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China’s Xinjiang Policy: Less About Births, More About Control
For years, when I was giving talks or discussing my reporting on China’s one-child policy, well-meaning audience members would inevitably ask a question that I had come to expect: “Of course forced abortions and sterilizations are bad,” they would say, “but isn’t the one-child policy good, in some ways? Doesn’t it help lift millions of people out of poverty?”This has always been the Chinese Communist Party’s narrative.
Twitter Users Set The White House Straight On Baffling Donald Trump Quote
“Are you trolling him too now?” one tweeter replied to the White House’s post.
Harvard Is Right to Keep Charging Full Tuition
By making itself look absurd, Harvard is giving the rest of higher ed a little more breathing room.
How Editor Tracy Sherrod Is Amplifying Black Authors
“Black people are interested in a variety of things—we don’t only want to talk about race.
Biden will heed the CDC on reopening schools, his wife pledges
Jill Biden, a longtime educator, said her husband would defer to scientists on safe plans to reopen schools.
Trump’s health officials find ways to contradict his message downplaying virus risks
Those in the administration who are grappling with the pandemic’s resurgence have had little access to the White House’s megaphone.
‘People can’t ignore it anymore’: Across the country, minorities hit hardest by pandemic
No matter where the virus strikes, communities of color bear the brunt.
Tulsa health official: Trump rally ‘likely’ source of virus surge
“In the past few days, we’ve seen almost 500 new cases,” Dr. Bruce Dart said.
Grim projection: 200,000 dead by Election Day
Recent surge in infections and Trump policies prompt a serious reassessment by forecasters, who now see no end in sight for coronavirus crisis.
Should I Have a Second Child if My First One Is Already Exhausting?
Plus: Odd but effective tips for finding a toddler who wants to get lost.
Pornhub’s “Black Lives Matter” Genre and the Industry’s Brash Racism
Fear of Black sexuality is lucrative—and dangerous.
Treasury decides to stick with July 15 tax deadline
An extension would give taxpayers until Oct. 15 to file their returns, though they would still have to pay what they owe by July 15.
Top White House economist set to depart amid coronavirus recession
The acting chair of the CEA will leave Trump without another senior economist as discussions start about a new economic aid package.
‘It’s going to be a slow slog’: Economists knock down hopes of quick rebound
“We have a long road ahead of us to get those people back to work,” Jerome Powell said earlier this week.
Powell’s warning on pandemic clashes with Trump’s upbeat tweets
“Significant uncertainty remains about the timing and strength of the recovery,” Powell said.
Imagine Trump’s Twitter storm when he sees new ‘Black Lives Matter’ mural outside of Trump Tower
Eight days after President Donald Trump called a planned “Black Lives Matter” mural a “symbol of hate,” New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Rev. Al Sharpton grabbed a couple of paint rollers and went to work on Fifth Avenue anyway Thursday. The president called it “denigrating this luxury Avenue,” but de Blasio called painting the mural “liberating Fifth Avenue.
NYT’s Nagourney writes Trump has a harder time defining Biden than Clinton. Now why could that be?
“Gosh,” The New York Times’ Adam Nagourney, seems to ponder in his latest missive about the 2020 race for presdient, “it sure seems like Donald Trump is having a harder time making attacks against Joe Biden stick than with Hillary Clinton.” One just can’t imagine how that could possibly be. “By a combination of design and circumstance, Mr. Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee, has managed so far to deny Mr.
Backers of Medicaid expansion initiative in Missouri launch first TV ad ahead of August vote
Supporters of a ballot measure to expand Medicaid to 230,000 Missourians are airing their first TV ad ahead of next month’s vote. The spot’s narrator says that Amendment 2, as the measure is known, would “fix” the problem of Missouri’s federal tax dollars helping to pay for health care in other states by bringing those funds “back to Missouri.
At least $1.4 billion in tax-funded COVID-19 relief has gone to tax-exempt Catholic church
This isn’t the kind of news Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Marco Rubio want to see about the continually problematic Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) they got into this spring’s coronavirus relief bill: The U.S. Roman Catholic Church got at least $1.4 billion in those loans “with many millions going to dioceses that have paid huge settlements or sought bankruptcy protection because of clergy sexual abuse cover-ups.
As COVID-19 surges in South and West, racial disparities in health, economic distress will intensify
The coronavirus surge in the West and the South is likely going to exacerbate the already vast racial disparities the disease has exposed in the U.S., the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) warns. “As of July 8th, we identified 33 states as hotspots (experiencing recent increases in cases and an increasing positivity rate or positivity rate over 10%), 23 of which were in the South and West,” KFF writes of their latest analysis.
Trump’s Most Brazen Reprieve Yet
Forget Bernie Kerik, Scooter Libby, Michael Milken—even Sheriff Joe Arpaio. This was the presidential reprieve President Donald Trump’s critics feared most.Trump’s move tonight to commute the sentence of his longtime associate Roger Stone, nearly five months after a federal judge sentenced him to more than three years in prison, was surely the least surprising of his many high-profile acts of executive clemency.
Trump Commutes Sentence Of Adviser Roger Stone In Obstruction Case
The president’s longtime confidant was convicted of lying, witness tampering and obstruction in the Russia probe.
Trump Back To The ‘Swamp’ To Pick Up Another $10 Million In Big Checks
Five years after claiming he didn’t want rich donors’ money, the president and the GOP have collected hundreds of millions of dollars from them.
Trump Says Areas With Surging Coronavirus Cases Are ‘Going To Be Fine’
The president repeated his baseless wishful thinking about COVID-19, saying states like Florida and Texas are “going to have it under control very quickly.
The Atlantic Daily: Four Things We Learned This Week
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.SHUTTERSTOCK / ARSH RAZIUDDIN / THE ATLANTICAs another week closes, America isn’t any nearer to regaining control over this outbreak. Let’s recap four things we learned while reporting on the pandemic. Then, we’ll send you into the weekend with three new movie recommendations.
What a Direct Attack on Free Speech Looks Like
There’s a dangerous backlash against free speech brewing this week, in which a vindictive Twitter user, backed by mobs of followers, seeks to cow open discourse and instill fear in people who disagree with him.