CPAC Attendees Boo, Yell ‘Freedom!’ After Being Told To Wear Masks
More than 500,000 people in the U.S. have died of COVID-19. That seemed to cut little ice at the annual gathering of right-wingers.
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FDA panel endorses Johnson & Johnson vaccine in 22-0 vote
The vaccine, which is given as a single dose and is easy to ship, appeals to officials struggling to vaccinate hard-to-reach or skeptical populations.
Murderers Should Be Called Murderers
Today the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released its report on the murder of the Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi. If the report were the denouement of a dinner-theater murder mystery, most of the audience would be so confident of the conclusion that they would already be walking out to the parking lot. The crown prince ordered it. In the consulate. With the bone saw.
Dear Care and Feeding: My Black Partner Hopes Our Kids Will Look White
Parenting advice on biracial worries, theater kid annoyance, and teenage anxiety.
The False Dilemma of Post-Vaccination Risk
Editor’s Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection here. Every day, more than 1 million American deltoids are being loaded with a vaccine. The ensuing immune response has proved to be extremely effective—essentially perfect—at preventing severe cases of COVID-19. And now, with yet another highly effective vaccine on the verge of approval, that pace should further accelerate in the weeks to come.
5 Pandemic Mistakes We Keep Repeating
When the polio vaccine was declared safe and effective, the news was met with jubilant celebration. Church bells rang across the nation, and factories blew their whistles. “Polio routed!” newspaper headlines exclaimed. “An historic victory,” “monumental,” “sensational,” newscasters declared. People erupted with joy across the United States. Some danced in the streets; others wept. Kids were sent home from school to celebrate.
“We Want the Truth Uncovered”: Malcolm X’s Daughter Ilyasah Shabazz Backs New Probe into Assassination
The family of Malcolm X is demanding a new investigation into his 1965 assassination in light of the deathbed confession of a former New York police officer who said police and the FBI conspired to kill the Black leader.
The Assassination of Malcolm X: Ex-Undercover Officer Admits Role in FBI & Police Conspiracy
The FBI and New York Police Department are facing renewed calls to open their records into the assassination of Malcolm X, after the release of a deathbed confession of a former undercover NYPD officer who admitted to being part of a conspiracy targeting Malcolm. In the confession, Raymond Wood, who died last year, admitted he entrapped two members of Malcolm’s security team in another crime — a plot to blow up the Statue of Liberty — just days before the assassination.
“The Whole System Needs to be Indicted”: Attorney Benjamin Crump on Overhauling U.S. Policing
The Democratic-led House of Representatives is expected to vote next week on a sweeping police reform bill that would ban chokeholds, prohibit federal no-knock warrants, establish a National Police Misconduct Registry and other measures. The legislation, known as the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021, is in response to a series of high-profile killings of Black people in 2020 and the nationwide racial justice uprising they sparked.
CDC balks at watchdog’s push to remake Covid-19 tracking
The GAO wants to know why health agencies’ Covid-19 data are still inconsistent and confusing to track.
‘Repeal and replace’ is dead. Republicans can’t figure out what comes next.
The pandemic and Biden’s incremental policies have scrambled the party’s usual lines of attack.
The One Word That Could Decide Whether Democrats Hike the Minimum Wage
It all comes down to the subjective linguistic judgment of an unelected congressional functionary.
How Screwed Is the Trump Hotel D.C.?
The former president is stuck with a money-losing monument to his administration’s graft, and so is Washington.
What Is Salesforce Really Selling?
Behind the flashy events and quasi-spiritual jargon is a software service that wants to swallow the whole business world.
The Bigger Issue Behind the Student Debt Forgiveness Debate
The argument over how much debt to cancel—and how to cancel it—needs to focus on the causes of the racial wealth gap.
4 takeaways from Xavier Becerra’s confirmation hearings
Two days of hearings exposed fault lines that could shape President Joe Biden’s post-pandemic agenda and will define health policy debates leading into the midterm elections.
The Buffalo Bills’ Covid touchdown could be the key to unlocking some normalcy
The Bills’ aggressive testing put fans back in the stadium.
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s sister dies from Covid as city passes 1,000 deaths
Mercia Bowser was the mayor’s only sister and died just short of her 65th birthday.
The Rise and Fall of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s Marriage, as Told by Her Infamous Instagram Posts
In 2012, Kardashian began two of her most important relationships: with Kanye West and with Instagram.
My Girlfriend Says Her Cheating Is Fine Because She’s a “Relationship Anarchist”
Did she really not do anything wrong?
Biden targets smallest businesses with exclusive aid window
Only businesses with fewer than 20 employees will be able to apply for aid through the massive Paycheck Protection Program.
Biden’s economic point man draws praise — and pushback
Allies laud Brian Deese’s leadership on the stimulus negotiations, but he’s rubbed some the wrong way.
Biden aims to isolate China on coal — but it could blow back on the U.S.
The U.S. wants to stop new coal projects, but risks losing poor countries to Beijing’s “Belt and Road” agenda.
‘Clearly not healthy’: Markets are giddy about reopening — and that’s the problem
Investors are pumping up bubbles across markets, with excitement growing about more stimulus and widespread vaccinations.
‘The Democratic version of John McCain’
As the critical swing vote in a 50-50 Senate, Joe Manchin has emerged as the most powerful man in Washington.
Biden Canceled Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” Policy, But Asylum Seekers Still Wait in Squalid Refugee Camps
One of the most controversial Trump-era immigration policies — the so-called Remain in Mexico program, officially called the Migrant Protection Protocols — left about 25,000 asylum seekers stranded on the other side of the border while their cases progressed through U.S. courts. President Joe Biden has suspended that program, but immigrant advocates say his administration needs to move more quickly to undo the damage.
Photos of the Week: Giant Teapot, Arizona Sunset, Egyptian Goose
Moving a home through the streets of San Francisco, ski jumping in Germany, hiking the Great Wall in China, visiting a ski resort in Tehran, opening a “hug room” in Rome, taking a vaccination selfie in Spain, surfing in front of Mount Fuji, walking a snow maze in Manitoba, and much more.
Costco CEO Doesn’t Get Lindsey Graham’s Problem With A $15 Minimum Wage
Costco is upping its minimum pay to $16 an hour because “paying employees good wages makes sense,” W. Craig Jelinek told the Senate Budget Committee.