It’s Friday! Another week, another series of confusing politician and traditional media uses of the word “bipartisan.” The infrastructure bill that virtually every American wants and needs to happen continues to be held up by anti-democracy politics.
Daily Kos Elections has calculated the 2020 presidential results for every state Senate and state House district in Georgia, a state that Joe Biden put in the Democratic column for the first time in nearly three decades but where Republican gerrymanders helped keep Team Red firmly in control of both legislative chambers.
As Daily Kos continues to cover, Republicans have been at the helm of an absolute onslaught of anti-trans bills in recent months. Most national media attention has centered around bills aiming to keep trans girls out of girls’ sports, but other bills involve efforts to prevent trans folks from updating their birth certificates and even from accessing safe, age-appropriate, gender-affirming medical care.
Joining hundreds of firsts that Muslim Americans have seen in the past five years is Judge Zahid Quraishi. He was confirmed by the Senate on Thursday to a lifetime seat on a U.S. district court, making him the first Muslim American federal judge in U.S. history.
Senators voted 81-16 to confirm 46-year-old Quraishi to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders and their allies rallied in a number of U.S. cities on Thursday to call on federal lawmakers to enact a pathway to citizenship through the budget reconciliation process. This national day of action by members of the National TPS Alliance comes just days after a devastating, unanimous Supreme Court decision that stands to make it harder for immigrants to gain residency.
Officer Karol J. Chwiesiuk allegedly breached the Capitol building, and told an acquaintance beforehand that he was going to D.C. to “f**k up some commies.
Under Donald Trump, the department subpoenaed Apple for data belonging to House Democrats and journalists investigating his ties to Russia.
“She was the one who recorded a motion cinema picture that set the world on fire,” said George Floyd’s brother, Philonise.
In a series of definitive pieces that earned him the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting, The Atlantic’s Ed Yong anticipated the course of the coronavirus pandemic, clarified its dangers, and illuminated the American government’s disastrous failure to curb it.Yong, who has been a staff writer at The Atlantic since 2015, began warning readers about the fragility of America’s pandemic preparedness long before COVID-19 emerged.
Though the coronavirus continues to spread around the world, the end appears to be in sight in the United States. And with that hopeful end, this will mark the last episode of Social Distance.James Hamblin, Maeve Higgins, and returning co-host Katherine Wells gather to say goodbye to the show, reflect on what we’ve learned these past 15 months, and listen to voicemails from past guests.
The Atlantic staff writer Ed Yong has won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting. He was awarded journalism’s top honor for his defining coverage of the coronavirus pandemic and how America failed in its response to the virus. This is The Atlantic’s first Pulitzer Prize.
Yong anticipated the course of the pandemic, clarified its dangers, and illuminated the American government’s disastrous failure to curb it.
Sometimes, the actions a government takes look bad at the time, but posterity treats them kindly. Other times, a president might look good in the moment but see his reputation sink in retrospect. Then there’s the Trump administration, and especially its Justice Department, which looked bad when it was in power and now looks even worse.
Parenting advice on after-school jobs, cuddle time, and period products.
The former attorneys general are subject to a subpoena if they refuse.
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When the psychologist Michael Reichert became a father to sons, he aimed to avoid putting his boys into narrow masculine boxes, an effort that he details in his book, How to Raise a Boy. Still, he sometimes slipped. For example, in a 2019 Atlantic interview, Reichert recalled forcing his young son to face off against bullies rather than offering him a refuge.
The agency also cleared 10 million doses for use.
Germany has apologized for its role in the first genocide of the 20th century, which took place in Namibia, a former colony then known as German South West Africa. Between 1904 and 1908, German colonizers killed tens of thousands of Ovaherero and Nama people in Namibia. German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas officially described the massacre as genocide and outlined an offer of more than $1.34 billion in development aid to the Namibian government.
The U.S. State Department is pushing to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from Britain, where Biden is now meeting with leaders during the G7 summit. A U.K. judge blocked Assange’s extradition in January, citing serious mental health concerns. Assange faces up to 175 years in prison if brought to the U.S., where he was indicted for violations of the Espionage Act related to the publication of classified documents exposing U.S. war crimes.
As world leaders gather for the first in-person G7 summit in two years, talks are set to focus heavily on ending the pandemic and the climate crisis, and climate activists are calling on them for more immediate action. “It’s not just one crisis,” says Asad Rehman, executive director of War on Want and spokesperson for the COP26 Climate Coalition.
The scandal was absurd, but the problems are broader than that.
Janet Woodcock did not release a statement with the approval — noteworthy considering it was the first new Alzheimer’s drug in nearly two decades.
A late-breaking campaign controversy, explained.
I want us to travel and have more free time. She’s worried about looking like a gold digger.
President Joe Biden will announce the plan tomorrow ahead of the G-7 meeting in the United Kingdom.
The FDA’s decision to approve the drug, siding with industry and patient advocates, raises new questions about whether it is lowering its burden of proof for drugmakers.
Less than a quarter of Black Americans have received their first Covid-19 shot. That’s less than other racial and ethnic groups tracked by the CDC.
Parenting advice on sudden SAHMs, accidental daycares, and coerced guardians.
Income growth has been relatively strong, particularly in the last couple of months, despite disappointing overall job growth.
It’s a stunning reversal for a brand that once lured the rich and famous willing to pay a premium to live in a building with Trump’s gilded name on it.
The figure will provide some relief to the White House after the April report, but it’s well short of the pace predicted by many economists earlier this year.