A few days ago, I was talking on the phone with the mayor of a medium-sized “red state” city about how his town was weathering the public-health and financial crises of this era. I told him I was mainly curious about his observations, rather than looking at the moment for on-the-record quotes.
For more than three years, asylum-seeker Edith Espinal has been in sanctuary at Columbus Mennonite Church in Ohio. She’d lived in the state for 20 years. She has no criminal record. She’d been checking in regularly with the government. But in October 2017, she was forced to go into sanctuary after becoming a priority for deportation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
That church has been her home since.
“We’ll remember each person we lost, the lives they lived and the loved ones they’ve left behind,” the president said. “We will get through this.
When video of George Floyd being killed under the literal weight of Minneapolis law enforcement officer Derek Chauvin surfaced, it touched off months of protests across the country.
When we celebrate Black History Month, we should also ensure that we don’t erase its ugly underbelly. Watching the television news shows this weekend as a host of Republican white supremacy supporters and insurrectionists got interviewed, and continued to spew lies, I was thinking about this portrait.
Do you know this family? My guess would be probably you don’t—because so much of Black folks’ history gets erased.
The company has applied to the Food and Drug Administration for emergency authorization.
Joe Biden, soon after being sworn in, predicted the nation would hit half a million deaths by the end of February.
Joe Biden’s attorney general nominee brushed off the senator’s “defund the police” question with a reference to the Jan. 6 riot.
If they don’t act, they’ll give many Americans a surprise tax bill—and every right to be furious.
Spotify’s “Renegades: Born in the USA,” which debuted Monday, features the two men discussing “their lives, music, and enduring love of America.
He will recall his mother’s life-threatening hemorrhaging during a miscarriage when he was a child during testimony Tuesday.
Other parts of their relief bill would send cash to most households and could reshape the economy for years.
I don’t really want to spend the next four years of my life celibate.
Mount Etna has erupted four times in the past six days, sending lava down its slopes and showering nearby villages with ash. Etna, on the Italian island of Sicily, is one of the most active volcanoes in the world. No significant damage or injuries have been reported during this recent outburst, and officials have said they do not think there is immediate danger of escalation, but the views have been spectacular.
This time around, Judge Merrick Garland is getting his hearing.Not only is President Joe Biden’s nominee for attorney general receiving a Senate audience, but his confirmation seems very likely, a second difference from his 2016 nomination to the Supreme Court, which was stymied by then–Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.But there’s still an important question at stake in Garland’s nomination, and if confirmed, in his work as attorney general.
It’s not that people are moving out in a pandemic. It’s that nobody new is moving in.
“The fact that I, Meghan McCain, co-host of The View, don’t know when or how I will be able to get a vaccine because the rollout for my age range and my health is so nebulous,” she griped on Monday’s show.
Editor’s Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection here. The end of the coronavirus pandemic is on the horizon at last, but the timeline for actually getting there feels like it shifts daily, with updates about viral variants, vaccine logistics, and other important variables seeming to push back the finish line or scoot it forward.
It’s a bit weird … but what if I don’t want it to stop?
Protesters in Yangon have in recent days gathered near the imposing red doors of the Chinese embassy in the city, denouncing China for what they say is its support of this month’s military coup in Myanmar. Conspiracy theories have swirled about the arrival of Chinese technicians to help Myanmar’s new junta build its own “firewall” to control the internet.
The court will take up the abortion “gag rule” and public charge policies, both of which Biden is expected to reverse.
Parenting advice on picky eaters, naming disagreements, and kids who are just “a lot.
Only businesses with fewer than 20 employees will be able to apply for aid through the massive Paycheck Protection Program.
As winter storms overwhelmed Texas, many incarcerated people in the state went days without heat and water, making already grim conditions behind bars even more intolerable for thousands of people. Officials say 33 prisons across the state lost power and 20 had water shortages after the state’s electrical grid failed.
When millions of Texans lost power during extreme winter weather, some who were fortunate enough to keep the lights on now face astronomically high energy bills, with people being charged thousands of dollars for just a few days of energy use. The skyrocketing bills are a result of the state’s years-long push to deregulate its energy market, says Tyson Slocum, director of Public Citizen’s Energy Program.
Millions of Texans are still suffering after severe winter weather devastated the state’s energy and water systems. About 8 million Texans remain under orders to boil water, and 30,000 homes still have no power. Around 70 deaths have now been linked to the winter storms, including at least 12 people who died inside their homes after losing heat.
Biden’s HHS nominee would have multiple levers to help undocumented workers obtain medical coverage.
“Hatchet houses” survived a terrible year by providing a valuable public service.
President Biden’s plan would actually do a lot of good—but it could do even more.
