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What COVID-Scarred Cities Can Learn From the Bubonic Plague
The rich flee. The poor have nowhere to go. And there is important work to do in the aftermath.
The Eerie, Awe-Inspiring Images of High Schools That Moved Into Empty Malls
It isn’t dystopian. It’s creative reuse.
Joe Manchin Drops More Hints About How He’d Reform the Filibuster
He wouldn’t nuke it. But his ideas might help neutralize it.
Biden’s COVID Bill Is His First Step Toward an FDR-Style Presidency
This will appreciably improve the lives of Americans—and position the administration to do even more.
Birx joins air purifying company selling Covid tech
The former coronavirus coordinator’s new firm is seeking FDA clearance to market its tech as a coronavirus fighter.
Biden’s new Covid workplace rules set to collide with reopenings
Businesses warn the policy could create confusion and bring hefty new costs for employers.
Fauci’s star rises as relationship with Biden deepens
Few others cast as long a shadow as Fauci — who over the past year has given America a crash course in epidemiology — especially with top health posts vacant.
A Bug’s Life
Photographs by Tine PoppeThis article was published online on March 13, 2021.When you are an ant, the stakes are always high. There are those who would eat you—birds, snakes, bigger bugs—and those who could trample you and your environment in a single sneakered step. These enormous beings may not mean you any harm, but it is impact, not intention, that matters most.
Former Stockton Mayor Tubbs joins Newsom as economic adviser
He is best known for his work on a Stockton pilot project that provided $500 a month to a small group of low-income residents.
Biden’s ‘Morning in America’ moment sparks a furious debate
Another massive injection of federal cash could ignite the economy like never before. It also could drive up inflation and burst market bubbles, creating new headaches in an otherwise positive outlook.
U.S. adds a strong 379,000 jobs in hopeful sign for economy
The February gain marked a sharp pickup from the 166,000 jobs that were added in January.
Biden’s bubble risk: A reckoning in markets as the economy recovers
“I mean, Shaq has a SPAC. What could go wrong?” one economist says of the euphoria rippling through Wall Street and raising a new round of worries.
Meghan Markle Racism Revelations Are “Shocking, But Not Surprising” to People of Color in U.K.
The British royal family is facing intense criticism over its treatment of Meghan Markle, who revealed shocking details about life as a royal in an interview with Oprah Winfrey, including mistreatment and bullying from other royals, relentless harassment by the British press, and racist comments about Markle, who was born in the United States to a Black mother and a white father. One member of the royal family, according to Markle, even speculated how dark her child’s skin would be.
“Hell on Earth”: Yemeni Children Starve to Death as U.S.-Backed Saudi Blockade Devastates Nation
The World Food Programme is warning Yemen is headed toward the biggest famine in modern history, with the U.N. agency projecting around 400,000 Yemeni children under the age of 5 could die from acute malnutrition this year as the Saudi war and blockade continues. CNN senior international correspondent Nima Elbagir says Yemen is accurately described as “hell on Earth.
Share the Vaccines, Erase the Debt: Joseph Stiglitz on How the U.S. Can Help Developing Countries
Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz says wealthy countries have a responsibility to help the developing world in overcoming the pandemic. He says the response must include vaccine equity as well as economic aid, including debt relief. “America won’t be free from the pandemic until the world is,” says Stiglitz.
The End of Trickle-Down Economics? Joe Stiglitz on the “Transformational” $1.9T American Rescue Plan
President Biden has signed the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, which Democrats are hailing as the largest anti-poverty bill in a generation. It includes stimulus checks to most adults, expanded unemployment benefits and an overhaul of the child tax credit. One study projects the law will lift almost 14 million Americans out of poverty, including 5.7 million children. “This is transformational,” says economist Joseph Stiglitz.
Stacey Abrams Slams GOP Push To Restrict Voting As ‘Jim Crow In A Suit And Tie’
“The only connection that we can find is that more people of color voted, and it changed the outcome of elections in a direction that Republicans do not like.
News Roundup: Fauci prods Trump, Treason Ted is bored, and yet another charity scandal
For today’s sleepy little news day, we have a little of everything. Ted Cruz is upset that the new president is “boring.” Dr. Fauci took to Fox News for a thinly veiled plea to the previous guy to step out of the buffet line for a stitch and maybe convince his admirers to get vaccinated against a deadly pandemic, maybe? But the family grift keeps going, and going, and going.
Insurrectionist wants to be tried in Texas, not in the town she terrorized
Hey, I get it. If I’d tried to overthrow the legitimate government of the United States, I probably wouldn’t want to be tried in Washington, D.C., either. Because, you know, Washington residents tend to frown on such hijinks.
‘We need real leadership’: Even Georgia Republican realizes party’s failure
Both Georgia business leaders and top Republican officials in the state are opposing proposed legislation to restrict voting rights after the GOP suffered a well-earned triple loss in state Senate runoffs as well as the presidential election.
Nuts & Bolts: Inside a Democratic campaign: Land does not vote
It’s another Sunday, so for those who tune in, welcome to another discussion of the Nuts & Bolts of a Democratic campaign. If you’ve missed out, you can catch up any time: Just visit our group or follow the Nuts & Bolts Guide. Every week I try to tackle issues I’ve been asked about. With the help of other campaign workers and notes, we address how to improve and build better campaigns, or explain issues that impact our party.
Black family threatened after detailing horrific bullying at middle school sleepover, attorney says
A Texas mother is reportedly facing threats after she went public about allegations her son was bullied for more than a year, targeted because of his race, and tricked into drinking urine at a sleepover. Summer Smith told NBC DFW she allowed her 13-year-old Black son, a student at Haggard Middle School, to attend the sleepover in mid-February without knowing his bullies, former football teammates, would be there.
Democrats Bank On Relief Aid To Win Back Wary Working Class
The $1.9 trillion stimulus package dramatically expands tax credits for families, bolsters unemployment benefits and reduces taxes on student loan debt.
I Can’t Get Over What My Husband Wants Me to Do During Sex
He says I can’t know I don’t like it unless I try it.
Treasury secretary minimizes risk of inflation caused by Covid relief package
Janet Yellen said the greater risk was not strengthening the economy as it recovers from the impact of the pandemic.
Fauci: Pulling back Covid measures could endanger Biden’s July 4th prediction
“To pull back now, prematurely, would be ill-advised,” Anthony Fauci said.
Paris may face new lockdown as ICUs fill up
Special medical planes dispatched patients from the Paris area to less-saturated regions over the weekend.
Cowbell
We come across a ridge and hear
a cowbell in the cove beyond,
a tinkle sweetening the air
with vague rubato as the breeze
erases tones and then the notes
resume like echoes from the past
or from a cave inside the cliff,
a still, calm voice in dialect
and keeping its own company,
both out of time and long as time,
both here and from a higher sphere,
as if the voice of history
were intimate as memory.
Help! I Can’t Stop My Young Daughter From Making Racist Comments.
Advice about parenting and education.