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Ask a Teacher: My Child Reads Better Than Her Teacher Thinks She Can
Is it OK to ask for my daughter to be put in a different group?
The Absurd Nike Scandal That Has Sneakerheads Losing Their Minds
A tale of “insider trading,” but sneakers.
Key Senate Democrats Want to Keep Sending Americans Money As Long As the Economy Remains Bad
Congress is figuring out it can’t always count on itself to help Americans in an economic crisis.
Who Put Pantone in Charge of Color?
The company best known for its Color of the Year is a governing body in the world of design.
13 Things New York City Could Do if It Took a Quarter of Its Roads Away From Cars
Imagining a city where people no longer move at the pleasure of drivers.
Texas, Mississippi to lift mask mandates, let all businesses reopen at full capacity
The executive orders announced by the two Republican governors come as health officials warn against loosening restrictions too quickly.
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.
‘Clearly not healthy’: Markets are giddy about reopening — and that’s the problem
Investors are pumping up bubbles across markets, with excitement growing about more stimulus and widespread vaccinations.
Anti-Choice Forces Use Pandemic to Slash Abortion Access in Preview of Post-Roe v. Wade World
We look at how people across the U.S. have struggled to access abortions during the pandemic with reporter Amy Littlefield, who says that even before the COVID-19 outbreak, many states had restrictions, including three-day waiting periods and counseling sessions filled with misinformation. Then, many tried to use the pandemic as a pretext for banning abortion as a nonessential service.
House Passes Landmark Voting Rights Bill, Setting Up First Major Filibuster Fight
The sweeping reform bill would nullify the new wave of voter restrictions that Republicans are pushing at the state level.
House Democrats just passed the most important democracy reforms since the 1965 Voting Rights Act
On Wednesday, House Democrats voted 220-210 to pass H.R. 1, the “For the People Act,” which is the most important set of voting and election reforms since the historic Voting Rights Act was adopted in 1965.
Republicans plot their poison pills to delay critical COVID-19 relief from reaching Americans
Senate Republicans are openly plotting how to make passing vital COVID-19 relief—which is still supported by 77% of all voters, including 59% of Republicans—complete hell for Democrats. That includes Sen. Ron Genius Johnson of Wisconsin proposing they extend the voting for “days on end.
Forceful testimony from commander of D.C. National Guard highlights unexplained delays on Jan. 6
At a joint Senate committee hearing on Wednesday, an array of intelligence and defense officials—including the commander of the Washington, D.C. National Guard—gave testimony concerning events leading up to and during the Jan. 6 insurgency. Much of the focus of the questions and answers remained around the timing of events, including when the National Guard was authorized, and on the clear failures of intelligence to anticipate the violent events of that day.
Under Biden, early polling shows Americans’ confidence in U.S. pandemic response is increasing
For the first time in nearly nine months, a national Harris tracking poll found that Americans’ fears of contracting the coronavirus and dying have dipped below a majority share of the public.
When given a binary choice between “I fear I could die as a result of contracting coronavirus” and “I do not fear I could die as a result of contracting coronavirus,” 48% said they harbor that fear while 52% said they did not fear such a death.
The Supreme Court is ready to gut what’s left of voting rights. How will Manchin and Sinema respond?
“What’s the interest of the Arizona RNC in keeping, say, the out-of-precinct ballot disqualification rules on the books?” Justice Amy Coney Barrett asked Michael Carvin, the lawyer arguing before the Supreme Court Tuesday on behalf of Arizona Republicans that two of the state’s voter suppression laws should be upheld. He answered truthfully: “Because it puts us at a competitive disadvantage relative to Democrats. Politics is a zero-sum game.
Criticism Grows After Texas Lifts COVID-19 Restrictions, Top Health Official Not Consulted
Gov. Greg Abbott did not speak with three of his four COVID-19 medical advisers before the move, according to reports.
New mask wars threaten Biden’s pandemic response at critical moment
Texas and Mississippi lifting restrictions comes at a particularly sensitive moment.
When it comes to Covid, ‘hot spot’ isn’t just a metaphor
Heat, environmental problems and the pandemic concentrate in certain neighborhoods. Here’s a new idea for what to do about it.
Now Streaming: Wild and Wise, the New Show With Jamilah Lemieux
Jamilah and williambryantmiles take on the topic of colorism.
CDC delays guidelines for vaccinated people
The CDC guidelines were expected to be released Thursday but the CDC was told to hold their publishing.
Senate Republicans Threaten To Delay Passage Of COVID-19 Relief Bill
The $1.9 trillion plan is broadly popular, but that isn’t stopping GOP members of Congress from lining up against it.
Self-Proclaimed Billionaire Trump Now Begging Small-Dollar Donors For Money
The lies Trump told at CPAC about the election and his record were not new, but his request for supporters to give money to his new political committee was a first.
A New Wave of Anti-Trans Legislation Sure Looks a Lot Like Eugenics
State-level bills around women’s sports and adolescent medical care would seem to share a common goal.
After 15 Year of Marriage, I Can’t Deny the Truth About Sex With My Wife
I don’t know how to make my desires “normal.
The Weekly Planet: Why a Political Philosopher Is Thinking About Carbon Removal
Jared Rodriguez
Every Tuesday, our lead climate reporter brings you the big ideas, expert analysis, and vital guidance that will help you flourish on a changing planet. Sign up to get The Weekly Planet, our guide to living through climate change, in your inbox.Until a few years ago, the idea that humanity could suck carbon pollution out of the atmosphere at an industrial scale was deemed implausible, if not impossible.