Amy Klobuchar, Joe Manchin, and several of their Democratic colleagues in the Senate have produced the Freedom to Vote Act, a stellar election-protection compromise bill that safeguards both the right to vote and the integrity of future federal elections. Before skeptics start questioning whether the bill will attract the 10 Republican votes necessary to overcome a filibuster, let’s acknowledge key aspects of this achievement.
To celebrities, the red carpet of the Met Gala is like an average person’s front lawn: a place for making bold statements. The event, an annual fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, is made for flaunting ostentatious couture. The dress code is determined by a theme—this year’s was “American Independence,” in honor of a forthcoming exhibition—that can be interpreted however an attendee prefers. Tickets are $35,000 a pop.
The empty spectacle of that TAX THE RICH gown.
I have one worry in particular.
The former vice president reportedly convinced Mike Pence he couldn’t throw out the election results in order to keep Trump in power.
Federal health officials plan to allocate specific amounts to each state under the new approach.
“I am going to let it rip from the Bison account,” a high-ranking Interior Department spokesperson wrote before taking to the agency’s troll handle to “fact-check.
The standoff is threatening the entire health plank of the party’s mammoth social spending proposal.
A new book shines fresh light on the final days of the Trump administration, when a top general feared the president had gone into “serious mental decline.
“There’s a real anger, particularly in red-state public schools, of people not feeling like the health and safety of their family members is being valued.
The Met Gala is a barometer of fashion. Not in the boring “What is the hemline of the moment?” sense, but on a grander scale. This benefit dinner is pure spectacle, an event that exists only to be photographed, a sequined media mirage. Look at the pictures from the after-parties and you’ll see that many guests change out of their red-carpet looks as soon as humanly possible. These are clothes for posing in, not wearing. They are statements.
This is an excerpt from The Atlantic’s climate newsletter, The Weekly Planet. Subscribe today.The climate scientist Ken Caldeira recently tweeted a joke meant to charm carbon-tax advocates. “If we don’t want people to drink so much alcohol, rather than taxing alcohol, we can subsidize everything that is not alcohol,” he wrote. His point, if I may ruin the punch line, is that the United States’ approach to combatting climate change is kind of silly.
Perhaps you’ve noticed that ebooks are awful. I hate them, but I don’t know why I hate them. Maybe it’s snobbery. Perhaps, despite my long career in technology and media, I’m a secret Luddite. Maybe I can’t stand the idea of looking at books as computers after a long day of looking at computers as computers. I don’t know, except for knowing that ebooks are awful.
The data, which is set to be made public as soon as this week, shows that the Pfizer vaccine’s ability to prevent severe disease and hospitalization is waning over time.
Tension is rising between Canadian police and activists who have been staging a months-long anti-logging resistance in Vancouver Island’s ancient forests. The protest has been underway for two years, led by environmental and First Nations activists, and is considered to be Canada’s largest act of civil disobedience ever. Canadian authorities have arrested nearly 1,000 people at Fairy Creek in British Columbia, and the protests show no sign of slowing down.
According to the Costs of War Project, the wars launched by the United States following 9/11 have killed an estimated 929,000 people in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen and elsewhere. The true death toll may never be known, but the vast majority of the victims have been Muslim. “Racism is baked into the security logic of the national security state in the U.S.
I can only ask what else they’re lying to us about.
Parenting advice on youth sports, colorism, and hypochondria.
Some states have botched rental aid so badly they may never catch up.
The president’s critics—and the media pretending they have a point—are being ridiculous.
9/11 marked the final gasp of the ministerial anchorman.
My granddaughters are no longer speaking to each other.
Doing a solid for voters who won’t notice you helped them for years.
“We have to put this in context,” Vivek Murthy said.
The city has not released NYCHA-specific Covid data in more than a year.
Atoosa is back—and she has more to say than ever.
Really didn’t think we’d be coming home with this!
Just long enough for her to try it.
