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States won’t get Johnson & Johnson vaccines next week
White House officials told governors on a private call Tuesday that new supply of the J&J shot wasn’t immediately available for ordering, POLITICO has learned.
My Husband Gave Me Permission to Pursue My Secret Fantasy. I Have No Idea Where to Start.
I’m not sure how to navigate this without hurting him.
Senator Ted Cruz Says Making It Easier To Vote Is Actually ‘Jim Crow 2.0’
Republicans are trying to block the For the People Act, Democrats’ top-priority legislative package.
St. Vincent and the Limits of Rock-and-Roll Mystique
If you’ve searched St. Vincent on Twitter in the past few weeks, you haven’t seen chatter about the goofy soul sound of the 38-year-old rock star’s latest singles. You’ve seen snarky tweets about an interview that is mainly of interest to die-hard fans and people addicted to Twitter drama.In late April, the journalist Emma Madden posted—and then deleted—a Q&A with St. Vincent that the artist’s press team had allegedly tried to stop from being published.
It’s One House in Brooklyn, Shaun Donovan. What Could It Cost?
The incredibly wrong answers New York City’s mayoral candidates gave to a question about real estate.
Marjorie Taylor Greene Goes Full Tinfoil Hat With Latest Display Of Willful Ignorance
The QAnon-endorsing Georgia Republican took her conspiratorial musings over Dr. Anthony Fauci to a new low.
The Doctors Who Bet Their Patients’ Lives on COVID-19 Test Results
When the third coronavirus surge hit the U.S. last fall, the midwestern states were among the worst affected. Thousands of people in the region were being hospitalized with the virus every day. It was at this inauspicious time that a team of transplant doctors at University Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan, received a pair of healthy-seeming lungs. According to a published case report, the donor had been in an automobile accident, and died from her injuries a few days later.
“Harm Is Still Being Done”: 36 Years After MOVE Bombing, Misuse of Children’s Remains Reopens Wounds
This week marks the 36th anniversary of the day the city of Philadelphia bombed its own citizens. On May 13, 1985, police surrounded the home of MOVE, a radical Black liberation organization that was defying orders to vacate. Police flooded the home with water, filled the house with tear gas, and blasted the house with automatic weapons, all failing to dislodge the residents. Finally, police dropped a bomb on the house from a helicopter, killing 11 people, including five children.
Israel Kills Dozens in Gaza While Imposing “Constant War” on Palestinian Residents of Jerusalem
Israeli airstrikes in Gaza have killed at least 26 Palestinians, including nine children, as tension in the region has escalated sharply. Hundreds were also injured by Israeli forces Monday when they stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third-holiest site in Islam. Hamas responded by firing hundreds of rockets into Israel, which reportedly caused dozens of injuries but no deaths.
Unearthing an Origin Story for Gentrification
Historians have always assumed that the medieval city of Angkor, today located in Cambodia, was huge, simply based on how much land its kings commanded. From the ninth to the 15th centuries, Angkor was the capital of the Khmer empire, which at its zenith stretched across modern Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam.
3 Explanations for the Vaccine Slowdown
For a few weeks this spring, the United States was a world leader in vaccines, administering shots to a larger share of its population than even the United Kingdom or Israel. But since the middle of April, our vaccine campaign has stalled. The average number of people getting a first or single dose is down almost 50 percent from its peak on April 13.
GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik Dragged Over ‘Cringeworthy’ Boast About Trump Support
The New York Republican said she was “honored.” Critics said she should be anything but.
Help! My Friends Think My Girlfriend Is a Scammer Just Because She’s Russian.
We met on Reddit last year at the start of the pandemic.
Dear Care and Feeding: My Daughter Constantly Criticizes Our Messy Home. She’s Right.
Parenting advice on cleanliness, racism, and sexual orientation.
Lindsey Graham: People Trying To Erase Donald Trump Will ‘Wind Up Getting Erased’
The South Carolina Republican once warned the GOP “will get destroyed” by Trump.
Sean Hannity Threatens Jimmy Kimmel: ‘Don’t Talk About My Show Anymore’
“If he wants me to remind his bosses at Disney of all the crap that he’s done over the years … I’ll be glad to pick that fight,” said the Fox News personality.
My Grandmother Says She’ll Stop Sending Me Money Unless I Get Pregnant
Introducing Pay Dirt, Slate’s new money advice column.
The Jobs Report Was Shockingly Bad. Please Don’t Overreact.
Republican politicians have already made up their minds about what to do. They—and everyone else—should chill.
Republican Governors Are Now Cutting Off Unemployment Benefits to Force People Back to Work
Not only is it callous, it doesn’t even make sense.
Covid response chief has no regrets on Johnson & Johnson pause
Jeff Zients said the pause proved the federal government was monitoring the situation closely.
Fauci predicts ‘dramatic difference’ in pandemic outlook if more are vaccinated
“I believe that we will be about as close to back to normal as we can,” the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said, with a caveat.
White House, state officials scramble to get docs’ help with lagging vaccination effort
Doctors could be especially helpful vaccinating hesitant Americans, but health officials are still figuring out how to get them involved.
I Can’t Get Over What My Wife Does Every Time We Finish Sex
She agreed she’d be horrified if I did this to her.
Lockdown mentality still holding the economy back, banking official says
Neel Kashkari of the Minneapolis Fed says things should get better as people overcome fears related to the pandemic.
Mark Carney on Canada’s economic growth: ‘It’s going to take more than one budget’
“There were elements of growth in the balance from what I can see and understand,” Carney said in a long response that didn’t directly answer the question.
How the Trudeau government plans to meet its climate goals
Chrystia Freeland uses Budget 2021 to reveal Canada’s new emissions target.
Richard Wright’s Novel About Racist Police Violence Was Rejected in 1941; It Has Just Been Published
Nearly 80 years ago, Richard Wright became one of the most famous Black writers in the United States with the publication of “Native Son,” a novel whose searing critique of systemic racism made it a best-seller and inspired a generation of Black writers.
News Roundup: Republicans to punish Cheney for opposing election hoax; Arizona ‘audit’ continues
In the news today: House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy sets Wednesday vote to remove Rep. Liz Cheney from leadership due to Cheney’s “relitigating” of whether or not Republicans should continue to promote election hoaxes claiming the last presidential election to have been “stolen.” Not considered “relitigating” the election: the ongoing Arizona Republican election “audit” examining ballots for Asian “bamboo fibers.




























