Biden’s big challenge: A growing racial wealth gap
Black voters had Joe Biden’s back. Now he must prove he’s got theirs.
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The hangover awaiting Biden: Deep wounds from Covid-19
Biden will inherit an economy similar to one he and Obama did 12 years ago. But unlike last time, he’ll have few tools to deal with it.
Bree Newsome & Prof. Eddie Glaude: The Black Lives Matter Movement Helped the Democrats Defeat Trump
As President-elect Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris prepare to take power, we continue to look at the growing debate over the direction of the Democratic Party. House Majority Whip James Clyburn recently criticized calls to “defund the police” and argued the phrase hurt Democratic congressional candidates.
Juan González: Mainstream Media Has Missed the Real Story About Latinx Voter Turnout
About 160 million voters cast ballots in this election, setting a new record, and President-elect Joe Biden’s lead in the popular vote has jumped to over 6 million. Much of the increased turnout was powered by people of color, while the total number of votes cast by white Americans barely increased from the last presidential election.
As COVID Devastates Native Communities, Indigenous Voters Played Key Role in Defeating Trump
As COVID-19 rampages through the U.S., we look at how the rapid spread of the disease is affecting Native American communities, which have already faced disproportionate infection and death rates throughout the pandemic. We speak to Jodi Archambault, a citizen of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and former special assistant to President Obama for Native American affairs. We also speak with Protect the Sacred founder Allie Young of the Navajo Nation.
Indigenous Groups Vow to Keep Resisting as Construction Is Approved for Enbridge Tar Sands Pipeline
A massive fight is brewing in Minnesota against the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approved a permit for the project this week. After years of resistance, pipeline construction is now set to begin by the end of the month despite the concerns of Indigenous communities, who say it would violate tribal sovereignty and contaminate the land and water.
Ex-Head Of U.S. Election Security Calls Trump Fraud ‘Farcical’
Chris Krebs tells 60 Minutes allegations of U.S. voting machines being manipulated by foreign countries were baseless.
Security Experts Fear State Secrets Won’t Be Safe With Indebted Donald Trump
He may view them as a “profit center” when his debts are due, reports NBC.
Trump’s sadistic narcissism: The gift that could keep on giving to Republicans indefinitely
As we watch the slow-rolling train wreck Donald Trump is currently engineering for Republicans in Georgia, it’s enjoyable to imagine what kind of havoc Trump may very well visit upon the GOP for the next several years.
Precisely because Senate Republicans allowed Trump to turn the state’s two Senate runoffs into a divisive family feud, Trump could conceivably continue to wield outsized power in GOP primaries for the foreseeable future.
Trump Now Insists Biden Must ‘Prove’ He Won 80 Million Votes To Enter The White House
He claimed President-elect Joe Biden has a “big unsolvable problem” to demonstrate that votes certified by states are legitimate.
An infrastructure project everyone can love
There has to be a chicken crossing the road joke somewhere in here, but I’m not finding it. Nevertheless, here’s several minutes of wildlife having a much easier journey through Utah because of a brand new wildlife crossing.
“It’s working!” Check out the critters big and small who are using Utah’s first wildlife overpass to cross Interstate 80. The @UtahDWR shared this video on Thursday. pic.twitter.
Cartoon: ‘Tis the season to be lame ducky
Two more months with this guy’s fingers on the nuclear codes. Even without the pandemic, it’s best to stay home.
This holiday season, give Santa some time off
Whether you celebrate a religious holiday or not, the winter season often involves some form of gift-giving. Perhaps that’s within your immediate or extended family, coworkers, or friends. Whether you have your own children or not, people often give gifts to kids.
Judge To Trump: ‘Calling An Election Unfair Does Not Make It So’
A federal appeals court rejected an appeal from the Trump campaign over the election results in Pennsylvania.
The One Thing Every Dog Owner and Runner Should Buy on Black Friday
These visibility vests will keep you and your pup safe in the dark.
A Fantasy-Football League Unafraid to Commit to the Bit
Each installment of The Friendship Files features a conversation between The Atlantic’s Julie Beck and two or more friends, exploring the history and significance of their relationship.This week she talks with five representatives of a 12-person fantasy-football league called Raccoon Nation. Their commitment to the league has led to an elaborate infrastructure of regulations and statistics, a trophy for the winners, punishments for the losers, and even merch.
The Books Briefing: How to Tell the Story of a Family
The poet Marianne Moore had a deeply close—perhaps too close—relationship with her mother, Mary. This idiosyncratic bond intrigued Moore’s contemporaries and her biographer Linda Leavell, who trains her eye on it in Holding On Upside Down: The Life and Work of Marianne Moore.
A Horror Movie Where Wealth Is the Demon
In The Nest, a family moves into an English mansion in the countryside filled with opulent rooms, creaky staircases, and secret passages. The setup is familiar for a horror film: A happy couple buys a mysterious property and discovers, upon arrival, that something is terribly wrong with the house. The movie, directed by Sean Durkin, opens with appropriate portentousness, a discordant piano score clanging over the title card.
What to Get People Who Love Exercise
Perfect gifts for the runner, biker, lifter, or yogi in your life.
Four Days in Occupied Western Sahara — A Rare Look Inside Africa’s Last Colony as Ceasefire Ends
In this special rebroadcast of a Democracy Now! exclusive documentary, we break the media blockade and go to occupied Western Sahara in the northwest of Africa to document the decades-long Sahrawi struggle for freedom and Morocco’s violent crackdown. Morocco has occupied the territory since 1975 in defiance of the United Nations and the international community. Thousands have been tortured, imprisoned, killed and disappeared while resisting the Moroccan occupation.
Dry Ice Is Hotter Than Ever
At 4:30 a.m. on the Monday before Thanksgiving, the dry-ice manufacturing floor at Noble Gas Solutions in Albany, New York, was hopping. The machine that compresses carbon-dioxide gas into dry ice was cranking out pellets of the stuff—1,500 pounds an hour—and Noble’s staff was racing to fill hundreds of bags so that a mission-critical product could be distributed on an unforgiving deadline.The product: cheesecake.The deadline: Thanksgiving dinner.
Governments around the world weigh thorny question: Who gets the vaccine first?
Different countries are coming up with different answers to that question.
The Damage Will Last
“The guardrails of our system actually worked,” the political analyst Amy Walter marveled on Monday evening, capturing how many reacted to the Trump administration initiating a formal transition of power to the Biden administration. American democracy had survived its weeks-long brush with disaster, despite President Donald Trump’s baseless fraud claims, surreal press conferences, and shaky legal challenges.
Help! My 5-Year-Old Refuses to Fold Laundry for Me.
She does it for her dad, but when I try the same tactics, she does nothing.
What Are the Rules for Sleepovers When Your Teen Is Bisexual?
Parenting advice on bisexual sleepover rules, puberty guidance, and standardized testing.
Can This Chicago Shop Survive—and What’s Lost if It Can’t?
“What I want to do with this space is to bring joy to people.
So You’re Flying This Thanksgiving? Here’s Which Parts Are the Riskiest.
What to expect, and what risks you’ll take, from the moment you enter the airport.