The Salmon Family’s Unusual Legacy
Generational wealth as seen through one family’s financial history.
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The Extremely Boring Idea That Could Save the Economy
Automatic stabilizers: learn them, live them, love them.
Everything, Um, Unusual About Kodak’s Trump-Assisted Pivot to Pharmaceuticals
Two years ago, the camera maker got into cryptocurrency.
New rural hot spots are ICU bed deserts, study finds
The findings, published in Health Affairs, underscore the economic disparities shaping the nation’s coronavirus response.
Trump signs order aimed at boosting rural health care, telehealth
Trump’s announcement comes as his administration has rolled out multiple health care announcements in recent weeks.
Vaccine project contract raises transparency questions
Executives with pharma ties are exempt from disclosing conflicts.
U.S. government awards $2.1B to Sanofi-GSK coronavirus vaccine
The government initiative aims to provide 300 million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine by January 2021.
Landmark Fed business rescue struggles amid economy’s woes
The problem? The Main Street lending program isn’t set up to bail out the companies that need it the most.
Coronavirus’ lost generation
For young people who grew up amid financial crisis, the pandemic is dashing hopes of job security and a comfortable future.
Eurozone economy shrinks by record 12.1 percent in second quarter
Spain was worst hit, followed by Portugal and France.
U.S. suffered worst quarterly contraction on record as virus ravages economy
When the economy was tumbling in the second quarter, Trump pumped up the third quarter. Now the high hopes are slowly deflating.
40 million Americans face student loan cliff
Unless Congress or the administration intervenes, monthly loan payments paused due to the pandemic will come due for tens of millions of borrowers.
Militarized BORTAC Border Patrol Raids & Ransacks Medical Camp on U.S. Border, Arrests 30 Migrants
In Arizona, heavily armed Border Patrol officers raided the medical camp of humanitarian group No More Deaths and detained 30 migrants whose whereabouts are now unknown. It was the second raid in just two days on the camp, which provides water, food and medical attention to refugees crossing into the United States through the scorching Sonoran Desert.
Trump Campaign Busted For Deceptively Manipulating Biden Photos In New Ad
The new spot uses altered images of the former vice president.
Kanye West’s bizarre ‘presidential campaign’ seems little more than a Republican sabotage scheme
Most of us have never wasted a moment of our lives worrying about what Kanye West might be thinking, and are not about to start now. Suffice it to say West announced at one point he was running for president, is making few if any serious attempts to follow up on that announcement, and we’ll leave it at that.
What does exist of an actual West campaign, however, seems to be near-entirely a Republican ratfucking operation.
Another State Department inspector general falls victim to Pompeo’s scandal-ridden tenure
Yet another inspector general has abruptly left the State Department just two and a half months after the last one was ousted at the urging of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo himself.
Stephen Akard, who took over the agency watchdog position in May after Steve Linick’s ouster, is “returning to the private sector,” according to a statement from the State Department. Deputy Inspector General Diana Shaw will now face down Pompeo’s buzz saw.
The National Night Out when no one came out
We must recognize that our safety is tied to each other
By Zach Norris, executive director of the Ella Baker Center and author of We Keep Us Safe
On the first Tuesday in August every year since 1984, neighbors have gathered with other neighbors, with the police, and with elected officials to reclaim neighborhood safety. According to the National Night Out website, 38 million people have been affiliated with these events through the years.
The personal economy is the one in need of rescue
Last week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell released a proposal mislabeled as a COVID-19 relief bill. I say “mislabeled” because the $1 trillion proposal includes little that will relieve people harmed by the pandemic. Full disclosure: I am not an economist.
High schooler told to remove Black Lives Matter mask for graduate procession amid pandemic
Dean Holmes, a Black 18-year-old who graduated from York Catholic High School outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 28, says he was stopped by school officials shortly before receiving his diploma and told to remove his face mask. What did the mask say? “Black Lives Matter.
Trump Eyes White House For RNC Acceptance Speech Venue
With coronavirus reshaping the party conventions, the president said he is considering using the White House for his campaign speech, which is likely illegal.
Facebook Removes Video Posted By Trump Over ‘Violation Of Platform Rules’
It’s the first time a Trump post has been removed from the site for COVID-19 misinformation, Facebook said.
Jerry Falwell Apologizes For Pic Of Him With Unzipped Pants In Head-Scratching Interview
The influential evangelical leader said in a slurred voice, “I’ve apologized to everybody and I promised my kids, I’m gonna try to be a good boy from here on out.
The Atlantic Daily: How Trump Forced an Anti-Racist Reckoning
The AtlanticWhen Donald Trump became the president of the United States, Americans could no longer deny the racism in their country, argues Ibram X. Kendi, a contributing writer and a preeminent thinker on anti-racism.“Just as the 1850s paved the way for the revolution against slavery, Trump’s presidency has paved the way for a revolution against racism,” he writes in our latest cover story, which is worth reading in full.
Dear Care and Feeding: Is It Better, During the Pandemic, to Leave a Child in the Car?
Parenting advice on leaving kids in the car, stopping a wedding, and getting some sleep.
Anthony Fauci Says He’s Hired Security To Protect Daughters From Death Threats
The nation’s top infectious disease expert said he “wouldn’t have imagined in my wildest dreams” that people would threaten him over public health principles.
The Groundbreaking Female Artist Who Shaped Manga History
Drawn & QuarterlyIn 1962, when she was still in middle school in a coastal town of Japan, the cartoonist Kuniko Tsurita sent a despairing letter to The City, a popular comics magazine. Manga was her life. The 14-year-old loved reading a variety of genres, including shōjo, which was aimed at adolescent girls, and the more male-targeted kashi-hon, which often featured grit, gore, and gunfights. Tsurita had dreamed for years of becoming a mangaka, or manga artist.
The Aftermath of the Beirut Explosion
Lebanese officials have now said that the August 4 explosion that devastated much of Beirut’s port area was caused by a fire in a warehouse that had been storing explosive materials, reportedly including 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate. As of today, more than 100 deaths and over 4,000 injuries have been reported. Gathered below are images of the widespread damage in Beirut, a day after the devastating blast.
Can I Opt Out of Kindergarten?
The 2020 school year will be many 5-year-olds’ first experience with formal education. I’m trying to decide if mine should skip it.
I Caught My Husband Looking at Pornhub. Isn’t That the Same as Adultery?
I’m tired of him cheating on me with his phone.
The Winter Will Be Worse
Editor’s Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection here. Throughout the pandemic, one lodestar of public-health advice has come down to three words: Do things outside. For nearly five months now, the outdoors has served as a vital social release valve—a space where people can still eat, drink, relax, exercise, and worship together in relative safety.