Help! My Boyfriend Is a Slob. How Do I Ask Him to Clean Up Without Being a Nag?
I refuse to live in a house where food is stuck on to the coffee table, the dishwasher remains full, and the bathroom is constantly littered with hair.
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Scenes From the 2021 Australian Open
The 109th edition of the Australian Open tennis tournament is currently underway in Melbourne—despite a five-day COVID-19 lockdown put in place by the state government. Players from all over the world have been competing in empty arenas in the heat of the Australian summer. This week, matches are progressing into the semifinals, with the final day of the tournament coming on February 21. Collected here are some colorful glimpses of the 2021 Australian Open.
Andrés Arauz: Ecuador’s Presidential Front-Runner on COVID, Austerity & Ending U.S. Interference
Ecuador’s presidential front-runner says the country is facing a “double crisis” of COVID-19 and austerity. “We need a renewal in our politics,” Andrés Arauz tells Democracy Now! The left-wing economist secured nearly 33% of the vote in the first round of Ecuador’s presidential election on February 7 but fell short of the 40% needed to win outright.
The Case for Prosecuting Trump: Elie Mystal on Why Criminal Charges Are Still Possible — and Needed
Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she has authorized a 9/11-style commission to further investigate the January 6 insurrection and the actions that led up to it, as calls grow for the criminal prosecution of former President Donald Trump after his acquittal in his second Senate impeachment trial.
Life Is Tough for Teenage Parasites
In my personal opinion, the greatest coming-of-age story on Earth does not take place in a Dickens novel or a Disney movie, but rather in a white fish at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.The fish in question, called a zoarcid, looks like a creature caught in an identity crisis, too long to be a fish but too short to be an eel, its lips permanently drooping in a sullen pout. Otherwise, the fish has no real reason to be grumpy.
What the Fear of China Is Doing to American Science
In what is becoming a familiar scene in American higher education, a Chinese-born scientist at a high-profile university was recently arrested for his ties to the Chinese government. About a month ago, Gang Chen, a naturalized American citizen and highly respected professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, was indicted by a grand jury for “failing to disclose contracts, appointments and awards from various entities in the People’s Republic of China.
Anissa Jordan Took Part in a Robbery. She Went to Prison for Murder.
Anissa Jordan was born in Oakland, California, in 1968, the last of eight children. For years, her mother’s live-in boyfriend beat and molested her and her half sister Althenia. The girls didn’t tell their mother. “It was our secret,” Jordan told me. When Jordan was in fourth grade, Althenia was murdered. The case was never solved.Jordan was held back in school, started acting out, and was sent to juvenile hall.
Dear Care and Feeding: My MIL Constantly Ignores All of Our Parenting Rules
Parenting advice on pushy mothers-in-law, cultural appropriation, and lies.
Biden Wants to Give States $350 Billion. Do They Still Need It?
It turns out the pandemic may not have been the budget wrecker everyone feared.
If Rush Hour Dies, Does Mass Transit Die With It?
Downtowns won’t recover from the pandemic anytime soon. Public transportation must look elsewhere.
Even a Conservative Analysis Shows the $15 Minimum Wage Does More Good Than Harm
The Congressional Budget Office’s scoring of the proposed wage hike looks bad—because it was designed to be.
Forget Warm Weather and Low Taxes. Americans Are Moving to Be Near Family.
What happens if a pandemic-era trend sticks around?
When Piggly Wiggly Tried to Stick It to Wall Street
A century before GameStop, a stock market outsider took on short sellers. It was a spectacle and a disaster.
CDC director: Too early for states to roll back mask mandates
“It’s encouraging to see these trends coming down but they’re coming down from an extraordinarily high place,” Rochelle Walensky said.
Moderna in talks with FDA to increase vaccine doses per vial
Doing so could alleviate limits on the final step of vaccine production.
Biden administration finalizes purchase of 200M additional vaccine doses
The 200 million doses just purchased will be available by May, rather than June as originally predicted.
Biden moving to withdraw Trump-approved Medicaid work rules
Democrats long complained the rules were illegal and aimed at shrinking health coverage for poor adults.
Dear Care and Feeding: I’m Worried My MIL Will Never Fully Embrace Her Nonbiological Grandchild
Parenting advice on favoritism, transgender teens, and estranged relatives.
Revisiting the Surprising Pleasures of “Vintage” Porn
Two new books flesh out the history of smut, from Etsy-like handicrafts to the sexy swamp of Tumblr.
Help! My Sister-in-Law Says I’m “a Communist Who Wants to Kill Babies.”
My brother wants me to talk to her. I’m not sure that’s a good idea.
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.
U.S. backs Okonjo-Iweala, first woman and African, to head WTO
The decision breaks with the Trump administration’s opposition to Okonjo-Iweala and brings the U.S. in line with much of the rest of the world.
V-Day: Poet Aja Monet & V (Eve Ensler) on the Movement to End Violence Against Women & Girls
Amid a global rise in domestic violence during the pandemic, we speak with the founder of V-Day, a day of action to fight violence against women. V, the award-winning playwright of “The Vagina Monologues,” formerly known as Eve Ensler, says organizers around the globe are finding ways to fight back.
Monday Night Owls. Reich: With Trump out, will the U.S. finally bury Reaganism?
Night Owls is a themed open thread appearing at Daily Kos seven days a week.
Robert Reich writes—Out of the Ashes of Trump, Will the U.S. Finally Bury Reaganism? Ronald Reagan convinced the nation that big government was the problem. It was rubbish.
Republican infighting has created a political void into which Democrats are stepping with far-reaching reforms.
Arizona legislator compares non-binary people to chickens during public hearing for anti-trans bill
The Arizona State House held a Government and Elections Committee meeting last Wednesday, during which they reviewed H.B.2725. The bill would prevent all government entities in the state from officially recognizing non-binary folks, making “male” or “female” the only options on government forms and IDs, like driver’s licenses.
‘Enough’: Publix heiress funds Trump rally and worker denied right to wear mask dies of COVID-19
Families are boycotting the Publix Supermarkets chain weeks after The Wall Street Journal reported that an heiress to the chain had a hand in funding the rally former President Donald Trump used to incite the deadly Capitol attack. Julie Jenkins Fancelli, who the journal identified as “a prominent donor to the Trump campaign,” paid $300,000 of the total $500,000 rally, according to The Wall Street Journal.
North Carolina GOP Censures Sen. Richard Burr For Voting To Convict Trump
He’s the latest Republican lawmaker to face censure at home for declaring the ex-president guilty of inciting the deadly Capitol riot.