Are the Teachers Unions Really to Blame?
Their conditions for reopening schools are not unreasonable.
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Trump’s drug-card plan smacks into another roadblock
A key panel raises objections to the president’s campaign-trail promise of $200 in discounts for seniors.
The People Who Can See Inside David Fincher’s Head
Early in Netflix’s Mank, the screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz (played by Gary Oldman) ambles onto an outdoor movie set, where he bumps into an array of glamorous characters. In a scene full of repartee with real-life figures such as the actor Marion Davies, the film honcho Louis B. Mayer, and the mogul William Randolph Hearst, the visual details of the environment might seem unimportant. But to Mank’s director, David Fincher, they mattered.
2020 in Photos: A Look at the Middle Months
As the year comes to a close, it’s time to revisit some of the most memorable events and images of 2020. Events covered in this essay (the second of a three-part photo summary of the year) include the widespread protests against the killing of George Floyd, the realities of the growing coronavirus pandemic, historic flooding across China, locust swarms in Africa, a terrifying explosion in Beirut, and much more.
Cancel Holiday Cards This Year. Do This Instead.
In 2020, I couldn’t keep up my longtime tradition—but I did get a better idea.
My Boyfriend’s Favorite Kink Is a Philosophical Mind-Bender
I’d like to please him, but I honestly can’t figure out how!
This Retro Crafting Hobby Just Might Rescue Your Winter
Latch hook is meditative, satisfying, and affordable.
The Dark Side of GoFundMe
Critics say the platform enables fraud and exploits holes in the social safety net.
Trump Set to Execute Brandon Bernard Even as Jurors & Ex-Prosecutor Call for Clemency
President Trump has sent eight people to their deaths so far this year, breaking a 17-year hiatus in federal executions, and plans to execute five more in the final weeks of his administration. On December 10, International Human Rights Day, the federal government is scheduled to kill Brandon Bernard, a Black man who was 18 years old when he was convicted as an accomplice to the murder of a young white couple in Texas.
People’s Vaccine: Calls Grow for Equal Access to Coronavirus Vaccine as Rich Countries Hoard Supply
While the United States, Britain and other wealthy countries race to vaccinate their populations against the coronavirus, a new report finds that as much as 90% of the population in dozens of poorer countries could be forced to wait until at least 2022 because wealthy countries are hoarding so much of the vaccine supply. A growing movement is calling for the development of a people’s vaccine and the suspension of intellectual property rights to expand access. We speak with Dr.
Why Writer Ayad Akhtar Reads Shakespeare Every Day
“If I don’t do that, it’s like not having had my cup of coffee.
We’ll Be Stuck With Trump’s Postmaster General for a While
Louis DeJoy is likely to last well into the Biden administration.
GoFundMe’s “Fast Food Philanthropy”
GoFundMe turned charitable giving into another form of social media.
Why Writer Ayad Akhtar Reads Shakespeare Every Day
“If I don’t do that, it’s like not having had my cup of coffee.
Trump’s health nemesis gets a new starring role: Reversing Trump’s policies
Xavier Becerra, the California attorney general and former House lawmaker, would enter Biden’s HHS without traditional health or management experience – but with immense power to undo Trump’s actions.
We’ll Be Stuck With Trump’s Postmaster General for a While
Louis DeJoy is likely to last well into the Biden administration.
GoFundMe’s “Fast Food Philanthropy”
GoFundMe turned charitable giving into another form of social media.
States defer to health providers on who gets first vaccines
Governors will let providers sort out thorny questions over who should be first in line.
Fauci: U.K. ‘really rushed through that approval’ of Pfizer vaccine
The British government “kind of ran around the corner of the marathon and joined it in the last mile,” he said.
Trump’s health nemesis gets a new starring role: Reversing Trump’s policies
Xavier Becerra, the California attorney general and former House lawmaker, would enter Biden’s HHS without traditional health or management experience – but with immense power to undo Trump’s actions.
States defer to health providers on who gets first vaccines
Governors will let providers sort out thorny questions over who should be first in line.
Fauci: U.K. ‘really rushed through that approval’ of Pfizer vaccine
The British government “kind of ran around the corner of the marathon and joined it in the last mile,” he said.
Biden top economic adviser facing accusations of mismanagement, verbal abuse
A former high-level employee at Heather Boushey’s think tank publicly aired the accusations on Tuesday night.
Biden backs up Tanden as Republicans attack her tweets
“That disqualifies almost every Republican senator and 90 percent of the administration,” the president-elect said of GOP criticism.
How climate change could spark the next home mortgage disaster
Taxpayers are backing more than a trillion dollars in home mortgages, but the agencies buying them are neglecting to consider climate risks.
Deese to be Biden’s top White House economic adviser
Brian Deese is an executive at investment giant BlackRock.