‘On the precipice’: How the cratering economy became a second public health crisis
Recovery could take years, with the nation’s most vulnerable enduring the worst of it.
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House panel says drugmakers inflated prices to boost profits and reap bonuses
The Democrat-led reports come just weeks before Election Day, and amid efforts by President Donald Trump to show progress on slashing drug costs.
Trump is fuzzy on tax policy as Biden goes all in
Trump has raised various ideas in recent months, though his proposals remain much vaguer than during his 2016 presidential campaign.
2020 is the Year Trump Was Worried About
If presidential elections really turn on how the country is doing, there’s a good reason for the incumbent to sweat.
Trump stokes a new threat to Wall Street: Election chaos
“This does have the potential to incite … the metastasizing of social unrest,” said one market strategist.
Internal memo reassured Trudeau that virus’s economic hit would be ‘manageable’
Critics have argued the Trudeau government lacked preparedness or a sense of urgency before the country was hit by the pandemic’s crises.
Fed expects to keep rates near zero through 2023
The central bank shed more light on its pledge not to raise interest rates until prices begin to rise more rapidly.
Kate Aronoff: The Climate Crisis Can’t Take 4 More Years of Trump. We Must Push Biden from the Left
After massive outcry from activists and young voters, debate moderator Chris Wallace questioned President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden about the climate crisis at the first presidential debate. He did not include it in his initial list of debate topics. Kate Aronoff, author and staff writer at The New Republic, says she didn’t expect climate change to come up, but was unsurprised by the responses.
“Vigilantism at the Polls”: Trump Attacks Election Integrity, Ballots & Backs Illegal Poll Watching
“It’s a rigged election,” claimed President Trump when he and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden were asked about election integrity during last night’s debate as the two men sparred over mail-in voting. Trump ended the debate by calling for poll watchers.
Donald and Melania Trump both test positive for COVID-19
Shortly before 1 AM ET on Friday morning, Donald Trump tweeted that both he and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive for COVID-19. On Thursday evening, Trump aide Hope Hicks, who had been traveling with Trump’s campaign this week, tested positive. Hicks was with Trump when he held a large rally in Duluth, Minnesota, on Wednesday and had previously joined him at the presidential debate on Tuesday in Cleveland, Ohio.
Donald Trump, Melania Trump Test Positive For The Coronavirus
The president tested positive for COVID-19 while working on plans to reopen the country despite the risks of cases soaring again.
Photos of the Week: Pentagonal Grid, Oil Drums, Scorched Wine
A rocket in Nagorno-Karabakh, flowered hills in Australia, alpine cattle herds in Germany, salt production in Turkey, the Washington Prayer March 2020, projections on the the Sydney Opera House, coronavirus burials in Indonesia, scenes from Paris Fashion Week, protests in Mexico City, fire damage in California, and much more.
Trump Begins ‘Quarantine Process’ After Hope Hicks Gets COVID-19
Hope Hicks, one of Trump’s closest aides, tested positive for the coronavirus.
Thursday Night Owls: An inaccurate census would be bad news for American Indians
Night Owls, a themed open thread, appears at Daily Kos seven days a week
Anna V. Smith at High Country News writes—An inaccurate census has major implications for Indian Country. Indigenous people are frequently undercounted, undermining political power and representation:
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Fox News Quietly Paid Kimberly Guilfoyle Accuser Over Sexual Misconduct Claims: Report
One of the ex-host’s assistants sent executives a confidential draft complaint in 2018 accusing Guilfoyle of sexual harassment, according to The New Yorker.
Put down that dystopia: Let two short films challenge you with visions of a hopeful future
In 2019, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) teamed with illustrator Molly Crabapple to create a short film called A Message from the Future. That film presented something extraordinarily rare when it comes to looking ahead these days: optimism.
After what seems like an endless parade of dystopias in literature and film, the short film, in which Crabapple illustrates scenes to Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’s narration, seems almost shocking in its optimism.
House passes $2.2 trillion in COVID-19 relief, negotiations continue, and Senate GOP gets restless
It’s been 139 days since the House passed the $3.4 trillion HEROES Act, which Mitch McConnell has refused to take up. To put an exclamation point on that, and on the ongoing critical need for assistance to America, the House passed a slimmed-down version at $2.2 trillion.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have been every day this week, sometimes multiple times a day.
Melania Trump Caught On Tape Swearing In Response To Children Separated At Border
“‘Oh, what about the children that were separated?’ Give me a f**king break,” the first lady said in a secret July 2018 recording.
Fox News reporter leaves anchor speechless with rant on Trump’s failure to denounce white supremacy
Donald Trump and his administration’s inability to just condemn white supremacy and domestic terrorist groups straight out is extraordinary. One the one hand, it isn’t surprising because Trump’s administration is as clear an example of white supremacist leadership as our country has seen in the modern era. On the other hand, it is surprising that they continue to try and parse language and pigheadedly refuse to do it from an optics stand point.
Hope Hicks Tests Positive For Coronavirus After Traveling With Trump
The White House adviser is reportedly experiencing COVID-19 symptoms. President Trump and the first lady later tested positive.
The Atlantic Daily: The Firsts
Every weekday evening, our editors guide you through the biggest stories of the day, help you discover new ideas, and surprise you with moments of delight. Subscribe to get this delivered to your inbox.Aaron TurnerIn the years following Brown v. Board of Education, thousands of children desegregated America’s schools. “The task that fell to them was a brutal one,” our senior editor Rebecca J. Rosen writes.
How School Reopening Got Tied Up in the 2020 Election
And what history tells us about the long-term harms of keeping kids out of school.
Why Yanking Unemployment Payments Didn’t Kill the Economy in August
It looks like Americans are shaking off their economic misery—but we’re not nearly in the clear yet.
Pfizer CEO: ‘Disappointed’ in presidential debate, vows no political pressure on Covid shot
Albert Bourla’s memo to staff asserts Pfizer’s independence in the face of strong pressure from the White House to deliver a shot before Election Day.
Senate Democrats urge inspector general to probe interference at HHS
The letter was led by Sen. Gary Peters, who oversaw the creation of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee as part of the CARES Act.
Can We Still Go to Mars?
Elsewhere in the solar system, a NASA rover is on its way to Mars. It carries, among other things, several pieces of spacesuit material. Designers want to see how the samples fare in the planet’s dusty, radiation-laden environment—the sturdy fabrics of the suit’s exterior, the cut-resistant fibers of its gloves, the shatterproof plastic of the bubble helmet that might someday reflect the soft light of a Martian sunset.
Endangered Republicans back Senate Democrats’ bill opposing Obamacare lawsuit
Five Republicans facing tough reelections crossed party lines in a vote highlighting Trump’s challenge to the health care law.
An Ancient Town Submerged: Hasankeyf Underwater
Last year, I featured photos of the efforts made to move parts of the ancient Turkish town of Hasankeyf to a new location, as a massive dam project was about to cause the Tigris River to rise and flood the area. A year later, the reservoir behind Ilisu Dam has largely filled up, inundating the historic town and surrounding archaeological sites, despite years of protests by residents and activists.
Mothers’ Careers Are at Extraordinary Risk Right Now
(moises Saman / Magnum)Being a mother has long been a liability at work. But with work, school, and child care now happening under one roof for so many families, working mothers are at unprecedented risk of experiencing a pandemic-size motherhood penalty.The struggle faced by working mothers is a key focus of the new 2020 Women in the Workplace Report by LeanIn.org and McKinsey & Company, which I co-authored.
