My Family Is Furious I Won’t Pay My Brother’s $200,000 Hospital Bill
Years ago, I pleaded with him to get health insurance. Now I’m being ostracized due to his carelessness.
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There’s Just One Problem With Ford’s Electric F-150
Joe Biden says the pickup truck is fast. It’s heavy, too.
New Jersey lifts mask mandate, social distancing rules in time for Memorial Day
Businesses can continue to require customers and employees to wear coverings, the governor said.
Biden expected to use budget to strengthen abortion rights bona fides
Omitting traditional anti-abortion provisions from his budget proposal could be his strongest statement yet on the issue.
Ohio announces first $1M Vax-a-Million lottery winner
The prize drawing is meant to encourage vaccination.
Dems back growing calls for Congress to probe Covid lab leak theory
The ongoing discussions on Capitol Hill represent a remarkable bipartisan agreement that Congress should investigate the origins of a virus that has killed 3.5 million people worldwide.
The Atlantic Daily: 8 Buzzy Books to Add to Your Summer Reading List
Every weekday evening, our editors guide you through the biggest stories of the day, help you discover new ideas, and surprise you with moments of delight. Subscribe to get this delivered to your inbox.Memorial Day weekend typically serves up a cocktail of sun and fruit, burgers and fun, giving Americans their first taste of summer. This year’s celebrations may bring extra relief as the country emerges from a particularly tough and burdensome winter.
High on the Hog Tastes Like Life
Netflix’s history of Black American food serves up the shock of the familiar.
Father’s Day Gifts for Even the Hardest-to-Buy-for Dad
Gifts for history buffs, foodies, gardeners, music lovers, travelers, and more.
Dear Care and Feeding: Can I Bring My Very New Boyfriend to a 4-Year-Old’s Birthday Party?
Parenting advice on new boyfriends, money from exes, and raising anti-racists.
An Interview With the Man Who Waited Five Years to Open a Mysterious Safe—and Found the Weirdest Thing Possible Inside
It involves Vin Diesel, a condom, and a mostly forgotten movie.
Biden’s budget blowout predicts years of Obama-level tepid growth
Some analysts suggested that the administration is essentially admitting that its proposed surge in federal spending won’t actually boost the economy much at all.
A Biden-friendly economist is creating a big headache for president’s spending plans
The study adds fuel to an intense national debate about what is behind a suspected worker shortage and what policy changes are needed to accelerate Americans’ return to work as the pandemic subsides.
Tax the rich? Executives predict Biden’s big plans will flop
Corporate executives and lobbyists say they are confident they can kill almost all of these tax hikes by pressuring moderate Democrats in the House and Senate.
Biden pressed to send clear message on economy as warning signs flash
The White House’s reaction to unexpected jobs and price data has opened the administration up to GOP attacks.
Lockdown mentality still holding the economy back, banking official says
Neel Kashkari of the Minneapolis Fed says things should get better as people overcome fears related to the pandemic.
U.S. Marks 100th Anniversary of Tulsa Race Massacre, When White Mob Destroyed “Black Wall Street”
Memorial Day marks the 100th anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, one of the deadliest episodes of racial violence in U.S. history, when the thriving African American neighborhood of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma — known as “Black Wall Street” — was burned to the ground by a white mob. An estimated 300 African Americans were killed and over 1,000 injured. Whites in Tulsa actively suppressed the truth, and African Americans were intimidated into silence.
Erupting Congo Volcano Is Latest Crisis for DRC as It Faces “Largest Neglected Emergency on Earth”
We go to Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where tens of thousands of people are evacuating the city of Goma after a volcanic eruption killed dozens on May 22 and amid warnings that Mount Nyiragongo, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, could blow yet again.
Israeli Bombs Killed 66 Kids in Gaza Including 12 Who Were Getting Help for Trauma from Past Attacks
As the United Nations human rights chief warns Israel may have committed war crimes in Gaza, we look at how Israel killed 12 Palestinian children being treated for trauma from past Israeli bombings. Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, says Gaza has become “the home of hopelessness,” particularly for young people in the besieged territory.
Dr. Monica Gandhi on the Origins of COVID-19, Vaccine Equity, the Debate over Masks & More
President Joe Biden has ordered U.S. intelligence agencies to investigate the origins of COVID-19 as new questions are being raised over whether an accidental leak from a Chinese virology lab is to blame for the pandemic. The Wall Street Journal reports three employees of the Wuhan Institute of Virology fell ill with COVID-like symptoms in the autumn of 2019 and were hospitalized in November of that year, before the first recorded case of COVID-19.
Experts Believe Prosecutors Are Mulling ‘Little RICO’ Mob Law Against Trump Org: Report
Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr. may be looking at Donald Trump’s business as a possible criminal enterprise.
Community Spotlight: How much has DK evolved from the hate mail-a-palooza days?
When the news dropped this week about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Paul Gosar repurposes MLK tribute … in celebration of an insurrectionist
These days, there’s a pretty crowded field in the race for “worst member of Congress,” but Rep. Paul Gosar proved Friday why he is firmly among the top contenders. As Senate Republicans blocked the Jan. 6 commission, the Arizona Republican got the bright idea to pay tribute to a Jan. 6 insurrectionist.
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CEO pay rises, average worker pay stagnates, this week, year, decade in the war on workers
The pandemic did not change rising economic inequality in the United States—go figure.
How’s this for a rallying cry? If we lose the midterms, Trump will run again and (could) steal 2024
I never thought a fascist takeover of the galaxy could ever be less entertaining than the one depicted in The Phantom Menace, but here we are. One major American political party remains tethered to reality, whereas the other is a barmy cult of personality that worships at the clay feet of the worst human being I’ve ever laid eyes on outside of the port-a-potty queue at the annual Chilton, Wisconsin, Beer Festival—which is a long story, but trust me.
Rep. Gerry Connolly Calls On Biden To Create Jan. 6 Commission After ‘Cowardly’ GOP Vote
The powerful Democrat urged a presidential investigation into the Capitol riot in lieu of the congressional one blocked by Senate Republicans.
Trump EPA rewrote and deleted warnings in scientific papers to get Monsanto herbicide approved
There really was no silver lining to this country’s four-year sentence under the kakistocracy of the Trump administration. Beyond a huge, unnecessary tax cut lapped up by a tiny slice of this country’s wealthiest, no affirmative act stands out as actually benefiting American citizens; very nearly every action it took was laced with corruption, self-interest, and habitual, routine disregard for the American public.
Texas GOP Puts Final Touches On Sweeping Voting Restrictions
Democrats will have virtually no path to stop it from passing.
What Ancient Rome Tells Us About Today’s Senate
The U.S. Senate’s abdication of duty at the start of this Memorial Day weekend, when 11 senators (nine of them Republican) did not even show up to vote on authorizing an investigation of the January 6 insurrection, makes the item below particularly timely.Fifty-four senators (including six Republicans) voted to approve the investigative commission. Only 35 opposed it.But in the institutionalized rule-of-the-minority that is the contemporary Senate, the measure “failed.