We must “study and learn the lessons of history.” That’s what the late Rep. John Lewis ordered us to do in the final published remarks of his truly heroic career. President Barack Obama, in his final words to his longtime friend, honored that command.

In what started off as a day of celebration, a viral video depicts a bride in Lebanon posing for a wedding shoot moments before a massive explosion in Beirut killed at least 135 and injured thousands. Seconds into the video, a loud blast can be heard during which the wedding photographer, identified as Mahmoud Nakib, turns to show the increasing damage, smoke-filled air, and people running for safety. But instead of thinking of herself, the viral video’s bride Dr.

The pandemic, with its shutdowns and kids home from school, is hitting working mothers hard. When kids are home, the burden falls on women in the vast majority of families, and many women are being forced to scale back at work, leave their jobs, or take on serious new stresses. It’s something that many experts warn could be a generational setback for women in the workforce.

Whether or not you weathered the weather that Hurricane Isaias flung at big chunks of the eastern seaboard this week, metaphorical storms continue to rage everywhere.

Amid this, a number of states also held their primary elections.

One of those states was Arizona, which is a pretty good excuse to highlight its House and Senate in this week’s installation of my multi-part look at top legislative chamber targets this fall.

As the number of COVID-19 cases rises in Puerto Rico, one of the ironies of the situation on the island is that, though Puerto Rico is home to 12 of the world’s 20 top-grossing pharmaceutical companies, several of whom manufacture COVID-19 tests and reagents, they aren’t being readily supplied to Puerto Ricans.