police officers questioning him.
Republican sabotage of Social Security has left tens of thousands of eligible recipients without pay
Last month, in a report that got kind of lost in the ongoing coup efforts of Donald Trump and his pet Republicans, the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) inspector general (IG) office issued a scathing report on the agency’s performance during the pandemic. It’s not good. The inspector general is estimating that 27,724 eligible recipients have not received payments owed to them to the tune of $52.1 million.
Stacey Abrams says poor Republican response to COVID in Georgia could impact the special election
Stacey Abrams appeared on ABC’s This Week this Sunday morning to chat with Martha Raddatz about the Georgia senate runoffs, President-elect Joe Biden, and how truly serious it is to challenge elections—and why what she did after her governor’s race is so very different from what the Republicans cozying up behind Donald Trump is fruitlessly trying to do with the presidential election.
Law Firm Is Looking Into Partner’s Participation In Trump’s Disturbing Georgia Call
“We are concerned” about Cleta Mitchell’s participation in the call and are “working to understand her involvement more thoroughly,” said Foley & Lardner.