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Help! I Teach at a College. Do I Need to Delete My Grindr Profile?
I don’t really want to spend the next four years of my life celibate.
Biden targets smallest businesses with exclusive aid window
Only businesses with fewer than 20 employees will be able to apply for aid through the massive Paycheck Protection Program.
Biden’s economic point man draws praise — and pushback
Allies laud Brian Deese’s leadership on the stimulus negotiations, but he’s rubbed some the wrong way.
Biden aims to isolate China on coal — but it could blow back on the U.S.
The U.S. wants to stop new coal projects, but risks losing poor countries to Beijing’s “Belt and Road” agenda.
‘Clearly not healthy’: Markets are giddy about reopening — and that’s the problem
Investors are pumping up bubbles across markets, with excitement growing about more stimulus and widespread vaccinations.
‘The Democratic version of John McCain’
As the critical swing vote in a 50-50 Senate, Joe Manchin has emerged as the most powerful man in Washington.
No Heat or Water, Overflowing Toilets, Disgusting Food: Texas Prisons Went “from Bad to Dire” in Storm
As winter storms overwhelmed Texas, many incarcerated people in the state went days without heat and water, making already grim conditions behind bars even more intolerable for thousands of people. Officials say 33 prisons across the state lost power and 20 had water shortages after the state’s electrical grid failed.
Tuesday Night Owls: Media coverage of Deb Haaland’s ascent has flattened Native complexities
Night Owls is a themed open thread appearing at Daily Kos seven days a week.
At The New Republic, Nick Martin (a citizen of the Sappony Tribe) writes—Deb Haaland’s Ascent and the Complicated Legacy of Native Representation. The congresswoman from New Mexico could make history if confirmed as head of the Department of the Interior. But there’s more to the story than that.
Deb Haaland could be the next secretary of the interior.
The One Word That Could Decide Whether Democrats Hike the Minimum Wage
It all comes down to the subjective linguistic judgment of an unelected congressional functionary.
The One Word That Could Decide Whether Democrats Hike the Minimum Wage
It all comes down to the subjective linguistic judgment of an unelected congressional functionary.
CPAC’s 2021 ‘America Uncanceled’ convention cancels speaker over anti-Semitism
Every year, the American Conservative Union’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) is a who’s who of corrupt officials, big-money donors, crummy human beings, morals-free religious zealots, and self-styled whining—lots and lots of whining. Last year’s CPAC made it clear that the whining would happen inside of the convention hall as only VIPs were tipped off to very real COVID-19 hazards.
Right-wing fraudster Jacob Wohl receives some bad news in his civil and criminal cases
Right-wing salacious-lie peddlers Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman got hit with some bad news on Monday, when senior U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero denied the two men’s attempts to have their civil case delayed until after their criminal proceedings are done.
Trump Can No Longer Funnel GOP Money To Himself, But Others Are Doing It For Him
Utah Sen. Mike Lee held a fundraiser at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club last weekend, and South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem plans one for March.
House Democrats urge Biden admin to end ICE policy criticized as ‘legal racial profiling’
For several election cycles now, voters across the country have ousted sheriffs who’ve collaborated with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) through the flawed and racist 287(g) program, which allows local law enforcement to act as mass deportation agents. In just one example last month, South Carolina Sheriff Kristin Graziano terminated the agreement on her first day in office, calling it “legal racial profiling.
Ted Cruz Scorned For Fiddling With His Cellphone During Capitol Riot Testimony
“He’s looking for travel deals for his next trip to Mexico,” one of the Texas senator’s critics tweeted.
As COVID-19 death toll hits milestone, GOP lawmakers in South Carolina focus on girls’ sports
If the growing number of anti-trans bills aimed at excluding transgender girls and women from sports are beginning to blur together, that makes a lot of sense. Why? Because—especially in the last few months, much less the last few years—there are a stunning number of them coming from all around the country.
A Simple Rule of Thumb for Knowing When the Pandemic Is Over
Editor’s Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection here. In the middle of January, the deadliest month of the pandemic, one day after inauguration, the Biden administration put out a comprehensive national strategy for “beating COVID-19.
The Weekly Planet: The Great Climate Bill of 2021 Is Being Shaped Now
Every Tuesday, our lead climate reporter brings you the big ideas, expert analysis, and vital guidance that will help you flourish on a changing planet. Sign up to get The Weekly Planet, our guide to living through climate change, in your inbox.President Joe Biden’s legislative climate agenda has kind of fallen out of the news. Lawmakers are focused on what the Biden administration calls the “economic-rescue bill,” the one with the $1,400 checks.
When Disaster Strikes, Senators Show Up — Except For Ted Cruz
Lawmakers say there’s plenty for them to do, and that it’s often important to be on the ground.
Texas Republicans Prioritized Nonsense Over Winterizing The Energy Grid
Mundane goals like securing power and water took a backseat to ideological battles against imaginary enemies.
How Screwed Is the Trump Hotel D.C.?
The former president is stuck with a money-losing monument to his administration’s graft, and so is Washington.
Rep. Deb Haaland Fends Off Republican Attacks At Contentious Confirmation Hearing
Senate Republicans are really going all in on the idea that Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Interior Department is a “radical.
What Is Salesforce Really Selling?
Behind the flashy events and quasi-spiritual jargon is a software service that wants to swallow the whole business world.
The Bigger Issue Behind the Student Debt Forgiveness Debate
The argument over how much debt to cancel—and how to cancel it—needs to focus on the causes of the racial wealth gap.
U.S. poised to have 3M vaccine doses available per day by April
All of the executives stressed that they are looking for ways to increase production to meet the overwhelming demand.
No One Has Seen a Mars Landing Quite Like This
The descent of a little rover from the top of the Martian atmosphere to the surface is one of the most notoriously stressful occasions in space exploration. When NASA’s newest rover, Perseverance, took the plunge last week, the engineers at mission control braced themselves. They knew just how much had to go right—and how much could go terribly wrong—in the next seven minutes.The spacecraft came barreling into the atmosphere at thousands of miles an hour.
The Awful Intimacy of Allen v. Farrow
Watching Allen v. Farrow, HBO’s new four-part miniseries about the 29-year-old allegations of child molestation against the director Woody Allen, I kept having a feeling that I couldn’t entirely identify. Since revelations about Harvey Weinstein emerged in late 2017—broken, in part, by Allen’s son, Ronan Farrow—harrowing stories about abusive men in the workplace have been reported one after another.
adrienne maree brown: Octavia Butler’s Visions of the Future Have Transformed Generation of Readers
The visionary Black science-fiction writer Octavia Butler died 15 years ago on February 24, 2006, but her influence and readership has only continued to grow since then. In September, Butler’s novel “Parable of the Sower” became her first to reach the New York Times best-seller list. We speak with adrienne maree brown, a writer and Octavia Butler scholar, who says Butler had a remarkable talent for universalizing Black stories.