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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.
A Lawyer For Jan. 6 Defendants Is Giving Her Clients Remedial Lessons In American History
D.C. attorney H. Heather Shaner says that books and movies about the uglier parts of American history are “a revelation” for some of her Capitol attack clients.
Help! My Sister Wants to Visit, but Her Snoring Sounds Like Trains Colliding.
I’ve tried to talk to her about it. It didn’t go well.
Remember Who Tucker Carlson Is
In November 2018, The Washington Post published a disturbing headline: “‘They Were Threatening Me and My Family’: Tucker Carlson’s Home Targeted by Protesters.”The Post story quoted the prime-time Fox News host at length. “Someone started throwing himself against the front door and actually cracked the front door,” Carlson claimed. “It wasn’t a protest. It was a threat … They weren’t protesting anything specific that I had said.
A Slimy Calamity Is Creeping Across the Sea
Divers who have seen the phenomenon firsthand describe many types of underwater sea snot. There are the “stringers,” which most resemble the sticky goo that might actually come out of your nose. But there are also floating “clouds,” white and ethereal, so delicate that they break apart in your fingers.
I’m Scared of the Person TikTok Thinks I Am
Something is wrong with me, and TikTok knows it.I can tell because its recommendation algorithm keeps providing me with videos that only a horrible person would like. One morning last week, the app recommended a video of a girl in a red dress saying slowly, “I’m officially at the age where I can date you … or your dad.” In the next video, a “doctor” tried to sell me some kind of coffee-based weight-loss drink.
Biden drops AstraZeneca vaccine from latest donation
The administration is replacing the vaccine with 55 million doses of those already cleared for use in the United States.
Evangelicals Are at War With Themselves
Divisions ran deep at the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting.
The Things My Boyfriend “Punishes” Me for Have Gotten Really Weird
I like playing naughty, but not like this.
End Vaccine Apartheid: Summit on Vaccine Internationalism Demands Urgent Action to Help Global South
We look at the push to end what the World Health Organization is calling “vaccine apartheid,” as many countries have yet to see a single COVID-19 vaccine shot amid mounting infections.
Yanis Varoufakis: Capitalist Nations Bailed Out Banks While Skimping on Funds to Vaccinate Humanity
More than 2.6 billion COVID-19 vaccines have been administered worldwide, but many countries have yet to see a single shot amid mounting infections. Eighty-five percent of vaccines administered worldwide have been in high- and upper-middle-income countries. Only 0.3% of doses have been administered in low-income countries. Last week, G7 nations pledged to donate just 613 million new vaccine doses — far less than the 1 billion originally promised.