California’s notorious San Quentin State Prison is experiencing the worst coronavirus outbreak in the United States. At least 2,200 prisoners have been infected, and 25 have died. More than 260 staff members have also been infected.
As the world passes a grim milestone of 20 million coronavirus cases, we look at how the pandemic humbled and humiliated the world’s most powerful country. Over a quarter of the confirmed infections and deaths have been in the United States, which has less than 5% of the world’s population. Ed Yong, a science writer at The Atlantic who has been covering the pandemic extensively since March, says existing gaps in the U.S.
The debate over how to educate kids safely during the coronavirus pandemic has been in the headlines and in the minds of parents, teachers, and state and local officials. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, though, has been holed up in Michigan, where her homes include a 22,000 square foot lake house, with occasional forays out to hold small events at charter schools and private schools, especially religious schools.
Republican strategist and strange person Frank Luntz was on CNBC’s Squawk Box with Andrew Ross Sorkin and Joe Kernen. Squawk Box is the business show where Sorkin represents the liberal point of view, while Kernen represents the conservative point of view. In reality, there is not much of a difference between the two except for maybe a few degrees difference in how much bulllshit they are willing to sling out to the public. That and Sorkin is clearly a younger man than Kernen.
Kamala Harris: the first woman of color on a major party ticket. She is not only the first Black woman but the first candidate with South Asian heritage. She is also the first major candidate to have gone to a historically black college and university (HBCU). This daughter of immigrants has been a trailblazer her entire life. Right-wingers on my feed tried to pounce because she’s so “liberal.
The New York Times has a long look questioning whether Food and Drug Administration head Stephen Hahn is being forced into giving the nation subpar advice on the demand of the anti-science, anti-reality narcissistic idiot manchild posing as the current president. It is full of the usual back and forth, both-siding quotes while laying out reams of evidence that actually this is not a question at all. The plain history shows that Dr.
Critics noted Marge Simpson is the boss.
Wealthy businesswoman Marjorie Greene, a defender of the notorious pro-Trump conspiracy theory QAnon who has her own litany of racist, Islamophobic, and anti-Semitic rantings, decisively beat neurosurgeon John Cowan 57-43 in Tuesday’s Republican primary runoff for Georgia’s 14th Congressional District.
The New York lawmaker, a rising star in the Democratic Party, responded eloquently with a poem channeling the late Rep. Elijah Cummings.
The president has long complained that water-saving standards from 1992 make it harder for him to wash his hair.
Arecibo Observatory / University of Central FloridaIf the name Arecibo sounds familiar, it is probably because you’ve seen Contact, the 1997 movie adaptation of Carl Sagan’s sci-fi novel of the same name. Dr. Ellie Arroway works at the Arecibo Observatory, scanning the skies for mysterious radio signals from faraway stars. In one scene, she gazes at the cavernous 1,000-foot radio dish, nestled in lush mountains, under a clear, blue sky.
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.Arsh Raziuddin / The AtlanticThe vice presidency sometimes gets a bad rap.
The president posted the put-down after the comedian staged a mock eulogy for Trump on his HBO show.
From abhorrent claims that she isn’t really Black to reliving the Brett Kavanaugh hearings, conservative outlets pounced on Joe Biden’s running-mate pick.
August 12 has been set aside as World Elephant Day since 2011. Supported by numerous conservation agencies, the day is a time to “spread awareness, share knowledge, and provide solutions for better care and management of both captive and wild elephants,” according to the organizer’s website. Elephants continue to face numerous challenges, including poaching, habitat loss, exploitation, abuse, and proximity to human conflict and poverty.
Editor’s Note: Every Wednesday, James Hamblin takes questions from readers about health-related curiosities, concerns, and obsessions. Have one? Email him at paging.dr.hamblin@theatlantic.com.Dear Dr. Hamblin,I’m an attorney and I’ve been working from home. Yesterday I had to visit several courthouses to pick up files. At the security checks at the entrance, they had some kind of infrared camera to check people’s temperature.
The far left of the Democratic Party spent much of the primary attacking Kamala Harris, decrying her as an untrustworthy “cop” whose overtures to the left were half-hearted and opportunistic. But with Joe Biden naming the senator from California as his running mate, some progressive leaders and activists, including Harris skeptics, sound reluctantly optimistic about what the pair could achieve.
President Donald Trump has pushed for the college football season to be played this year.
In her extensively researched new book, “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents,” Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson argues the United States’ racial hierarchy should be thought of as a caste system, similar to that in India. In a wide-ranging interview, she describes how she also looks at the ways Nazi Germany borrowed from U.S. Jim Crow laws. “The Nazis needed no one to teach them how to hate,” Wilkerson says.
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s selection of California Senator Kamala Harris as his vice-presidential running mate for the November election makes her the first Black woman and the first Indian American on a major party presidential ticket. “It’s hard to overstate how historic, how monumental this is,” says Aimee Allison, president of She the People, which works to elevate the political voice and leadership of women of color.
DeGeneres had to be tough to make it to the top. But that doesn’t excuse alleged abuses of those on the bottom.
“It is clear that the UK is in the largest recession on record,” the Office for National Statistics said in a statement.
There was a way for Trump to actually help Americans, not just look like he is. He didn’t bother.
Makan Delrahim briefly looked like a serious trustbuster. He proved to be yet another of the president’s political hacks.
Jim Tankersley visits Slate Money to talk about his book on America’s middle class.
Entitlements are a key issue for older voters.
Trump and Republicans are vulnerable on health care issues.
