Why Seniors Are Getting So Many More College Rejections This Year
A college consultant talks about a chaotic year in university admissions.
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American Insurrection: Deadly Far-Right Extremism from Charlottesville to Capitol Attack. What Next?
A scathing new report by the Capitol Police’s internal watchdog reveals officials knew Congress was the target of the deadly January 6 insurrection, yet officers were instructed to refrain from deploying more aggressive measures that could have helped “push back the rioters.” Meanwhile, The Washington Post reports domestic terrorism incidents surged to a record high in 2020, fueled by white supremacist, anti-Muslim and anti-government extremists on the far right.
Afghanistan: Biden Vows to End Nation’s Longest War by 9/11 After Decades of Bloodshed & Destruction
The Biden administration has unveiled plans to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan by September 11, the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. The War in Afghanistan has killed more than 100,000 Afghan civilians and over 2,300 U.S. servicemembers and has cost the U.S. trillions of dollars. The announcement comes just a week before the scheduled start of a new round of peace talks in Istanbul between the Taliban and the U.S.
Hormone Monsters
Illustration by Oliver Munday; Christine Schneider / Brigitte Sporrer / Getty
This article was published online on April 14, 2021.Embarrassment makes for rich literature, but few fictions I can think of capture humiliation with the brute efficiency of “Traumarama.” The series, which ran for a time in Seventeen magazine, offered true stories written by, and for, teenagers—three or so lines, poetic in their brevity, about unruly bodies and unforgiving worlds.
Dear Care and Feeding: My Best Friend Refuses to Be My Kid’s Designated Guardian
Parenting advice on guardianship, adult sibling drama, and first baby preparedness.
What It Took for an Upscale Restaurant to Finally Give in to Delivery Apps
A year of trying everything to survive the pandemic.
“Good Design” Is Making Bad Cities
Searching for a third way in the battle between aesthetics and affordability.
The Nicest Thing I Can Say About Greg Gutfeld’s Late-Night Show on Fox News
It’s charming and weird, and it’s up to something.
The Miles to the Grocery Store Got Longer This Year
How Southeast D.C. shoppers navigated a separate and unequal food system under strain.
“Good Design” Is Making Bad Cities
Searching for a third way in the battle between aesthetics and affordability.
The Nicest Thing I Can Say About Greg Gutfeld’s Late-Night Show on Fox News
It’s charming and weird, and it’s up to something.
The Miles to the Grocery Store Got Longer This Year
How Southeast D.C. shoppers navigated a separate and unequal food system under strain.
Joe Biden Wants to Put the World’s Corporate Tax Havens Out of Business
It would pay for his ambitious policies—and solve one of the thorniest problems created by global capitalism.
Joe Biden Wants to Put the World’s Corporate Tax Havens Out of Business
It would pay for his ambitious policies—and solve one of the thorniest problems created by global capitalism.
The unlikely state setting the U.S. vaccination pace
The sprawling state, one of the nation’s poorest, overcame the odds by keeping things simple.
The unlikely state setting the U.S. vaccination pace
The sprawling state, one of the nation’s poorest, overcame the odds by keeping things simple.
Help! My Twin Dyed Her Hair Bright Orange to “Stand Out” at My Wedding.
All I can think about is how she’ll look like Carrot Top in all the photos.
Biden’s spending plans collide with a resurgent U.S. economy
The numbers signal the U.S. is well on its way toward a revival, one that’s widely expected to reach record levels of growth later this year.
‘Crazy things happen’: Biden’s next spending spree fuels a fight over risks
The president’s team is preparing a $3 trillion spending proposal to power through Congress. They’re betting markets and the economy will cooperate long enough to pass it.
Black workers, hammered by pandemic, now being left behind in recovery
Structural inequities in the U.S. labor market that have affected Black and Hispanic workers’ ability to advance out of low-paying jobs, as well as discrimination in hiring practices, are also likely having an effect.
Fed sees U.S. economic growth surging to 6.5 percent this year
Central bank officials now expect the unemployment rate to drop to 4.5 percent by the end of 2021.
Remembering LaDonna Brave Bull Allard: Standing Rock Elder Helped Lead 2016 Anti-DAPL Uprising
LaDonna Brave Bull Allard, Standing Rock Sioux tribal historian, has died of cancer at the age of 64, and we look back on her work, through interviews on her land and in the Democracy Now! studio. Allard co-founded the Sacred Stone Camp on Standing Rock Sioux land in April 2016 to resist the Dakota Access pipeline, to which people from around the world traveled, making it one of the largest gatherings of Indigenous peoples in a century. “We say mni wiconi, water of life.
Matt Gaetz’s iPhone Is Seized; Associate Talks In Sex Trafficking Probe: Reports
Federal agents seized the Florida Republican’s device when executing a search warrant over the winter, Politico reported.
News Roundup: A vaccine setback, vaccine passports, and fury over another Black American’s death
In today’s news: Appointments for receiving the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine were canceled throughout the country today after the Biden administration recommended a pause amid concerns over an extremely rare possible reaction to the “one-and-done” injection. Those vaccinations seem likely to resume after federal officials distribute new medical guidance on how to recognize and treat the blood clots.
Why Muslims don’t eat or drink anything from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan
This year went by fast. It feels as though it just began, but we’re already in the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. I’m definitely happy but still in denial—this year, I wasn’t ready. For Muslims around the world, today marks the first fast of Ramadan 2021, meaning that beginning last night, for the next 30 days I—alongside millions of Muslims—will be refraining from eating and drinking from sunrise to sunset.
Biden Justice Department has refused to disclose certain family separation documents
The Biden administration had until April 2 to decide whether or not it would disclose documents relating to the previous administration’s family separation policy, including from a reported White House meeting where former aide and noted white supremacist Stephen Miller and other officials from that administration allegedly voted on the policy of state-sanctioned kidnapping.
Grooms turned away from wedding venue in North Carolina for precisely the reason you might expect
While hosting a large party or having a destination wedding are obviously not smart choices during an ongoing global pandemic, couples are continuing to get married for a number of reasons. People are also making future wedding plans. One such duo is McCae Henderson and Ike Edwards, a same-sex couple living in Raleigh, North Carolina, who have a wedding planned for April 2022.