Is COVID Really Causing a Baby Bust?
Early signs point to a decline—but how low will the birthrate go?
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The Books Briefing: 5 Short Stories to Read This Weekend
I often think of fiction as fact’s partner in the pursuit of truth. At its best, the genre is capable of rendering the worlds we’re unable to imagine, and also of revealing the ones hidden around us. Last year, The Atlantic recommitted itself to publishing fiction with greater frequency.
My Name is Pauli Murray: New Film on Black Queer Legal Pioneer Who Inspired RBG & Thurgood Marshall
We spend the hour looking at the life of one of the most pivotal figures in the history of struggle for gender equality and racial justice, Pauli Murray, whose story is told in the new documentary “My Name Is Pauli Murray,” premiering at the Sundance Film Festival.
Johnson & Johnson vaccine is 66% effective in global study
The one-shot vaccine provides “complete protection against COVID-related hospitalization and death,” the company says.
Everything You Need to Know About Reconciliation, the Tool Democrats Need to Govern
There’s something called the “Byrd Bath.
The GOP Is Complaining That Joe Biden Is Being “Divisive” by Governing Like a Democrat
You can, in fact, call for “unity” and pursue policies that Republicans don’t like.
Everything You Need to Know About Reconciliation, the Tool Democrats Need to Govern
There’s something called the “Byrd Bath.
The GOP Is Complaining That Joe Biden Is Being “Divisive” by Governing Like a Democrat
You can, in fact, call for “unity” and pursue policies that Republicans don’t like.
Fed’s Powell warns U.S. economy ‘long way from a full recovery’
“There’s nothing more important to the economy now than people getting vaccinated,” Jerome Powell said.
Wall Street shrugs at Washington’s debt pileup
The debt poses no imminent danger to U.S. finances, economists say, so the more pressing concern should be jump-starting the economy.
U.S. jobless claims decline to a still-high 900,000
The government said that 5.1 million Americans are continuing to receive state jobless benefits, down from 5.2 million in the previous week.
30 Things Donald Trump Did as President You Might Have Missed
Trump’s presidency may be best remembered for its cataclysmic end. But his four years as president also changed real American policy in lasting ways, just more quietly. We asked POLITICO’s best-in-class policy reporters to recap some of the ways Trump changed the country while in office, for better or worse.
U.S. loses 140,000 jobs in first monthly loss since spring
At the same time, the unemployment rate stayed at 6.7%, the first time it hasn’t fallen since April.
MIA: Where Have All the Vaccines Gone? CDC Says Only Half of Shots Feds Sent to States Were Used
January has become the deadliest month of the pandemic in the United States, with at least 80,000 deaths from COVID-19 so far, and public health experts worry new, more contagious variants of the coronavirus could make things worse. President Joe Biden has announced plans to acquire another 200 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, aiming to vaccinate most people in the U.S. by summer, but vaccine distribution continues to be a problem.
Photos of the Week: Space Bubbles, Frozen Falls, Mountain Movies
Giraffes in the Netherlands, bison in the United Kingdom, a beach day in Australia, flowers for International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the arrival of President Biden’s dogs at the White House, tug of war practice in Ireland, scenes from Paris Fashion Week, and much more.
Thursday Night Owls: Amsterdam is testing radical economic theory to help save the environment
Night Owls is a themed open thread appearing at Daily Kos seven days a week.
Ciara Nugent at Time writes—Amsterdam Is Embracing a Radical New Economic Theory to Help Save the Environment. Could It Also Replace Capitalism?
One evening in December, after a long day working from home, Jennifer Drouin, 30, headed out to buy groceries in central Amsterdam. Once inside, she noticed new price tags.
Thursday Night Owls: Amsterdam is testing radical economic theory to help save the environment
Night Owls is a themed open thread appearing at Daily Kos seven days a week.
Ciara Nugent at Time writes—Amsterdam Is Embracing a Radical New Economic Theory to Help Save the Environment. Could It Also Replace Capitalism?
One evening in December, after a long day working from home, Jennifer Drouin, 30, headed out to buy groceries in central Amsterdam. Once inside, she noticed new price tags.
Since Republicans won’t convict, turn the second impeachment into a trial of the Republican Party
Quavering under explicit threats from Donald Trump that he will start a neo-fascist third party (grossly named “The Patriot Party”), Senate Republicans, led by Kentucky blowhard Rand Paul, have signaled that there is no way they would ever vote to convict Trump for inciting the deadly insurrection that killed five people on Jan.
Since Republicans won’t convict, turn the second impeachment into a trial of the Republican Party
Quavering under explicit threats from Donald Trump that he will start a neo-fascist third party (grossly named “The Patriot Party”), Senate Republicans, led by Kentucky blowhard Rand Paul, have signaled that there is no way they would ever vote to convict Trump for inciting the deadly insurrection that killed five people on Jan.
Looking up, and looking ahead. On NASA’s remembrance day, a sign of the future
This is a week for remembrance. Some of those remembrances are for millions who died because of intolerance and cruel hate in a tragedy the world cannot afford to forget. Some are for the thousands dying every day in a disaster that is still unfolding. But today is also the day for remembering a relative handful of people who lost their lives in extraordinary circumstances.
A generation of Americans remember where they were when they heard the news that John F.
Looking up, and looking ahead. On NASA’s remembrance day, a sign of the future
This is a week for remembrance. Some of those remembrances are for millions who died because of intolerance and cruel hate in a tragedy the world cannot afford to forget. Some are for the thousands dying every day in a disaster that is still unfolding. But today is also the day for remembering a relative handful of people who lost their lives in extraordinary circumstances.
A generation of Americans remember where they were when they heard the news that John F.
Elizabeth Warren’s Face Says It All When She’s Challenged On Wealth Tax
“Can we have just a little fairness here?” asks an annoyed senator after being told the rich will flee (even though many nations have wealth taxes and high rates).
This Week in Statehouse Action: Robin Hoodwinked edition
Hope you didn’t come here looking for stock tips, because I learned everything I know about Wall Street from Trading Places.
Hey, there’s still a pandemic on!
But whatever, say Republicans in Wisconsin.
Campaign Action
On Tuesday, the GOP-controlled state Senate passed a resolution that would throw out Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ mask mandate—the final anti-COVID measure left in place after months of legal wrangling.
This Week in Statehouse Action: Robin Hoodwinked edition
Hope you didn’t come here looking for stock tips, because I learned everything I know about Wall Street from Trading Places.
Hey, there’s still a pandemic on!
But whatever, say Republicans in Wisconsin.
Campaign Action
On Tuesday, the GOP-controlled state Senate passed a resolution that would throw out Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ mask mandate—the final anti-COVID measure left in place after months of legal wrangling.
‘Heightened threat environment’ from far-right extremists continues despite peaceful inauguration
The threat of violence at the inauguration may have fizzled, without even substantial protests developing, but “the intent to engage in violence has not gone away” on the part of right-wing extremists, intelligence officials are warning.