Former Kansas secretary of state, “birther,” and xenophobic voter suppression person Kris Kobach is in the news again. This time it is his most recent endeavor to make money off of the fear of Kansas denizens. Back in October—along with his Wichita-based business partner, CEO of MoJack Distributors Daniel Drake—Kobach pitched legislators in Topeka two magical COVID-19 sanitizer machines.
Mostly focusing on how systemic racism plays out every day, I rarely write about what may seem like an outdated example of racism—that crystal clear version many people have of a hooded klansman calling a Black person the N-word and demanding that he go back to Africa. Count on YouTube commenter Steven Crowder, however, to remind us all that depiction isn’t so outdated after all.
The state’s Republican-controlled legislature approved a resolution to honor the right-wing radio host known for making racist, sexist and homophobic comments.
The health department told two states it’s canceling the Trump-approved policies aimed at shrinking the health care safety net.
“The indignity of being Asian in this country has been underreported,” the poet and essayist Cathy Park Hong writes in Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning. Hong, 44, is the daughter of Korean immigrants and was raised in Los Angeles. Although she has written about race in her poetry, Minor Feelings is her first nonfiction book, a blend of memoir and cultural criticism.
The White House isn’t spreading racist terms anymore, but the Biden administration and lawmakers in both parties still depict Beijing as a dark national security threat.
Amy Kremer runs Women for America First, which hosted the rally in front of the White House, and her April event will generate cash for his ailing property.
Former NBA player Shawn Bradley was paralyzed after he was struck by a car.
Last month, Myanmar’s military leaders seized power from elected officials, shortly after an election they viewed unfavorably. In recent weeks, protests against the coup have expanded nationwide, and the police crackdown on demonstrations has escalated. The United Nations estimates that more than 75 people have been killed so far, as security forces fire tear gas, rubber bullets, and live ammunition at demonstrators.
Some Democrats believe that the governor is punishing Rockland County’s Republican executive, Ed Day.
Central bank officials now expect the unemployment rate to drop to 4.5 percent by the end of 2021.
Do you take off on vacation if you’re vaccinated, or wait for your husband?
Robert Scott Palmer, known to online sleuths as #FloridaFlagJacket, was arrested by the FBI following a HuffPost investigation revealing his identity.
A metaphor if you were looking for one.
The program is aimed at helping in-person learning restart broadly before the school year’s end.
It was unimaginable. A respiratory virus turned global pandemic disrupted every facet of our world. This was something public-health officials had been planning for. Yet most leaders seemed totally unprepared for its onslaught. A year later, half a million Americans have died. Where do we go from here?The Atlantic will explore the year that was, the power of the vaccines to stop the spread of the coronavirus, and the potential return to normalcy.
I’ve spent the pandemic taking daily walks around my neighborhood, along what are now overly familiar blocks. I try to vary my route, but I can tell you which patches of sidewalk are most treacherous, which houses have the most stylish doors, and where the yippiest dogs reside. Last week, a text interrupted this routine, with a link to schedule my first vaccination appointment. For a second, I thought it was spam.
For much of 2020, the world pinned its collective post-pandemic plans on a single, glimmering end point: the arrival of an effective COVID-19 vaccine. The resounding refrain of “when I’m vaccinated” has long conjured images of people shedding their masks, hugging their friends, and returning to a semblance of normalcy. And now some vaccinated people are doing exactly that.
A new Futuro Media podcast, “Suave,” tells the story of one person’s journey to freedom after receiving a life sentence without parole at the age of 17. David Luis “Suave” Gonzalez met journalist Maria Hinojosa in 1993 during a talk at the prison in Pennsylvania where he was serving a sentence for first-degree homicide. For years, Gonzalez and Hinojosa stayed in touch through letters, visits and phone calls that Hinojosa recorded.
Deb Haaland, a tribal citizen of the Laguna Pueblo, is being sworn in as secretary of the interior and will be the first Native American ever to serve in a U.S. presidential cabinet. Just four Republicans joined Democrats in voting to confirm Haaland, who will manage 500 million acres of federal and tribal land. Haaland will also oversee government relations with 574 federally recognized tribal nations and is expected to address the legacy of uranium mining on Indigenous land and other areas.
Residents in Jackson, Mississippi, have been facing a water crisis over the last five weeks, with many people lacking reliable access to clean drinking water after deadly February winter storms caused pipes and water mains to burst. While water delivery has largely been restored, “boil water” orders remain in effect for most people. The city estimates it could cost $2 billion to fix the city’s water system.
Parenting advice on COVID exposures, princess invasions, and puppy problems.
And he says sleeper cars are making a comeback.
The new vaccine confidence drive underscores the extent to which the administration is still concerned about Americans’ desire to get vaccinated.
“To pull back now, prematurely, would be ill-advised,” Anthony Fauci said.
I know she will be supportive, but she’s been through so much.
Janet Yellen said the greater risk was not strengthening the economy as it recovers from the impact of the pandemic.
