Today's Liberal News
Being sorry is one thing. Serving jail time is another story: Amber Guyger’s apparent moral code
The week after one cop was convicted of murder, another will be seeking an appeal of her murder conviction after claiming that she accidentally walked into the wrong apartment and mistook a Black accountant for an intruder before shooting and killing him. It’s no secret who the first cop is.
U.S. pledges medical aid for India to combat surge
America also intends to pay for an expansion of manufacturing capability for the vaccine manufacturer in India.
Why Republicans Are Passing Laws Protecting Drivers Who Hit Protesters
The GOP campaign to take back the streets, even if by force.
Lindsey Graham Says There’s ‘No’ Systemic Racism In U.S., Citing Kamala Harris As VP
“America is not a racist country,” the Senate Republican said, adding that every society has “bad actors.
Kim Kardashian Thanks Biden For ‘Courage’ To Recognize Armenian Genocide
“Today the Armenian people received the recognition we have all been hoping and praying for,” the billionaire reality TV star said.
Top House Republican Defends Trump’s Response To Capitol Riot: ‘He Put A Video Out’
Fox News’ Chris Wallace grilled House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy about his Jan. 6 conversations with the then-president.
We Asked the Head of TED Talks to Help A 6th Grader With Her Big Speech
Call out your audience’s skepticism and then tell a story to prove them wrong.
Mike Pence’s COVID Rule-Busting Vail Vacation Cost Public $757,000 In Security Costs Alone
Pence hit the slopes as his own task force urged strict precautions amid historic highs in coronavirus cases and the CDC told people to stay home.
Gubernatorial Candidate Caitlyn Jenner Gets Schooled On How California Operates
She referred in a tweet to “Gov. Gavin Newsom’s district attorneys.” DAs are elected in California, not appointed by the governor.
Celebration
Grace Schulman’s poem is a “celebration” of springtime, a season that can in itself feel like a hopeful celebration of warmth, light, and life. Schulman describes newly blooming nature as full of motion, as though every flower, tree, and creature were waking up and dancing: The hostas unfurl, the tulips gaze feverish, the oaks raise up their leaves.But the joy is tinged with loss. The changing seasons mark the passage of time, marching forward to an inevitable end point.
Dear Care and Feeding: My Fiancée Wants Me to Side With Her Over My Daughter
Parenting advice on second marriages, anxiety, and bathing.
The Danger of Shortchanging Parents
In 1920, following the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, which granted women the right to vote, the lawyer and feminist Crystal Eastman turned her attention to the future. The new goal of the feminist movement, she argued, should be to ensure that women are free to pursue careers outside of child-rearing—but also to guarantee that if women chose to focus on parenting, their labors would be “recognized by the world as work, requiring a definite economic reward.
India’s crematoriums overwhelmed as virus ‘swallows people’
For the fourth straight day, India set a global daily record for new infections.
How Does Police Reporting Work When Police Reports Can’t Be Trusted?
The original false account of George Floyd’s murder challenges old habits of journalism.
The Good News About the Insane Real Estate Market
Losing your umpteenth bidding war just might radicalize you.
What Substack Is Really Doing to the Media
The company is targeting one of news organizations’ weak points.
Joe Biden Wants to Tax the Hell Out of Rich Investors
Get ready for private equity guys to start making jokes about Uncle Joe Stalin.
New York’s Ridiculous Elections Are Why We Could Have Mayor Andrew Yang
In a system designed to suppress turnout, he just might be the low-turnout candidate.
Democrats worry Biden’s hesitation on health care will doom campaign pledges
White House press secretary Jen Psaki further stoked those fears on Thursday when she listed health care as separate from the forthcoming infrastructure pitch.
Biden faces health industry fight over new ‘surprise’ billing ban
There’s a lobbying war over how HHS implements new protections shielding patients from large, unexpected medical bills.
FDA ends Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause
Federal health officials will add warnings about potential blood-clot risks to fact sheets for health care providers and vaccine recipients.
CDC reassigns official who drew spotlight for pandemic warning
Nancy Messonnier is no longer the head of the agency’s vaccine task force.
Bidenworld fears many vaccine skeptics may be unreachable. They’re trying anyway.
A new effort to sell the jab is focusing on a few things: financial hurdles, conservative media and not speaking down to those who are hesitant.
The Power of a Skeptical Captain America
This article contains spoilers through the entirety of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and Avengers: Endgame.Superlative television should always know what it wants to be, and on that front, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier has felt more like Marvel’s exercise in trying things out than a series with a fully realized sense of self.
Dear Care and Feeding: My Daughter Is Obsessed With Getting a “Black Friend”
Parenting advice on diverse friendship, unwanted pregnancy, and sibling rivalry.
I’m a Female Virgin, and I’m Looking for a … Very Specific Quality in My First Lover
Are there any guys out there like this?
10 Ways to Tell Your Child’s Teacher Thank You After This Horrific Year
This is not the year to skimp on Teacher Appreciation Week.