Bernie Sanders Pitches Importance Of ‘Beautiful’ Minor League Baseball
The Vermont senator slammed Major League Baseball for cutting 40 minor league teams.
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A Bug’s Life
Photographs by Tine PoppeThis article was published online on March 13, 2021.When you are an ant, the stakes are always high. There are those who would eat you—birds, snakes, bigger bugs—and those who could trample you and your environment in a single sneakered step. These enormous beings may not mean you any harm, but it is impact, not intention, that matters most.
How an Epic and Violent Family History Fuels Fiction
Editor’s Note: Read Paul Yoon’s new short story, “Person of Korea.” “Person of Korea” is a new short story by Paul Yoon. To mark the story’s publication in The Atlantic, Yoon and Oliver Munday, the design director of the magazine, discussed the story over email. Their conversation has been lightly edited for clarity.
Person of Korea
Editor’s Note: Read an interview with Paul Yoon about his writing process. This story was published online on March 13, 2021.He waits three weeks for his father to respond. During that time, whenever he checks the mail, the dog follows him. She eyes the birds on the telephone wires. Then the migrant workers in the fields.One day, the payphone near the mailboxes rings. He hurries to the booth.
The Relentless Philip Roth
Illustration by Oliver Munday; Bernard Gotfryd / Hulton Archive; Bettman; Bob Peterson / The Life Images Collection / Getty
This article was published online on March 13, 2021.
Help! Should I Abort My Pregnancy and Tell My Husband I Miscarried?
I’m plagued with nausea, vomiting, and most of all regret.
Defend the Public Defenders
Public defense might be one of the rare professions in which doing one’s job too well can lead to being fired. The reasons for this are structural—public defenders are tasked with an obligation they cannot fulfill without upsetting those tasked with helping them fulfill it—and the system can be fixed structurally: by creating a state-level office whose job it is to defend public defenders.
How Did You Sleep Last Night? Shannon Cox, Sandy, Utah.
A Black Lives Matter sign on the lawn, and Blue Lives Matter marchers in the neighborhood.
Fauci Has 1-Word Response To Question About ‘What Changed’ Around Jan. 20
The nation’s top infectious disease expert set “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert off laughing with his succinct answer.
What COVID-Scarred Cities Can Learn From the Bubonic Plague
The rich flee. The poor have nowhere to go. And there is important work to do in the aftermath.
The Eerie, Awe-Inspiring Images of High Schools That Moved Into Empty Malls
It isn’t dystopian. It’s creative reuse.
Joe Manchin Drops More Hints About How He’d Reform the Filibuster
He wouldn’t nuke it. But his ideas might help neutralize it.
Biden’s COVID Bill Is His First Step Toward an FDR-Style Presidency
This will appreciably improve the lives of Americans—and position the administration to do even more.
Biden’s new Covid workplace rules set to collide with reopenings
Businesses warn the policy could create confusion and bring hefty new costs for employers.
Fauci’s star rises as relationship with Biden deepens
Few others cast as long a shadow as Fauci — who over the past year has given America a crash course in epidemiology — especially with top health posts vacant.
‘We all lost something’: Biden honors Covid victims, accelerates vaccine timeline
As part of an address to the nation, the president announced the directive with the goal of getting the U.S. closer to normal by July 4.
California’s plan to vaccinate hard-hit communities lacks specifics
The lack of detail has prompted questions and skepticism about how many of these shots will reach their intended recipients.
I’ve Learned My Boyfriend Views Our Sex Life … Very Differently Than I Do
I spend hours, days thinking about it.
How Poverty Taught Me to Get Every Dollar I Deserve From Coronavirus Relief
If you think this aid is not “for you,” you’re wrong.
Former Stockton Mayor Tubbs joins Newsom as economic adviser
He is best known for his work on a Stockton pilot project that provided $500 a month to a small group of low-income residents.
Biden’s ‘Morning in America’ moment sparks a furious debate
Another massive injection of federal cash could ignite the economy like never before. It also could drive up inflation and burst market bubbles, creating new headaches in an otherwise positive outlook.
U.S. adds a strong 379,000 jobs in hopeful sign for economy
The February gain marked a sharp pickup from the 166,000 jobs that were added in January.
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.
News Roundup: American Rescue Plan is a huge deal but that ain’t saving Gov. Cuomo
Today marked the first day in an America where the American Rescue Plan is officially law. It was such a tough pill to swallow for the policy-less conservative movement that Fox News reached a new existential low as they tried to spin away from the hopeful news the Biden administration offered Americans last night.
This Arizona Democrat is the first House member to announce retirement for 2022
Democratic Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick announced Friday that she would not seek reelection in Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District, a once swingy Tucson-area seat that has trended hard to the left over the last few years but could look quite different next year.
Kirkpatrick is the first House member from either party to announce her retirement for this cycle; Texas Democratic Rep.
DeJoy insults committee members as he asks for more money to carry out his Postal Service sabotage
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy was slightly less bombastic than the last time he testified in front of a House oversight committee, when he declared he was going to be in this job for “a long time. Get used to me.” He was marginally less obnoxious on Thursday, when he testified before the House Appropriations subcommittee on financial service. He even attempted contrition, sort of.
Michigan Democratic Rep. Brenda Lawrence, a former U.S.
As efforts to vaccinate California’s farmworkers expand, legalization bill set to get House vote
Efforts to vaccinate California’s farmworkers against COVID-19 continue to expand in the state, Border Report said. In San Diego County, strawberry field laborers were the first farmworkers in the region to get their first dose, thanks to mobile clinics that are going to straight to workers. It’s an effort being seen in agricultural areas all over the state.