“If this decision doesn’t cry out for that, I don’t know what does,” the Democratic senator said after the conservative Supreme Court allowed the law to go into effect.
Larry Hogan said that messaging from both administrations about the pandemic has been problematic.
A federal eviction moratorium has already expired, while federal unemployment benefits are set to end on Sept. 6.
A case study in how the pandemic has affected people with disabilities — and what could be done about it.
The president did exactly the opposite of what had served him well with vaccines and his stimulus plan by promising an orderly exit but delivering a deadly mess.
Doug Robertson is the kind of doctor who eats his own dog food. As a gastroenterologist in the Department of Veterans Affairs health-care system, he is overseeing a 50,000-person study comparing two different ways to screen for colon cancer: Patients aged 50 to 75 are randomly assigned to receive either a colonoscopy or a fecal immunochemical test, which can be conducted at home and detects tiny amounts of blood in a patient’s poop.
Maybe the rise of the term fuckboy to mock men who can’t keep their Dickies zipped is a sign of progress. I’ll never forget when my middle-school social-studies teacher, introducing the class to the concept of sexism, filled the whiteboard with all the ugly words for female promiscuity—slut, whore, etc.—but could muster only praising (stud) or outdated (cad) terms for men.
How cavalier
people are—with language
and with silence.Any ghost will
tell you—the last thing
we meanto do
is leave you.This poem appears in the October 2021 print edition. When you buy a book using a link on this page, we receive a commission. Thank you for supporting The Atlantic.
It’s more complicated than it seems.
A popular saying in football is that a player’s best ability is his availability. The idea explains why injured players in professional football are often cut, released, or relegated to lesser roles. It’s why an NFL player’s history of missing games can keep him from getting a big contract. It’s why players who face criminal allegations are handled according to whether they’ll miss time on the field.
Parenting advice on sperm donors, medical mysteries, and sexual assault.
Dan Darling was the consummate evangelical insider, until he wasn’t. Over the years, he has run the communications shop for several big-name Christian organizations, most recently the National Religious Broadcasters, or NRB, an association of more than 1,000 Christian radio hosts, television producers, and other media professionals. But at the end of August, he was fired.
The lefty case against Jerome Powell almost makes sense. Almost.
Just asking questions, never learning a single thing.
I fear he doesn’t understand what debt really means.
The booster plan has caused turmoil within FDA and among public health experts.
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.
Major pharmaceutical companies are citing their role in fighting the pandemic as they lobby against Democrats’ bid to overhaul prescription drug policy.
Eighteen months into the pandemic, Louisiana and more than 20 other states are still trying to fill key gaps in data while fighting the most aggressive version yet of the virus.
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.
Parenting advice on upsetting retreats, unfair fundraisers, and a homophobic household.
Last year, I decided to try Utah again. Then came last week.
I’ve long relied on the hurricane evacuation adage “Cat 1 or 2, see it through; Cat 3 or more, hit the door.
Do guys really do this?
Biden laid blame for the sluggish growth of U.S. jobs on the “impact of the Delta variant” of the coronavirus.
Central bank chief seeks to avoid market turmoil as president weighs tapping him for a second term.
Thursday’s report from the Labor Department showed that jobless claims fell to 375,000 from 387,000 the previous week.
“We’re not trying to hide this,” the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s executive director said.
