Defund Karen: On the Insults and Acronyms of America’s Racial Reckoning
Karen has emerged as a pejorative moniker for an unwoke white lady.
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U.S. pumps $2B into Covid-19 vaccine, treatment development
The treatment advanced through an early safety study and is now being studied in a 2,000-patient Phase III trial.
“They Don’t Care About Our Health”: Hunger Striker at Otay Mesa ICE Jail Speaks Out as COVID Spreads
As COVID-19 infections continue to rise behind bars, we go inside the Otay Mesa Detention Center in California to speak with Anthony Alexandre, a longtime U.S. resident of Haitian descent, who describes conditions at the for-profit jail, run by private prison company CoreCivic, which has seen a mass outbreak of COVID-19, leading to at least 167 infections and one death. “Basically, CoreCivic is telling us they do not care about our health,” says Alexandre.
How Black & Indigenous Groups Won the Fight to Stop the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Anti-pipeline activists are celebrating after Duke Energy and Dominion Energy announced they are dropping plans to build the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a 600-mile pipeline that would have carried fracked gas from West Virginia to North Carolina and threatened rural Indigenous, Black and Brown communities.
“A Dream That Comes True”: Standing Rock Elder Hails Order to Shut Down DAPL After Years of Protest
Following years of resistance, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and Indigenous organizers across the country scored a massive legal victory Monday when a federal judge ordered the Dakota Access Pipeline to be shut down and emptied of all oil, pending an environmental review.
Help! My Husband Has Anointed Himself My Second Boss Since We Started Working From Home.
“I screwed up at work and got chewed out for it during a Zoom call. My husband heard and has decided to take an interest.
Dear Care and Feeding: My Mother-in-Law Won’t Stop Gifting Us Used, Dirty Toys
Parenting advice on favoritism, work-life balance, and emotional abuse.
The Dangerous Race for the Covid Vaccine
The international competition for a coronavirus vaccine harkens back to the golden age of Edison and the Wright Brothers. But excesses of national pride and one-upmanship are threatening to overwhelm the common good.
Hundreds of health groups petition against Trump
The leaders of public health authorities and activist groups come together to defend the CDC and demand an end to political interference.
How Editor Tracy Sherrod Is Amplifying Black Authors
“Black people are interested in a variety of things—we don’t only want to talk about race.
Trump’s ‘99 percent’ coronavirus comment finds little support
The FDA commissioner declined to back it, and mayors of Covid-19 hot spots expressed outrage over the dubious statistic.
Why the U.S. still hasn’t solved its testing crisis
The nation has conducted more than 4 million tests in the past week, more than ever before.
Western fire season could raise stakes in battle against Covid-19
Air pollution from wildfire smoke increases susceptibility to the coronavirus, leading to worsened health conditions for those near fires.
Senators concerned about Covid-19 vaccine price controls
Senators questioned top Trump public health officials at a Thursday hearing on vaccine pricing.
Dear Care and Feeding: My Husband’s Ex Left Me a Crazy Voicemail. Should I Ignore It?
Parenting advice on ex-spouses, sick children, and cosleeping.
Treasury decides to stick with July 15 tax deadline
An extension would give taxpayers until Oct. 15 to file their returns, though they would still have to pay what they owe by July 15.
Top White House economist set to depart amid coronavirus recession
The acting chair of the CEA will leave Trump without another senior economist as discussions start about a new economic aid package.
‘It’s going to be a slow slog’: Economists knock down hopes of quick rebound
“We have a long road ahead of us to get those people back to work,” Jerome Powell said earlier this week.
Powell’s warning on pandemic clashes with Trump’s upbeat tweets
“Significant uncertainty remains about the timing and strength of the recovery,” Powell said.
Kudlow says $600 additional unemployment checks will end in July
He said that “almost all businesses” understand the $600 additional benefit is “a disincentive.
“America’s Moment of Reckoning”: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor & Cornel West on Uprising Against Racism
Scholars Cornel West and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor respond to the global uprising against racism and police violence following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. “We’re seeing the convergence of a class rebellion with racism and racial terrorism at the center of it,” said Princeton professor Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor. “And in many ways, we are in uncharted territory in the United States.
Report: Longtime Melania Trump Insider To Release ‘Explosive’ Tell-All Book
Stephanie Winston Wolkoff’s “Melania and Me” is set for a September 1 release, according to The Daily Beast.
Trump Has No Election Strategy, Just ‘White Grievance,’ Says New York Times Reporter
And it’s a very different nation this time around, Maggie Haberman insisted.
Kaepernick strikes deal with Disney to ‘elevate Black and Brown directors, creators, storytellers’
NFL teams have been strong in their commitment to keeping Colin Kaepernick off the field, but the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback continues to expand his influence and voice as a civil rights activist. Walt Disney announced a new deal with Kaepernick’s production company Monday morning, starting with an ESPN documentary on Kaepernick’s life. Former ESPN Jemele Hill will be involved in that project.
But the deal doesn’t stop there.
Listen: How the Coronavirus Affects Kids
Early on in the pandemic, it seemed as if kids were spared the worst effects of the coronavirus. But in May, a mysterious illness emerged that affected children and appeared to be linked to the virus. As parents now look to send kids back to school and daycare, how should they think about these risks? What do we now know about this new syndrome?James Hamblin and Katherine Wells are joined on the Social Distance podcast by staff writer Sarah Zhang to discuss.
Voters in coronavirus hot spots know who to blame
The renewed spread of coronavirus across the United States—and, in particular, into battleground states—is not doing Donald Trump any favors. That’s appropriate, since Trump’s early refusal to treat the pandemic seriously and his repeated failures since have gotten us to this point. It’s almost like Trump may face a consequence at some point.
Shock doctrine in action: Trump friends, former staff cash in on COVID-19 crisis
It’s all grift all the time in Trump world. And very, very swampy. A Public Citizen analysis has uncovered 40 Trump-connected lobbyists—including five former administration officials—securing more than $10 billion in coronavirus aid from the federal government and says that former administration officials lobbying violates Trump’s own ethics policy. (I know, right? Trump and ethics in the same sentence.