The Reason Starbucks Is Closing 400 Stores
The pandemic made it impossible for customers to hang out there—but they already weren’t.
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LeBron James, other athletes form new voting rights group: ‘More Than a Vote’
The debacle in Georgia on Tuesday was another powerful reminder of just how perilous the November elections may be nationwide as Republicans pull out all the stops to make voting as difficult as possible rather than face the full wrath of Trump-weary voters. For obvious reasons, Black Americans will be especially targeted.
Why virtual care will outlast the pandemic
With millions of people suddenly video chatting their doctors, there’s pressure on Washington to make telehealth a permanent option.
Journalism 101 fail: NYT article lets Republicans lie and attack, but can’t find Democrat to respond
What the hell is going on at The New York Times? This question has arisen far too often in the past few years, most recently last week after James Bennet, the paper’s now-former editorial page editor, pitched and then published—without reading it first, allegedly—a fascist op-ed by Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas.
Fed’s dire outlook: GDP seen shrinking by 6.5 percent this year
The country’s unemployment rate will drop to 9.3 percent by the end of the year, according to the Fed’s forecasts.
Trump finalizes rollback of LGBTQ patient protections
Advocates panned the new rules, which were released on the 4th anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting.
The Elmahaba Center Podcast takes on a radical project in the Egyptian American Christian community
By Mary Fawzy
The Elmahaba Center Podcast was created in 2019 by three Coptic Egyptian women from a working-class neighborhood in Nashville, Tennessee, an area with one of the largest Coptic communities in North America. Coptic people, or “Copts,” are a Christian minority in Egypt, the majority of whom belong to the Coptic Orthodox Church; it’s one of the world’s oldest churches.
CDC warns against large gatherings as Trump plans campaign rallies
The CDC also recommended attendees wear masks if an event includes chanting or singing.
Social distancing will suppress recovery despite emergency aid, CBO chief says
States grappling with budget shortfalls are slowly reopening and lifting stay-at-home orders.
COVID-slammed state and local budgets risk millions more job losses, this week in the war on workers
Congress needs to pass $1 trillion in aid to local and state governments slammed by coronavirus. Why $1 trillion? Because, the Economic Policy Institute explains, “Each dollar in state and local spending cuts triggers a multiplier effect as governments end contracts with local businesses and public-sector employees see income drops and, in turn, pull back on their consumption spending.” Without federal assistance, that is projected to translate to 5.
Atlanta Police Chief Resigns After Cops Fatally Shoot Black Man At Wendy’s Restaurant (UPDATE)
Police shot and killed Rayshard Brooks, 27, after they responded to a call about someone sleeping in a car. Video shows Brooks running away before he was shot.
There’s No Going Back to ‘Normal’
(Gregory Halpern / Magnum)More than three months have passed since the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic. Initially, shock and denial gave way to coping with humor: There were a plethora of jokes on social media about introverts thriving and extroverts languishing under these dystopian conditions.
What Makes the Global Party Circuit Tick? This Model-Turned-Sociologist Got Herself on the List.
It turns out creating “fun” takes a lot of work.
American Indian tribes thwarted in efforts to get coronavirus data
The CDC has turned down tribal epidemiologists’ requests for data that it’s making freely available to states.
Fed’s Powell walks tightrope as economy faces new uncertainty
The Fed chief will likely keep up his persistent advice to Congress to spend more to spur a meaningful recovery.
Missing data veils coronavirus damage to minority communities
The Trump administration is leaving big gaps in race and ethnicity information.
Missing data veils coronavirus damage to minority communities
The Trump administration is leaving big gaps in race and ethnicity information.
Fear of Public Transit Got Ahead of the Evidence
The headline of the report read like the title of a 1950s horror film: “The Subways Seeded the Massive Coronavirus Epidemic in New York City.” As America’s densest city became the epicenter of a national pandemic in March, New York’s subway system, which carried 5.5 million people on an average workday in 2019, emerged as the villain from central casting.
RIP Summer Camp
Camp Mishawaka was founded in 1910 in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, and its motto is “Safety, health, happiness.
Fear of Transit Is Bad for Cities
The headline of the report read like the title of a 1950s horror film: “The Subways Seeded the Massive Coronavirus Epidemic in New York City.” As America’s densest city became the epicenter of a national pandemic in March, New York’s subway system, which carried 5.5 million people on an average workday in 2019, emerged as the villain from central casting.
Why Summer Camp Matters
Camp Mishawaka was founded in 1910 in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, and its motto is “Safety, health, happiness.
‘Defund the Police’ Does Not Mean Defund the Police. Unless It Does.
In the fall of 2016, a journalist popularized a catchy binary to describe the bizarre behavior of Donald Trump and the effect he had on his rapturous followers.Supporters of the then–Republican presidential nominee, Salena Zito wrote, take Trump “seriously but not literally.” Meanwhile, his detractors, including most of the mainstream press, “take him literally but not seriously.
Cole Escola Provides the Perfect Comedy for Quarantine
His work is funny and dark and very, very gay.
Cole Escola Provides the Perfect Comedy for Quarantine
His work is funny and dark and very, very gay.
The Revolution Will Be Incomplete Without Black Women and Girls
On May 25, George Floyd died, calling for his mother and gasping for breath. Derek Chauvin, a white Minneapolis police officer, killed him, forcing his knee onto Floyd’s neck until the man stopped moving, and for several minutes after that. The agonizing moments were captured on camera and shared with the world.When black husbands, fathers, sons, and neighbors fall victim to law enforcement, often black wives, daughters, mothers, and girlfriends pick up the pieces.
Why So Many Drivers Are Ramming Into Protesters
Extremists have celebrated attacks like these for years. But there’s even more to the story.
The Reason Starbucks Is Closing 400 Stores
The pandemic made it impossible for customers to hang out there—but they already weren’t.
Victoria’s Secret Has Only Itself to Blame
After years of scandal and declining sales, the iconic brand is struggling to survive the coronavirus.