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.
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How the Child Care Crisis Will Distort the Economy for a Generation
The economic toll of the collapse of the child system will be felt for 20-30 years, says Betsey Stevenson.
‘Oil on the inequality fire’: How slashing jobless aid could widen the wealth gap
Congress appears poised to dramatically reduce a federal program that has been providing an extra $600 per week for jobless workers since the spring.
Housing market defies expectations amid economic turmoil
Some areas of housing are actually doing better than they were before the coronavirus began sweeping the U.S.
Civil Rights Icon Bernard Lafayette on His Friend John Lewis, Freedom Rides & Practicing Nonviolence
We revisit civil rights leader and Congressmember John Lewis’s early years of activism with Bernard Lafayette, one of Lewis’s closest friends and collaborators. Lafayette participated with Lewis in the first Freedom Rides of 1961 as they attempted to integrate buses and faced brutal beatings by white mobs, and was a fellow leader in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
Photos of the Week: Stari Most, Flaming Jet, Hug Kit
An open-air school in Kashmir, preparing for Eid al-Adha in Bangladesh, a Comic-Con blood drive in California, idle fishing boats in China, a Navy Day parade in Russia, wildfires in Portugal, a successful Mars rover launch, a sparsely-attended Hajj in Saudi Arabia, outdoor opera in Greece, a farewell to the late U.S. Representative John Lewis, and much more.
Trump Maneuvers To Protect Robert E. Lee’s Name In Secretly Recorded Phone Call
Trump was recorded talking to Sen. James Inhofe about keeping Lee’s name at military sites, and The New York Times got the tape.
Militiamen’s reactionary presence at protests threatens democracy, and police appear on their side
For most of its existence, the “Patriot” militia movement has been described by those monitoring its spread as “antigovernment”—which isn’t fully accurate, since most of its adherents openly say that they don’t have a problem with government regulations in such areas as abortion and “law and order.
It didn’t start in Portland. There’s a long history of secret police
by Jack Herrera
For a few days in Portland, Oregon, this month, it wasn’t clear who was abducting protesters and journalists. The heavily armed men rushing out of unmarked vans and grabbing people off the sidewalks wore army fatigues and bulletproof vests. They looked like U.S. soldiers, but, then again, they also looked like the far-right militia members who have appeared at many protests in recent years. Information was murky and chaotic.
This Week in Statehouse Action: Summertime Badness edition
Did you know that we’re only 95 days away from Election Day 2020?
There was some hubbub earlier this week as the 100-days-out-from-the-election point passed, but that’s not actually significant outside of the fact that 100 is a big round number.
Nevertheless, each day that passes brings us closer to the final election before the next round of redistricting.
Victory for Pennsylvania immigrants blocked from completing citizenship process due to pandemic
More than 2,200 Pennsylvania immigrants who were part of a class-action lawsuit demanding the Trump administration allow them to take their naturalization oaths after their formal ceremonies were either canceled or not scheduled at all due to the novel coronavirus pandemic should now be able to vote in November.
Raging conspiracy theorist’s nomination to top Pentagon job fizzles
The Trump administration plans to withdraw its nomination of a racist conspiracy theorist to the No. 3 job at the Pentagon. Just one Republican senator had announced opposition to Retired Army Brig. Gen. Anthony Tata’s nomination as undersecretary of defense for policy, and Sen. Kevin Cramer wasn’t upset about Tata’s racism and Islamophobia—he was upset about a group of sailors he feels should be added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Conservative Legal Expert: Trump Election Tweets Are Grounds For Impeachment
The Federalist Society’s Steven Calabresi called the president’s threats to delay the election “fascistic.
‘We’re Dying Here’: Florida Newspaper Pleads With DeSantis To Step Up COVID-19 Fight
“Your daily upbeat message is hopelessly at odds with what Floridians are going through,” said a Sun Sentinel editorial calling for mask mandate.
