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.
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“The War Party”: Jeremy Scahill on How U.S. Militarism Unifies Democrats & Republicans
As Democrats in Congress struggle to pass the $1.75 trillion Build Back Better Act, there is large bipartisan consensus in the U.S. Congress to spend over $7 trillion over the next 10 years in military spending. The United States spends more each year on defense than China, Russia, India, the U.K., Germany, France, Japan, South Korea, and Australia combined.
“Furious and Disgusted”: Teen Survivor Speaks Out After Wealthy White Serial Rapist Gets Probation
The survivor of a serial rapist who received probation joins us to speak out after a New York judge sparked international outrage when he ruled it is inappropriate to jail the man who attacked her. Christopher Belter pleaded guilty to raping and sexually assaulting her along with three other teenage girls age 15 and 16, but he will avoid serving time in prison, and instead receive 8 years of probation.
“Why Are Ahmaud Arbery’s Killers So Scared?”: Self-Defense Claims by White Attackers Seen As Racist
Update on Nov. 24: Jurors on Wednesday afternoon returned guilty verdicts against all three of the white men charged with killing 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery in February 2020. Travis McMichael fired the fatal shots and was convicted on all counts, including the charge of malice murder. His father Gregory McMichael, a former police officer, and neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan were convicted of felony murder and other charges.
Can You Bankrupt White Supremacy? Jury Holds Charlottesville Organizers Liable for $26M in Damages
A federal jury has ordered a group of white supremacists to pay over $26 million in damages for their role in organizing the deadly 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. “Is bankrupting these organizations, is bankrupting these individuals enough to actually stop the growing threat … of white supremacy and Nazism in the United States?” asks Slate senior editor Nicole Lewis. “I don’t think so.
Peter Navarro Says He Wanted ‘Baby’ Dr. Anthony Fauci ‘Strangled In His Crib’
He appealed to former Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney to boot Fauci because Donald Trump was busy and “I’m an economics guy,” he told Steve Bannon.
Ilhan Omar Rips Lauren Boebert For Telling ‘Made Up’ Anti-Muslim Story For Clout
The Colorado Republican claimed she had made a joke about her Muslim colleague being a terrorist while sharing an elevator.
On Thanksgiving, I’m thankful my Jewish ancestors left Europe, and that America took them in
“I’ve got something I’d like to say.” That’s what I usually offer up as a preamble, as I try to get the attention of my kids and other family members gathered around the Thanksgiving table. It usually takes a couple of attempts, but once we’re all on the same page, I offer words of thanks for my ancestors.
Scientist with the best job ever studies laughter of babies, says it’s all ‘about the eye contact’
Developmental psychologist Caspar Addyman has the best job ever. He works to answer the age-old question: What makes babies laugh? This means Addyman spends most of his working days listening to, and decoding, the sound of what can only be described as the tittering of angels.
Addyman conducts experiments on human behavior, and his focus is on infants and toddlers.
The pandemic has been isolating, but I’ll always be grateful for one moment of community
Do you need to hear a happy story? A “so hundreds of thousands of people have died and large swaths of the country have refused to try to save lives and we’ve seen the Capitol attacked in an attempt to overturn an election but everything isn’t terrible all the time” kind of story?
So my son turned 4 early in this historic, life-altering pandemic, and obviously we had to cancel his birthday party.
I’m thankful for this 94-year-old Polish antifa veteran who continues to slam neo-fascists
Wanda Traczyk-Stawska is an outspoken 94-year-old Polish freedom fighter. She is a veteran of the Warsaw uprising, joining the resistance when she was 17 years old. Her youth and small stature earned her the nickname “Doughnut” within the resistance. She was a hardcore anti-fascist. She still is a hardcore anti-fascist. That fight extends today to the rights of women, migrants, and refugees.
Anti-vaxx Chronicles: He mocks GoFundMe campaigns. Guess what happens next
Facebook is a menace. COVID-19 is a menace. Conservatism is a cesspool. Together, those three ingredients have created a toxic stew of malevolent death and devastation. We can talk about all those things in the abstract, look at the numbers and statistics, and catch the occasional whiff of seditionist right-wing rhetoric.
