Today's Liberal News
CDC director: Delta variant is growing threat to unvaccinated people
Nearly 25 percent of recent infections have been linked to Delta, up from 6 percent in early June.
Biden admin preps for next pandemic as Delta variant surges
Federal health officials are weighing how to implement the lessons they have learned from this pandemic to prepare for the next one.
FEMA changes rules for Covid-19 funeral aid program after outcry
The change could allow thousands of people whose relatives died early in the pandemic, before reliable testing was commonplace, to access the funeral aid program
Virtual care becomes a common cause in a divided Congress
Lawmakers are lining up to decide what Medicare will pay for after the pandemic is over, with sponsors of a leading Senate plan confident they have the votes to include it in a must-pass piece of legislation this year.
U.S. medical stockpile running low as Delta variant threat looms
The nation is still short hundreds of millions — or more — surgical masks, gloves and gowns.
Help! My Cousin Turned My Family Against Me Over a Baby Name.
She says I stole it from her stillborn daughter.
Ask a Teacher: I Totally Bungled Our Move Date. Am I Scarring My Son for Life?
Teacher advice on moving, math advancement, and IEPs.
My Wife’s Second Lover Drew Her Into a Trap. But It’s Her Reaction That Frightens Me.
I don’t know what to do now.
The Lesbian Strippers Changing the Game of Male Exotic Dancing
“Dom” performers like Girl Flexxx and Kaution are collecting big tips and even bigger fans, even among straight women.
A ‘humble’ Fed ramps up inflation forecast as prices jump
Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank still expects rising inflation to subside in the coming months but underscored that he will be watching the data to see if that’s wrong.
Soaring prices draw both shrugs and screaming in Washington
A continued inflation spike could make it a lot harder for the president to push through trillions of dollars in additional federal spending.
Biden’s back door to wage hikes
Income growth has been relatively strong, particularly in the last couple of months, despite disappointing overall job growth.
Bargain hunters pounce as Trump condo prices hit decade lows
It’s a stunning reversal for a brand that once lured the rich and famous willing to pay a premium to live in a building with Trump’s gilded name on it.
‘Hard to love it’: Modest job gains leave lingering doubts about recovery
The figure will provide some relief to the White House after the April report, but it’s well short of the pace predicted by many economists earlier this year.
News Roundup: Strong jobs report, Pelosi and Schumer cancel recess, U.S. families get a boost
It is Friday! What a week it has been. The anti-democratically unbalanced Supreme Court has been writing some truly tragic decisions. Americans everywhere are under attack from the least democratically elected agents in our government. But there is hope.
Supreme Court decision on Arizona puts Kyrsten Sinema on the spot. She must end the filibuster.
On Thursday, July 1, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Arizona’s GOP voter suppression law—a crushing blow to our freedom to vote. This will have dire effects on the whole country, but especially in Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s home state of Arizona.
In order to restore and protect our democracy, we must pass the For the People Act and the John Lewis Act. But both bills are blocked in the Senate due to the filibuster—an archaic rule that Sinema still defends.
Whistleblowers say ICE prisons ‘continue to threaten the lives of immigrants,’ urge vaccine access
Detained immigrants and their advocates have said since the beginning of the novel coronavirus pandemic that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) isn’t taking this virus seriously (or just doesn’t really care to). For example, ICE’s refusal to release immigrants to shelter at home and in their communities added hundreds of thousands of cases to the national caseload.
Black Olympians ‘disappointed and heartbroken’ after ban on swim cap made for natural Black hair
Ignorance has halted the chance for a product geared toward inclusion from making an appearance at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, the products being swimming caps designed for natural Black hair. According to CBS News, Fédération Internationale De Natation (FINA), the federation for international competitions in water sports, rejected an application for the caps to be officially recognized—meaning the caps cannot be worn at upcoming games.
June jobs report shows an unexpectedly strong 850,000 new jobs
The U.S. economy is up 850,000 jobs, according to the June jobs report, and the past two months’ jobs reports were adjusted upward by 15,000. June’s jobs report is the strongest result in 10 months.
The unemployment rate rose slightly, to 5.9%, while the number of people who have been jobless for six months or more rose to 4 million, and “Black unemployment remains in deeply recessionary territory at 9.
Sen. Ted Cruz Calls Joe Biden ‘Jimmy Carter 2.0’ And It Doesn’t Go So Well
“I think you need to work on your insults,” one Twitter user told the Texas Republican.
Alex Jones Asks Court To Make Hillary Clinton Testify In Sandy Hook Defamation Case
A new court filing baselessly claims Clinton orchestrated Sandy Hook defamation cases against the Infowars host in a “vendetta to silence Alex Jones.
What We Know (And Don’t Know) About Justice Breyer’s Retirement Plans
His timing has serious implications for the Supreme Court’s ideological balance, but it doesn’t seem like the pressure is getting to him.
J.D. Vance’s Ohio Senate Campaign Gets Off To Awkward Start
There was an awkward mishap with his lectern — not to mention his tweets.
Dear Care and Feeding: Can I Kick the Nonparent Out of Our Parenting Group?
Parenting advice on parenting groups, pit bull boundaries, and parents who don’t think you have anxiety.
The Near-Holy Experience of Watching Euro 2020
After having been postponed for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, the quadrennial European soccer championship began in June, hosted by 11 different cities across the continent. Euro 2020 (as it has continued to be called despite now taking place in 2021) follows a season unlike any we had seen before in world football, during which many teams across the globe played the majority of their matches without any fans in the stands.It was a strange and often disorienting experience.
The Jobs Report Just Gave Us One More Reason to Feel Good About the Economy
June was the biggest month for hiring since August 2020.
The Trump Organization Is in Big Trouble
If the facts alleged in yesterday’s indictment are true, the Trump Organization and its longtime chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, have engaged in blatant tax evasion for more than a decade.Early reports characterized the crime in question as involving “fringe benefits.” This gives entirely the wrong impression. The Trump Organization and Weisselberg aren’t being charged with tripping over some hyper-technical provision on the margins of the tax system.
The Books Briefing: The Quiet Skill of Mass-Market Novels
In dozens of novels written over a decades-long career, the romance writer Jackie Collins sharply observed the role of sex and power in Hollywood. She wrote incisively about abuse in the industry and empowered female characters who found liberation in a male-dominated world. She was brilliant and prescient—and overlooked in literary circles by those who wrote off her work as trashy airport smut.