U.S. sets new single-day record for coronavirus infections
The latest surge comes ahead of what’s expected to be an especially dangerous winter for the virus, with hospitalizations already on the rise.
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CDC broadens definition of who’s at risk of getting coronavirus
The updated guidance defines a “close contact” as anyone who spends at least 15 minutes within six feet of an infected individual over a 24-hour period.
How You Create a Robert Kardashian–Style Hologram—and How Much It Costs
Nowadays, actors and musicians have themselves documented as holograms before they die.
GDP rebounds at record pace, but dark clouds reappear
Trump got a great economic report to use on the campaign trail. But behind the surface, giant risks are looming.
Retail in NYC gets option of outdoor shopping
The new Open Storefronts program — modeled on the city’s popular outdoor dining initiative — will allow 40,000 businesses to set up open air operations.
S&P 500 sinks 3.5% as surging virus cases lead to shutdowns
The selling in U.S. markets followed broad declines in Europe.
How coronavirus is reshaping America’s job market
About 1 in 3 people were either working in a different job in September than they were in February or were unemployed, researchers say.
How the Pandemic Is Worsening America’s Racial Gaps
Covid isn’t just disproportionately killing people of color; it’s sticking them in a feedback loop that exacerbates economic and racial inequity, says Chicago economist Damon Jones.
“Let the People Pick the President”: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College
As Donald Trump and Joe Biden make their final campaign pushes in battleground states that could decide the election, we speak with author and journalist Jesse Wegmen about the case for abolishing the Electoral College system altogether and moving toward a national popular vote for electing the president. Two of the last three presidents — George W. Bush and Donald Trump — came to office after losing the popular vote.
Native American Voters Could Decide Key Senate Races While Battling Intense Voter Suppression
Native American voters could sway key Senate races in next week’s election in Montana, North Carolina, Arizona and Maine. Investigative journalist Jenni Monet says that for many tribal citizens, the contest is not just about Democrats and Republicans. These voters “support those who understand their sovereignty,” says Monet, who writes the newsletter “Indigenously.” She is a tribal citizen of the Pueblo of Laguna.
“Fighting for Democracy”: Carol Anderson on Voter Suppression & Why Georgia Could Go Blue
As the 2020 campaign enters its final days, we go to Georgia, where two Senate seats are up for grabs and both Republican incumbents face stiff opposition. Joe Biden is also spending significant time in the state, which no Democratic presidential candidate has won since 1992. “Georgia is truly in play,” says Emory University professor Carol Anderson.
Pandemic Poverty: The CARES Act Kept Millions from Going Hungry. Why Won’t the Senate Renew It?
The massive $2 trillion CARES Act — which sent households one-time payments and boosted unemployment checks with an additional $600 a week through July — helped keep millions afloat, but more than 8 million people have been forced into poverty since the aid ended. “The relief was temporary, and much of it has now expired, so now we’re seeing poverty rise again,” says Megan Curran, a researcher at the Center on Poverty and Social Policy at Columbia University.
An American Election Spurs British Reflection
It is that time again, when the world outside the United States stops, when us foreigners hold our collective breath and look up from our own domestic concerns to discover who the citizens of America have chosen as their new Caesar—and ours.The outcome has always mattered, and mattered enormously, but has rarely affected an American ally’s core strategy: The U.S.
Biden Responds To Reports Trump Will Declare Early Victory: ‘Not Going To Steal This’
The president denied the reports but said it is a “terrible thing” to allow states to “tabulate ballots for a long period.
Sunday Night Owls. Mayer: Why Trump can’t afford to lose
Night Owls, a themed open thread, appears at Daily Kos seven days a week
Jane Mayer at The New Yorker writes—Why Trump Can’t Afford to Lose:
The downfall of Richard Nixon, in the summer of 1974, was, as Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein relate in “The Final Days,” one of the most dramatic in American history.
Even after Trump is gone,’How will I ever look at America the same way again?’
What to think of this column by Frank Bruni, written for The New York Times, discussing how the last four years have so brutally ripped the veil from our eyes, revealing the stark, amoral emptiness of so many millions of our fellow American citizens? The title of the column itself—“How Will I Ever Look at America the Same Way Again?
Biden-Harris enter homestretch with perfect ads from two very different voices: Brayden and The Boss
At this point, it seems unlikely anyone’s minds will change about their presidential candidate of choice. It seems like everyone knows the David Sedaris take on undecided voters, and I don’t believe this last dash is even about them. These final days of the Biden-Harris campaign are about motivating voters to go to the polls in the first place. To convince them that they must do their part to help rid this country of the worst president it’s ever seen.
There’s no such thing as a principled ‘pro-lifer’
I’ve argued with many a conservative over the years. No matter what the argument, be it violence against women, kids in cages, killing old people to save the economy, etc., the right-wing extremists will always try to bring up abortion. They do this for two reasons: they can’t possibly justify their base’s cruelty, and they falsely believe they have the moral high ground on the abortion issue. They don’t.
Chris Wallace: What Got Him ‘Pissed Off’ About The First Debate
The Fox News host was annoyed the first family ignored the mask mandate. He also swatted at Donald Trump’s “daddy issue.
Trump Stumps In Midwest, Biden In Pennsylvania 2 Days Before Election
A coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 230,000 Americans and battered the economy has weighed on Trump’s campaign.
These are the counties to watch in one of the most surprising swing states of them all: Iowa
Our third and final installment in a recurring series about the key counties to watch in America’s battlegrounds takes us to the center of the country. After having spent rounds one and two in the newly competitive South (see our examination of Texas and Georgia), we head to the heartland to look at the state where the 2020 presidential cycle began: Iowa.
Trump Jokes His Supporters Were ‘Protecting’ Biden’s Bus On Highway
The incident, which saw Trump supporters swarm a campaign bus on a Texas highway, led to a vehicular collision.
GOP Tries To Save Its Senate Majority, With Or Without Trump
Republican incumbents are straining for survival from New England to the Deep South, in the heartland and the West and even Alaska.
Mississippi: Images of the Magnolia State
Mississippi ranks 32nd in area and 34th in population among the states, with more than 2.9 million residents. From the Mississippi Delta, through Jackson, to the Gulf Coast, here are a few glimpses of the landscape of Mississippi, and some of the wildlife and people calling it home.This photo story is part of Fifty, a collection of images from each of the United States.
Dear Care and Feeding: I Really Miss My Parents, but I Know It’s Unsafe to Visit
Parenting advice on the coronavirus, best friends, and picky eaters.
I Wouldn’t Have My Son Without the Help of a Trump Superfan
Updated at 6:45 p.m. ET on November 1, 2020There was a hint of his Trumpism in our very first conversation. In August 2019, Reg responded via email to our online ad seeking a baby to adopt, and a few hours later he and I were on the phone. His pregnant 20-year-old niece had recently left home after a period of family strife and come to live with him. He wanted to help her get her life together, by providing room and board while she got a job and maybe an education.
Anthem
The end of the world was a song most of us found
too painful to sing. The chorus cut through us
every time we tried. But—just a few breaths before
she died—the oldest woman in America decided
her body could carry the highest note, one last time,
for the rest of us. Something about the nature of Black
lungs breathing through 116 years and 311 days.
Something about what being born in Alabama in 1899
and making it to 2016 in Brooklyn does to the throat.