Democracy Now! at 25: Celebrating a Quarter-Century of Independent News on the Frontlines
Democracy Now! first aired on nine community radio stations on February 19, 1996, on the eve of the New Hampshire presidential primary. In the 25 years since that initial broadcast, the program has greatly expanded, airing today on more than 1,500 television and radio stations around the globe and reaching millions of people online.
Trump Could Pay $156,000 For Every Jan. 6 Rioter’s Defense, But So Far Has Spent Zero
The former president is sitting on at least $105 million in cash collected by spreading the same lies about the election that incited the assault on the Capitol.
This Thanksgiving, Remember the Curse of Ham
This article originally appeared in Imani Perry’s newsletter, Unsettled Territory, free through November 30 and available with an Atlantic subscription after that. Sign up here.Charles Waddell Chesnutt would hardly qualify as a representative of late-19th-century Black experience. Born in 1858 in Ohio to parents who had been free people of color in Fayetteville, North Carolina, his skin was so light that he could easily “pass” for white. But he didn’t.
It Wasn’t a Hoax
If Donald Trump had been supported only by people who affirmatively liked him, his attack on American democracy would never have gotten as far as it did.Instead, at almost every turn, Trump was helped by people who had little liking for him as a human being or politician, but assessed that he could be useful for purposes of their own. The latest example: the suddenly red-hot media campaign to endorse Trump’s fantasy that he was the victim of a “Russia hoax.
Philip Yancey’s Message of Grace
On a Sunday in late February 2007, Philip Yancey was driving on a remote highway near Alamosa, Colorado. As he came around an icy curve, his Ford Explorer began to fishtail; the tire slipped off the asphalt and the Explorer tumbled down a hillside. The windows were blown out; skis, boots, luggage, and a laptop computer were strewn over the snow.Yancey suffered minor cuts and bruises on his face and limbs and a persistent nosebleed, but he also felt an intense pain in his neck.
What Slavery Looked Like in the West
Early travelers to the American West encountered unfree people nearly everywhere they went: on ranches and farmsteads, in mines and private homes, and even on the open market, bartered like any other tradable good. Unlike on southern plantations, these men, women, and children weren’t primarily African American; most were Native American. Tens of thousands of Indigenous people labored in bondage across the western United States in the mid-19th century.
Marjorie Taylor Greene Gets Blunt Reminder Over Call To Honor Kyle Rittenhouse
The far-right Republican said the Kenosha, Wisconsin, killer was a “hero” who deserves a Congressional Gold Medal.
FDA nomination slips after Biden admin fails to send papers to Congress
The delay means Robert Califf is unlikely to get a confirmation hearing until mid-December at the earliest, effectively ruling out the possibility of a full Senate floor vote before the end of the year.
Failure to vaccinate poor countries fans fears of uncontrolled outbreak
For months, critics have prodded drug companies to do more for the world. Now, as Covid-19 surges, U.S. and global policymakers are struggling to get shots into arms.
House panel probing Covid response seeks to question former FDA chief
The former commissioner was intimately involved in the FDA’s decision to approve hydroxychloroquine for emergency use during the pandemic.
Stubborn Covid surges signal bleak winter
The risk to health systems across the country is further heightened because influenza and RSV are also on the rise.
Why Biden picked Powell
In the end, President Joe Biden did what many close to him expected: He took a longer-than-anticipated amount of time to arrive at a reasonable, moderate decision that thrilled few but carried limited risk.
Raimondo: Commerce ‘war room’ seeing improvements on supply chain woes
The Commerce secretary said in an interview that the Biden administration sees trading partners in Asia as part of the solution.
Opinion | Don’t Learn the Wrong Lesson on Inflation
Aggressive action to deliver pandemic relief was the right call — and withdrawing support now would only hurt American workers.
Biden’s war on inflation is a battle to change human behavior
The president needs people to overcome a new set of fears and direct their purchases into the areas of the service economy hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic.
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.
Lara Trump Cooks Up The Strangest Idea Yet About Democrats And Thanksgiving
Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law also went full War on Halloween during an appearance on Fox News.
Michael Flynn Goes Full Tinfoil Hat With Bonkers New COVID-19 Theory
Mysterious elites may be plotting to release a new virus because “their little plan with COVID didn’t work,” the former national security adviser said.