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Debt Nation: The Faces and Lives Behind America’s Student Loan Crisis
When we put out a call for stories about life with student loans, we received nearly 700 emails in response.
What It’s Like to Navigate the Very Confusing Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
“It’s pretty much a disaster.
What It’s Like to Have Young Kids and Be Hamstrung by Student Debt
“It’s really unlikely that we will be able to give our children the gifts our parents gave us: a debt-free undergrad.
What It’s Like to Be a Child of Immigrants Trying to Figure Out Student Loans
“Inevitably the immigrant experience disadvantages you when it comes to understanding the logistics and the red tape.
How to Interview Celebrities, With Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Step 1: Figure out how the press has treated them in the past.
Harvard Is Right to Keep Charging Full Tuition
By making itself look absurd, Harvard is giving the rest of higher ed a little more breathing room.
Vaccine-makers’ ‘no profit’ pledge stirs doubts in Congress
Neither the companies nor the U.S. government bankrolling a great deal of the vaccine research has defined precisely what forgoing a profit means or how long that will last.
Mulvaney calls U.S. coronavirus testing abilities ‘inexcusable,’ breaking from Trump
‘I know it isn’t popular to talk about in some Republican circles,’ Trump’s former chief of staff says.
Pandemic upends Trump’s plans to shrink health care safety net
Republican experts who have led the party’s thinking on Obamacare alternatives acknowledge the conservative agenda is out of step with public demands.
My Husband and My Neighbor Are Bullying Me Into a Threesome
I only signed up to sleep with my neighbor, thanks.
In Praise of Dressing Like a Slob Through a Pandemic
Quarantine fashion has a silver lining, and it’s very soft.
If You Want to Save the Economy, Stop the Pandemic
We’re economists, and our analysis suggests Congress is seriously underfunding efforts to combat Covid-19.
Treasury decides to stick with July 15 tax deadline
An extension would give taxpayers until Oct. 15 to file their returns, though they would still have to pay what they owe by July 15.
Top White House economist set to depart amid coronavirus recession
The acting chair of the CEA will leave Trump without another senior economist as discussions start about a new economic aid package.
‘It’s going to be a slow slog’: Economists knock down hopes of quick rebound
“We have a long road ahead of us to get those people back to work,” Jerome Powell said earlier this week.
Powell’s warning on pandemic clashes with Trump’s upbeat tweets
“Significant uncertainty remains about the timing and strength of the recovery,” Powell said.
Trump’s Fox Fave Tucker Carlson Goes Fishing After Lead Writer Resigns over Racist Online Comments
The lead writer for President Trump’s favorite Fox News TV show, “Tucker Carlson Tonight” — the most popular cable show in history — has resigned for posting disturbing racist and misogynist messages to an online forum under a pseudonym.
Inspector general: Medicare chief broke rules on her publicity contracts
HHS watchdog finds Seema Verma mishandled millions of dollars in federal contracts that ultimately benefited friends, former Trump officials.
Inspector general: Medicare chief broke rules on her publicity contracts
HHS watchdog finds Seema Verma mishandled millions of dollars in federal contracts that ultimately benefited friends, former Trump officials.
‘I will not abandon you’: Biden reassures voters in first Texas ad as coronavirus cases surge
Democrats are staking out new ground in Texas, one of the Sunbelt states hardest hit by the most recent coronavirus surge.
Not only did the Biden campaign go up Tuesday with its very first general election ad there, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) reserved more than a million dollars in ad space in the Houston area, where the pandemic has pummeled local healthcare systems.
In 7-0 vote, city council approves reparations plan that focuses on long-term, systemic change
As people continue to protest for racial justice and against police brutality, efforts to make long-term, systemic change are gaining speed in the mainstream conversation. One example of progress comes out of the Asheville City Council. On Tuesday, the Asheville, North Carolina, council unanimously passed (7-0) a resolution to offer reparations to Black residents, as reported by ABC News.
As we roll toward November, don’t forget how many poll workers are older—and vulnerable to COVID-19
As the novel coronavirus pandemic rages on and we get closer to the November presidential election, many progressives are focused on getting support and enthusiasm up behind presumptive Democratic nominee former Vice President Joe Biden. Another issue for progressives to get behind, however, comes down to the literal act of voting itself.
Officials kicked out an asylum-seeker and her U.S.-citizen baby just days after she gave birth
Two advocacy groups have filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security watchdog saying that U.S. border officials forcibly separated a pregnant Honduran asylum-seeker from her family after they asked for safety at the U.S. border, ultimately forcing her and her U.S. citizen newborn back into Mexico just two days after she gave birth in a U.S. hospital.
“The Office of Inspector General complaint calls for an urgent investigation of the U.S.
Trump Demotes Campaign Manager Brad Parscale In Shake-Up
The White House said veteran political operative Bill Stepien will step into the role just four months before the 2020 election.
Alabama Democrats blitz Republican U.S. Senate nominee with belly-busting football smack talk
On Tuesday, famous racist former senator and Trump attorney general Jeff Sessions lost his bid for a comeback after losing in the Alabama Republican primary to former Auburn Tigers football coach Tommy Tuberville. Tuberville will face off in November for the Senate seat held by Democratic Sen. Doug Jones. Sen. Jones defeated alleged serial sexual assaulter and troller of high school schoolyards Republican Roy Moore in a special election in 2017.
Listen: Our Deadliest Pandemic Mistake
Over 40 percent of all coronavirus deaths in America have been linked to nursing homes. How did it happen, and how bad could it get?Staff writer Olga Khazan joins James Hamblin and Katherine Wells on Social Distance to explain.Listen here:Subscribe to Social Distance on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or another podcast platform to receive new episodes as soon as they’re published.What follows is an edited and condensed transcript of their conversation.
A Second Coronavirus Death Surge Is Coming
Editor’s Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection here. There is no mystery in the number of Americans dying from COVID-19.Despite political leaders trivializing the pandemic, deaths are rising again: The seven-day average for deaths per day has now jumped by more than 200 since July 6, according to data compiled by the COVID Tracking Project at The Atlantic.