My 5-Year-Old Granddaughter Is Topless in Family Photos and on Zoom
Parenting advice on children’s clothes, ex-spouses, and vasectomies.
Today's Liberal News
“Why Would You Lie to Me About This?”: One Year of Life and Drama in Our COVID Pods
We’ve never had to negotiate so many things with our friends, hookups, roommates, and families.
Democrats Might Make Sane Political Decision, Move to Spare Millions of Americans From Surprise Tax Bills
Oh good, the Democrats are avoiding the obvious political disaster they were loudly warned about.
Why Republicans Might Be Open to a Minimum Wage Hike
The issue used to be a nonstarter for the GOP. Here’s what changed.
Democrats Might Make Sane Political Decision, Move to Spare Millions of Americans From Surprise Tax Bills
Oh good, the Democrats are avoiding the obvious political disaster they were loudly warned about.
Democrats Have Decided to Send Checks to Fewer People for No Actual Good Reason
Raise a glass for comity and moderation.
Ohio governor defends continuing mask mandate
But Mike DeWine and Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson both decline to attack fellow GOP governors who have lifted them.
Why Republicans Might Be Open to a Minimum Wage Hike
The issue used to be a nonstarter for the GOP. Here’s what changed.
Biden team plots the country’s first national Covid testing strategy
The widespread testing envisioned by the Biden program is sorely needed to help bring the pandemic to an end.
Cuomo scandal heats up Hill probe of nursing home death data
Senior officials at two federal health agencies will meet as early as next week with House Ways and Means Committee Republican staff about how to improve the tracking of nursing home deaths.
Democrats Have Decided to Send Checks to Fewer People for No Actual Good Reason
Raise a glass for comity and moderation.
Ohio governor defends continuing mask mandate
But Mike DeWine and Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson both decline to attack fellow GOP governors who have lifted them.
Biden team plots the country’s first national Covid testing strategy
The widespread testing envisioned by the Biden program is sorely needed to help bring the pandemic to an end.
Cuomo scandal heats up Hill probe of nursing home death data
Senior officials at two federal health agencies will meet as early as next week with House Ways and Means Committee Republican staff about how to improve the tracking of nursing home deaths.
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.
Biden targets smallest businesses with exclusive aid window
Only businesses with fewer than 20 employees will be able to apply for aid through the massive Paycheck Protection Program.
Biden’s economic point man draws praise — and pushback
Allies laud Brian Deese’s leadership on the stimulus negotiations, but he’s rubbed some the wrong way.
Biden aims to isolate China on coal — but it could blow back on the U.S.
The U.S. wants to stop new coal projects, but risks losing poor countries to Beijing’s “Belt and Road” agenda.
“We Do This ‘Til We Free Us”: Mariame Kaba on Abolishing Police, Prisons & Moving Toward Justice
Outrage over police brutality and the mass incarceration of Black and Brown people has generated calls to defund and abolish the police.
Saddest Homecoming Ever? Trump Greeted By A Single Supporter In New York Return.
The former president’s onetime hometown didn’t exactly roll out the red carpet.
Overnight news roundup: CDC releases new guidelines for vaccinated Americans
Today’s big news was small news: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finally released initial guidelines freeing vaccinated Americans from some COVID-19 restrictions. The catch? For this first round, the only loosened restrictions are that vaccinated Americans should feel free to—with appropriate caution—meet with other vaccinated Americans indoors, without masks, and without social distancing.
Overnight news roundup: CDC releases new guidelines for vaccinated Americans
Today’s big news was small news: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finally released initial guidelines freeing vaccinated Americans from some COVID-19 restrictions. The catch? For this first round, the only loosened restrictions are that vaccinated Americans should feel free to—with appropriate caution—meet with other vaccinated Americans indoors, without masks, and without social distancing.
Heather McGhee: Winning message for Democrats on racism highlights harm to Americans of all races
The most important result of the 2020 elections is that Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump. Second-most important is that Democrats took back the Senate. These were tremendous victories that, along with keeping the House, have given our party a chance to make real, lasting change that will improve the lives of every American.
But (you knew a “but” was coming) we didn’t do as well as we thought we might.
Heather McGhee: Winning message for Democrats on racism highlights harm to Americans of all races
The most important result of the 2020 elections is that Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump. Second-most important is that Democrats took back the Senate. These were tremendous victories that, along with keeping the House, have given our party a chance to make real, lasting change that will improve the lives of every American.
But (you knew a “but” was coming) we didn’t do as well as we thought we might.
The Internet Doesn’t Have to Be Awful
Illustrations by Yoshi SodeokaThis article was published online on March 8, 2021.To read the diary of Gustave de Beaumont, the traveling companion of Alexis de Tocqueville, is to understand just how primitive the American wilderness once seemed to visiting Frenchmen.
Judge blisters prosecutors in decision to release 3 wrongfully convicted Black men after 24 years
On Friday, March 5, 2021, after 24 years in prison, the Hon. Judge Joseph A. Zayas of the Queens County Supreme Court overturned the 1996 convictions of Gary Johnson, 46; George Bell, 44; and Rohan Bolt, 59. The three men were finally released from Green Haven Correctional Facility in upstate New York to waiting family, friends, and media coverage.
Judge blisters prosecutors in decision to release 3 wrongfully convicted Black men after 24 years
On Friday, March 5, 2021, after 24 years in prison, the Hon. Judge Joseph A. Zayas of the Queens County Supreme Court overturned the 1996 convictions of Gary Johnson, 46; George Bell, 44; and Rohan Bolt, 59. The three men were finally released from Green Haven Correctional Facility in upstate New York to waiting family, friends, and media coverage.