The Tragedy of Herman Cain
Most Americans never took Herman Cain very seriously. He made that easy: He quoted Pokémon: The Movie 2000 in campaign speeches. He said goofy things (“Aw, shucky ducky!”) before it was “modern-day presidential.” His signature policy idea, the “9-9-9” plan, sounded more like a takeout special than a tax overhaul.By the time he died today at 74, from COVID-19, he was remembered, if at all, by that last phrase.
Everything, Um, Unusual About Kodak’s Trump-Assisted Pivot to Pharmaceuticals
Two years ago, the camera maker got into cryptocurrency.
The Atlantic Daily: The Real Implication of Trump’s Election Tweet
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.(JIM WATSON / AFP / GETTY)1. President Trump floated postponing the election, something he lacks the legal authority to do. The maneuver is not what it looks like on the surface, David A.
Trump’s Sudden Photo-Op Just Happened To Be During Obama’s John Lewis Eulogy
Trump had nothing on his schedule until mid-afternoon Thursday – as Barack Obama was about to take the stage at the civil rights leader’s memorial service.
Even Facebook Is Pining for the Internet It Destroyed
There’s a new app, and when isn’t there? This one is called E.gg, and it looks like a mix of Tumblr and GeoCities: The “About” page features a dancing-baby GIF, against a background of a starry night sky, with text in deliberately nauseating shades of highlighter yellow and green.
Obama Makes Sweeping Call To Action On Voting Rights In John Lewis Eulogy
“I’ve come here today because I, like so many Americans, owe a great debt to John Lewis and his forceful vision of freedom,” the former president said.
Read Barack Obama’s Eulogy for John Lewis
Former President Barack Obama delivered a eulogy today honoring Representative John Lewis of Georgia, who died July 17 after a decades-long career in the House of Representatives. Lewis, a civil-rights icon who led the 1965 march in Selma, Alabama, across the Edmund Pettus Bridge and spoke at the March on Washington, spent his congressional years advocating for voting rights and equality for Black Americans.
Are Learning Pods the Right Choice for Your Family or the Public School System?
Plus: Home Schooling 101 with three moms who taught their kids long before the pandemic.
The Economy Shrank at a Record Pace This Spring. But That’s Not the Really Bad News.
Health care alone accounted for 26 percent of the plunge in economic activity.
Chomsky on Israel’s Hindering of Palestinian Pandemic Response & Threat to Annex Occupied West Bank
Noam Chomsky says Israel’s planned annexation of the occupied West Bank “basically formalizes” what has already been official policy over the last half-century, from both left-wing and right-wing parties in Israel. He compares Israel’s treatment of Palestinians to anti-immigrant policies in the United States, and says the main goal of annexation is to take over as much territory while excluding its Palestinian inhabitants.
Chomsky on Cuba’s “Internationalist” Response to Pandemic & Need to Make Vaccine Globally Accessible
As the world races to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, Noam Chomsky says any successful treatment must be accessible to everyone, and he warns that President Trump’s withdrawal from the World Health Organization will hamper the international body’s efforts to distribute medicine in countries racked by poverty and war.
Noam Chomsky: Decades of “the Neoliberal Plague” Left U.S. Unprepared for COVID-19 Outbreak
As the U.S. coronavirus death toll tops 150,000, we spend the hour with world-renowned political dissident, linguist and author Noam Chomsky, who says decades of neoliberal policies that shredded the social safety net and public institutions left the country ill-prepared for a major health crisis. “We should understand the roots of this pandemic,” he says.
Help! My Family Is Pressuring Me to Donate Sperm to My Sister and Her Wife. Again.
They’re blaming my girlfriend for my refusal.
Looking for a Simple, Effective Home Workout? This Rowing Machine Is Now on Sale.
The Sunny Health & Fitness Magnetic Rowing Machine will get you moving, now for almost 40 percent off the normal price.
The Republicans Have Written a Pro-Virus Relief Bill
The legislation is so pathogen-friendly it might as well have been brought to us by the lobbyists at Big COVID.
Adrian Tomine’s Drawings Tell Rich, Complex Stories
Early in his career, he tried hard to distinguish his work from superhero comics.