Why Good Economic News Is Now Bad Economic News
Republicans will use any positive sign about the recovery as an excuse to cut off essential aid to the jobless.
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Next testing debacle: The fall virus surge
There is no question that testing will remain a linchpin of the coronavirus response heading into the fall.
What Colorado is getting right about reopening
While surrounding states see spike in virus, Colorado’s methodical approach is working.
Cheap steroid reduces Covid-19 deaths in large study
The drug would be the first known to reduce deaths in Covid-19 patients.
We’re Here, We’re Married, We’re Employed
The fifth anniversary of marriage equality—and the future of LGBTQ fights.
Powell’s warning on pandemic clashes with Trump’s upbeat tweets
“Significant uncertainty remains about the timing and strength of the recovery,” Powell said.
Kudlow says $600 additional unemployment checks will end in July
He said that “almost all businesses” understand the $600 additional benefit is “a disincentive.
Fed sees need for more small business aid, citing ‘acute risks’ to survival
The central bank signaled that it would keep interest rates low through 2022.
Photos of the Week: Soccer Zoom, Wading Elk, Global Rainbow
Continued burials of coronavirus victims in Chile, dinosaur art in Shanghai, an outdoor town meeting in Massachusetts, ongoing protests against police brutality and systemic racism worldwide, workout pods in California, phased reopening of Grand Teton National Park, a horse named Mr. Glitter Sparkles in England, the Skyline Drive-In in Brooklyn, the removal of a Confederate statue in Houston, and much more.
Amy Klobuchar Withdraws From VP Search, Says Biden Should Select Woman of Color
The Minnesota senator’s chances at the vice presidential slot on the Democratic ticket dwindled dramatically after the death of George Floyd.
White Virginia man charged after pointing AR-15 at Black bikers in viral video
On Sunday, a group of Black men riding motorcycles say they pulled into a residential neighborhood in the rural Virginia area. According to the riders, shortly after they paused for a break, a man came outside and pointed an assault rifle at them, suggesting they were trespassing, as reported by local outlet WUSA 9. A video of the incident quickly went viral online, first on YouTube and then on Reddit.
Elite Scrabble Players Are in a Heated Debate About Using Racial Slurs in the Game
A compromise struck in the 1990s has started to unravel.
It’s all but official: Trump is trying to make a COVID-19 vaccine his October surprise
Impeached President Donald Trump is pushing health officials to speed up the timeline for a coronavirus vaccine in order to have it ready this fall. Administration sources tell The Washington Post that his “goal is to instill confidence among voters that the virus can be tamed and the economy fully reopened under Trump’s stewardship.” In other words, he wants to look like a president solving a crisis ahead of the election.
This Week in Statehouse Action: Home Remedies edition
Hello there, statehouse action-seekers!
I commend you for being especially bold right now, as action has a way of seeking pretty much everything and everyone out all on its own lately.
So I’ll not tax your energy further—let’s get into it.
As both protests and acts of police violence continue across the country, some states are taking matters into their own hands and are already moving to rein in law enforcement.
Rising coronavirus cases among Latinos alarm public health experts
Latinos age 25 to 54 have a coronavirus mortality rate at least five times greater than white people.
Trump says that World War I ended because soldiers got too sick to fight in 1917 pandemic
Donald Trump is no longer shuffling out to do the multiple-hour free association test that passed for a briefing on COVID-19. So he no longer has the cameras of every network focused on him as he explains how everything is “totally under control,” or how “it miraculously goes away,” or when he repeatedly insists that “this is just like flu.
Senior State Department Official Resigns Over Trump’s Response To Racial Injustice
Mary Elizabeth Taylor, one of the highest-ranking Black officials in the administration, said Trump’s actions “cut sharply against my core values.
Trump campaign hobbles toward Tulsa rally as area’s COVID-19 rates keep rising
One date change and one unsuccessful legal challenge later, Donald Trump’s return to campaign rallies is still scheduled for Saturday in Tulsa, Oklahoma. How, though? Why is Trump having a rally at the site of a 1921 race massacre on a date when, despite the rally’s move off of Juneteenth itself, Black Tulsans will still be celebrating independence?
J.C.
The Atlantic Daily: Reflecting on a Belated Liberation
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.WILFREDO LEE / APJuneteenth, as my colleague Vann R. Newkirk II put it, celebrates a “belated liberation.” On June 19, 1865, more than two years after President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, freedom finally reached the isolated state of Texas.
CBS Reporter Paula Reid Asks Trump Question All Journalists Should Ask
The White House correspondent asked the president, “Why do you keep hiring people that you believe are wackos and liars?
Florida Sees Record Number Of Coronavirus Cases As Experts Eye Possible New Epicenter
The Sunshine State has “all the makings of the next large epicenter,” according to scientists at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
It Looks Like Congress Got One Big Thing Right in Its Coronavirus Response
New research suggests shoveling money at Americans during an economic crisis did the trick.
Insecure Is Finally Growing Up
It was a sexual misfire that first broke me. I’d been coasting along, appreciating the low-stakes ebbs and flows of HBO’s Insecure, when suddenly the problem was right in my face.Well, rather, it was in Issa’s. Midway through Season 2 of the series, which follows a group of black Millennials meandering through adulthood in Los Angeles, Insecure’s protagonist was ready to shake things up.
Trump Is Losing Credit Where He May Soon Need It Most
Today, President Trump tweeted a bewildered question about the latest Supreme Court decision against him: “Do you get the impression the Supreme Court doesn’t like me?”Thousands of people on Twitter promptly tweeted back, “It’s not about you!” Yet the president’s self-involved question touched on a truth.
Senate Confirms Mitch McConnell’s 38-Year-Old Protege To Powerful Court Seat
Justin Walker, who has attacked the Affordable Care Act, will sit for decades on the nation’s second-most-powerful court.
The Trump Administration’s Incompetence Was the Saving Grace of 700,000 Dreamers
In a bravura interagency pageant of incompetence, the Trump administration managed today to wrest defeat from the jaws of victory. The Supreme Court decided in favor of the “Dreamers” in Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California, the blockbuster case weighing the fate of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program announced in 2012 by the Obama administration.
Men should cut back on booze, federal panel says
Limiting alcohol and added sugars are among the recommendations an influential advisory committee is about to send to the government.
How to Explain Racism and Privilege to Your Kids
If you’ve been privileged enough to avoid the talk, it’s time.
‘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.