It is debate night. Yee-haw! Donald Trump took a don’t interrupt pill and so far we have been able to hear actual things being said by both candidates. Unfortunately, Trump didn’t take a truth serum so we are still listening to his drivel of lies. Trump, in his glib way of blustering, is trying to angle that we are “turning the corner” of the pandemic and let’s not talk about it anymore.
Biden fought back with populism. The debate is unlikely to change a steady Biden lead.
Instead, on the topic of government officials’ dealings, the Democrat brought up Donald Trump’s secret Chinese bank account.
The South Carolina Republican blames “shadowy” forces — not his waning popularity — for donations pouring into his Democratic opponent’s Senate run.
“Sorry, she’s a reporter,” Bill Hemmer corrected the Trump campaign’s Mercedes Schlapp, who had called Welker a “bit of an activist.
A photograph challenges something deeply ingrained.
Editor’s Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection here. Updated at 9:20 p.m. ET on October 22, 2020The United States is sleepwalking into what could become the largest coronavirus outbreak of the pandemic so far. In the past week alone, as voters prepare to go to the ballot box, about one in every 1,000 Americans has tested positive for the virus, and about two in every 100,000 Americans have died of it.
The president accuses Democrats of “voter fraud,” but one of his supporters became the first person in a Pennsylvania county charged with the crime in 30 years.
“When a teacher dies, it’s a tragedy. But we have many examples where places have stayed open and there are not cases.
How do you make schools safe to reopen right now?
This proudly Catholic institution did not make it possible for me to have a family of the size I wanted.
Getty / Paul Spella / The AtlanticAs early voting began in Atlanta, Georgia, last week, members of the local Security Force Three Percent, a self-styled military group composed of roughly 400 members, were smoking Marlboro 100s and waxing apocalyptic about the state of America.“Well, I think the coronavirus is a scam, first and foremost,” declared Chris Hill, the commanding officer of the militia, who goes by the nom de guerre General BloodAgent.
As fighting continues between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, we look at the roots of the conflict that has already killed at least 700 people since fighting began in late September and which threatens to escalate despite two ceasefire attempts brokered by Russia. Nagorno-Karabakh, which lies inside Azerbaijan but is controlled by ethnic Armenians, was the site of a bloody conflict in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Mass protests against police brutality continue in Nigeria after security forces shot and killed 12 peaceful protesters in Lagos this week. Video widely shared on social media shows security forces firing directly into a crowd of demonstrators in Lagos singing the country’s national anthem.
I still feel like a little girl trying to get my dad to love me back.
His other work includes In the Heights, Dear Evan Hansen, and Bring it On: The Musical.
It’s a policy reversal from a presidency that helps red states and harms blue ones.
Democrats want it. The president wants it. Americans need it. If GOP senators want to kill it, they can own it, too.
The Trump administration’s logic for ending the count early obscures that it may be rife with inaccuracies.
Documents show funding for a host of health programs is at risk under the president’s order targeting liberal strongholds.
Covid isn’t just disproportionately killing people of color; it’s sticking them in a feedback loop that exacerbates economic and racial inequity, says Chicago economist Damon Jones.
Government spending exceeded more than $6.5 trillion in the fiscal year that ended on Sept. 30, up from $4.4 trillion in fiscal 2019.
Some 60 percent of all U.S. businesses that have closed during the pandemic have not reopened.
The comments from the leading Fed officials were the latest evidence of the central bank’s growing attention to persistent inequality in the economy.
As tens of millions of people across the U.S. cast their ballots in early voting ahead of the November 3 election, we look at voter suppression efforts with journalist and academic Jelani Cobb. His new “Frontline” documentary “Whose Vote Counts” examines the long lines, record number of mail-in ballots and the legal fights that have marked voting during the pandemic, with a focus on Wisconsin.
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At The New Yorker, Eyal Press writes—Trump’s Labor Secretary Is a Wrecking Ball Aimed at Workers:
[…] Since Donald Trump entered politics, he has surrounded himself with grifters and figures of gross incompetence. [Labor Secretary Eugene] Scalia is part of a smaller cohort: distinguished conservatives who have joined the Administration to advance their own ideological goals.
As cases of the novel coronavirus increase nationwide, scientists and researchers are working day and night to develop a vaccine or possible cure, but they aren’t the only ones. While most young teens are dreading online classes and spending a lot of time on social media, one Texas eighth grader has been working on developing a possible cure for COVID-19.
Even while Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell plot to stack the Supreme Court to kill it, the Affordable Care Act and its individual insurance market carry on and even improve, making it a better deal for people with every year. That could be one of the reasons it’s achieved and kept majority support with voters.
