A couple months ago I was in line at the grocery store when the cashier snapped at me to keep a 6-foot distance between myself and the people around me. My first reaction was irritation and a sense of being unjustly accused—I was literally standing directly on top of the social distancing marker the store had on the floor, and I wasn’t moving.
Wiley is a civil rights lawyer who helped shape New York’s sanctuary-city laws.
The record high enrollment highlights the Affordable Care Act’s contribution, even as its survival depends on an imminent Supreme Court ruling.
My wife, Deb, has written about the concept of “Big Little Ideas.” These are modest-seeming, simple-and-practical steps that can have surprisingly large consequences.I am drawn to the parallel concept of “New Old Ideas.” These are themes from the American past that have new relevance for the United States of this moment and the years to come.Every nation has its leitmotifs: its tendencies and excesses and achievements, which run through its history.
Every weekday evening, our editors guide you through the biggest stories of the day, help you discover new ideas, and surprise you with moments of delight. Subscribe to get this delivered to your inbox.This weekend, your brain may be craving a bit of adventure, whether it’s to marvel at something spectacular or feel like a part of something bigger.We’re taking a break from the news cycle to deliver you five stories that we hope awaken your childlike sense of wonder.1.
Hollywood has a crowded slate of films—delayed by the pandemic and otherwise—to release over the next three months. That makes choosing what to see more stressful than usual, especially when some titles can be seen both in theaters and at home. To make the process more manageable, I’ve scrutinized trailers and even screened some of the films below to put together this guide for all your needs, whatever they may be.
They’ve been together 13 years, and I don’t know what else to do to get rid of her.
The effort to reach the unvaccinated has become the latest political fault line in the Covid response.
In my experience, out here in the West, people are, by and large, aggrieved. This is not entirely their fault. Federal and state governments have made lots of promises to people in the West, or to their parents or grandparents. Some people were promised that their land would not be taken, while other people were promised free land.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom condemned the decision, calling it “a direct threat to public safety and the lives of innocent Californians, period.
“In the age of Trump, truly, you can choose your friends but you can’t choose your family,” said “New Day” anchor Brianna Keilar.
She’s delusional, but it’s straining my relationship with my son.
A growing movement wants to scrap bus and subway fares. That’s not what riders need most.
He wants me to move in with him. I’m suspicious of his motives—but it sure would be nice not to have to worry about rent.
Get ready for HQ2, uh, part two.
Years ago, I pleaded with him to get health insurance. Now I’m being ostracized due to his carelessness.
New Jersey has been operating under a public health emergency for almost all of the pandemic.
The move comes after months of internal debate and external pressure.
Some spare Covid-19 vaccine doses — including tens of thousands of Johnson & Johnson shots — are set to expire at the end of this month.
The Food and Drug Administration is working with shot makers to ensure doses manufactured by contractor Emergent BioSolutions are safe to use.
He failed to mention one thing in particular.
I’m torn between taking their job away or subjecting them to racist abuse.
Teachers on summer school, summer homework, and divorce.
He says my bad mood is “obvious” and that “it ruins the day.
Some analysts suggested that the administration is essentially admitting that its proposed surge in federal spending won’t actually boost the economy much at all.
The study adds fuel to an intense national debate about what is behind a suspected worker shortage and what policy changes are needed to accelerate Americans’ return to work as the pandemic subsides.
Do African Americans have Second Amendment rights? That’s the question Emory University professor Carol Anderson set out to answer in her new book, “The Second,” which looks at the constitutional right to bear arms and its uneven application throughout U.S. history. She says she was prompted to write the book after the 2016 police killing of Philando Castile, who was fatally shot during a traffic stop after he told the officer he had a legal firearm.
Two years after House Democrats originally sought testimony from Don McGahn, the Trump White House lawyer gave a closed-door interview.
In the news today: Sen. Joe Manchin, the slowest learner in the Senate, seems to think Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has learned his lesson and there should be another vote on the Jan. 6 commission. Because unicorns. Former Vice President Mike Pence agrees that he and Donald Trump will never “see eye to eye” on that whole insurrectionist mob that wanted to hang him thing.
Perhaps the single most consistently held policy position in American politics over the past century is this: The Republican Party wants the rich to pay as little in taxes as possible. Currently, the Party of Trump is going to the mattresses against President Joe Biden’s plan to pay for major investment packages.