How Mike Pence slowed down the coronavirus response
Taking the reins in late February, the vice president sought to bring order to a chaotic response. He also slowed things down.
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Drugmakers deliver counteroffer to Trump international pricing plan
Drugmakers pitched a counteroffer to the White House aimed at stalling Trump’s plan to link Medicare’s spending on some expensive drugs to much lower prices.
How Teachers Are Rethinking the Way They Talk About Race in America
Nine teachers on their plans to discuss Black history, racism, and social justice this year.
Help! My In-Laws Are Spreading Lies About Me Because I Stood Up to Their Cruelty.
They’re saying I’m an aggressive bully even though I’m the one who defended their daughter against them.
Help! My Husband’s Fasting Diet Has Turned Him Into a Hangry Monster.
He won’t eat all day, then melts down like a toddler if dinner isn’t ready when he gets home.
Dear Care and Feeding: Is It Appropriate for a Teacher to Swim With Her Teenage Students?
Parenting advice on pool parties, baby shower gifts, and guardianship disclosures.
Economy hurting after Congress fails to act on stimulus
“When you have $60 billion less going to families,” former U.S. Treasury economist Ernie Tedeschi told POLITICO, “that means that there’s going to be something close to that less in spending.
Unemployment Isn’t Too High — Regular Wages Are Too Low
In the debate over Covid-19 relief, Congress is worried about the wrong problem.
Japan’s economy shrinks at record rate, slammed by pandemic
For the April-June period, Japan’s exports dropped at a whopping annual rate of 56 percent.
Negotiators ‘miles apart’ on Covid funding, with little hope for deal until September
Asked when she would next be meeting with Republicans, Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters on Thursday: “I don’t know. When they come in with $2 trillion.
British economy plunged record 20 percent in second quarter
“It is clear that the UK is in the largest recession on record,” the Office for National Statistics said in a statement.
Hurricane Laura Devastates Gulf Coast, Laying Bare Climate Crisis, Environmental Racism
Hurricane Laura has slammed ashore as an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm, bringing sustained winds of 150 miles per hour to the Gulf Coast. The strongest storm to hit Louisiana in over a century, Laura made landfall near the border of Louisiana and Texas. At least six people have been killed. Residents near Lake Charles were told to stay indoors with windows and doors shut when a chemical fire broke out at a Biolab plant.
Historian Rick Perlstein on the RNC & Trump’s Dangerous Propaganda Driving People to Violence
President Donald Trump formally accepted the Republican Party’s nomination on Thursday before a crowd of about 1,500 on the South Lawn of the White House. In defiance of social distancing guidelines, attendees sat shoulder-to-shoulder with few people wearing masks. Trump spoke as the U.S. death toll from the coronavirus neared 180,000 — by far the highest total in the world — and repeatedly defended his administration’s handling of the pandemic.
Jacob Blake Shooting Shines New Light on Death of Michael Bell, Killed by Kenosha Cops in 2004
In light of the police shooting of unarmed African American father Jacob Blake, we look at the past misconduct of the Kenosha police department. In 2004, Kenosha police killed white 21-year-old Michael Bell in front of his mother and sister. The Kenosha Police Department conducted its own review of the incident, and within two days completely exonerated the officers. Bell’s father, Michael Bell Sr.
ACLU Demands Resignation of Top Cops in Kenosha for Racism & Brutal Response to Jacob Blake Protests
The ACLU of Wisconsin is calling for top Kenosha law enforcement officials to resign in the wake of the police shooting of Jacob Blake, who was left paralyzed below the waist after a white officer shot him in the back seven times. The shooting has sparked mass protests in Kenosha and around the U.S., bringing renewed attention to racism and violence in the Kenosha police force.
Democrats include Republicans, but sideline communities of color during DNC
The 2020 Democratic National Convention (DNC) has come to an end, but concerns linger about presidential nominee Joe Biden and the party’s ability to build a winning coalition given what some have pointed to as prioritizing Republicans over communities of color during the main stage program.
Top General Mark Milley Vows That Military Won’t Interfere In U.S. Election
But what if the commander-in-chief issues an order to keep him in the White House?
Four radical sex educators you should know
The state of sexual health education is dire in the United States. Currently, only 28 states and the district of Washington, D.C., require sex education and HIV education, according to the Guttmacher Institute. Even more alarming, of these 28 states, only 17 require their sex education curriculum to be medically accurate and only one state requires instruction on consent.
Trump Bashes His Niece, Bob Woodward Over Critical Books
The president calls Mary Trump “unstable” and Woodward a “social pretender.
Trump’s Intel Chief Ends Election Security Briefings To Congress
Nancy Pelosi and Adam Schiff called the decision a “betrayal of the public’s right to know how foreign powers are trying to subvert our democracy.
Professional athletes stage a historic wildcat strike, this week in the war on workers
As strikes go, there weren’t a large number of workers involved in the most consequential work stoppages of the past week. And professional athletes are often framed as something other than real workers. But make no mistake, when the players on the Milwaukee Bucks said they weren’t playing their playoff game on Wednesday in protest over the police shooting of Jacob Blake, that was a wildcat strike, and it turned into a seriously successful one.
Cell phone data indicates that Sturgis rally attendees later visited 61% of U.S. counties
Just as many health officials feared, South Dakota’s annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is on its way to further the current health crisis. Cases of the novel coronavirus continue to grow nationwide and with bikers from across the country returning home from the event states are bound to see an increase in local cases. More than 100 COVID-19 cases have been linked to the event so far, the Associated Press reported.
Top Democrat Richard Neal Disavows Super PAC Ad Blasting His Opponent
A TV spot from a pro-Neal super PAC used discredited allegations to attack challenger Alex Morse.
Leonard Cohen’s Estate Slams GOP For Using ‘Hallelujah’ At RNC
The legendary singer’s estate said it had specifically denied permission to use the song and was considering legal action.
Hate Your Boss? Here’s How to Become Your Own
It’s scary to start out on your own. But it’s dangerous to stay in a job you hate.
Help! My Boyfriend Wakes Me Up Three Nights a Week Groaning His Ex’s Name.
Should I just get over it?
I Know What Makes Conventions So Maddening
Having been to many political conventions over the years and watched many more slumped on the sofa bed in my home bunker, and now having watched two mostly remote events courtesy of Republicans and Democrats, I have finally isolated the element that has historically made these occasions so maddening and unpleasant: people.Specifically, I have in mind the people who go to political conventions.
‘America First’ Enters Its Most Combustible Moment
The months before and after a presidential election are particularly fragile for foreign policy. Each of the five presidents I served understood, as did his team, the weight of this time. Politics and legacy were always front of mind. They were all also conscious of the ways they could help pave an easier path for their successors. They all ultimately put country over party. That won’t be the case with Donald Trump.
