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.GETTY / THE ATLANTIC200,000 dead. And it felt like any other Tuesday.Today, the United States marked the official passing of that milestone (though in truth, it likely happened earlier).
Time again for a look at the animal kingdom and our interactions with the countless species that share our planet. Today’s photos include a donkey-therapy program in Spain, animals affected by wildfires in the U.S., a rescued anteater in Brazil, COVID-sniffing dog training in Germany, rhinos near Nairobi, beach rescue-dog training in Italy, stranded pilot whales in Tasmania, migrating storks in Turkey, and much more.
On Sunday, Joe Biden made a personal appeal to Republican senators considering whether to hold a vote on President Donald Trump’s anticipated Supreme Court nominee, asking them to wait for the result of November’s election before filling the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s spot.“Please, follow your conscience,” Biden said. “Don’t go there. Uphold your constitutional duty, your conscience; let the people speak.
“What changed your mind?” “Living what I’ve lived through.
As the milestone approached, President Donald Trump played down the virus while his health experts urged Americans to keep up their guard.
Revelations about forced hysterectomies at an ICE facility in Georgia have forced a reckoning with the long history of sterilizations in the U.S. — particularly of Black, Brown, poor and disabled people — and the way this procedure has continued in jails and prisons to the present day.
As ICE confirms the 20th person to die in its detention in fiscal year 2020, making it one of the deadliest periods in the agency’s history, we talk to the whistleblower at the center of an explosive complaint that accuses an ICE jail in Georgia of failing to adhere to coronavirus safety protocols and performing a large number of unwanted hysterectomies on detainees. The doctor who carried out the procedures became known to women inside the facility as “the uterus collector.
Parenting advice on OCD, parenting with an ex, and how to be a mother.
Mr. Centrism is now behind legalized weed, mass student debt forgiveness, and the Green New Deal.
And why a financial services industry built around optimism can’t stand a pessimist like me.
A gasoline-soaked symbol of America finds itself at a crossroads.
Obamacare jumps to forefront of 2020 races as voters worry about coverage.
State officials say they’re still unclear about key details, and the CDC chief warned states need billions of dollars more to ensure people get shots.
Several bioethicists question Rep. Andy Harris’ lack of experience.
Parenting advice on useless partners, bullies, and misogyny.
Critics have argued the Trudeau government lacked preparedness or a sense of urgency before the country was hit by the pandemic’s crises.
The central bank shed more light on its pledge not to raise interest rates until prices begin to rise more rapidly.
Tens of thousands have taken advantage of provisions allowing employers to punt their payroll tax bills into next year and beyond.
Progress on global health and the worldwide economy has regressed, Gates Foundation report finds.
After months of setbacks amid Covid-19, the White House used Labor Day to focus on worker resilience and tout pre-pandemic conditions.
This week President Trump described the work of the legendary historian Howard Zinn, who died in 2010, as “propaganda” meant to “make students ashamed of their own history.” But Zinn believed the opposite, that teaching the unvarnished truth about history was the best way to combat propaganda and unexamined received wisdom. We air excerpts from a 2009 interview with Zinn in which he explained his approach to education.
Night Owls, a themed open thread, appears at Daily Kos seven days a week
Alexis Goldstein at The New Republic writes—Canceling student debt will prevent irreversible wealth loss in younger Americans. But they’re not the only ones who would benefit:
There’s a looming student debt cliff awaiting us in 2021.
The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said the Republicans will confirm a Supreme Court justice before Election Day.
Three months after the violent death of James Scurlock, an unarmed Black man who was shot during protests in Omaha, Nebraska, a grand jury charged a white bar owner with manslaughter (amongst other charges) on Tuesday. Following investigations after the incident, prosecutors did not initially pursue charges against the bar owner, identified as Jake Gardner, and argued that evidence pointed to the shooting as self-defense.
The thing about Sen. John Cornyn is that he’s just as god-awful as junior senator Ted Cruz—he’s just better at trying to hide it. Like Cruz, he’s opposed bipartisan legislation that would put undocumented immigrants on a path to citizenship.
By Fatma Khaled
Fleeing Mexico in 2012 after receiving death threats due to advocating for LGBTQ+ rights in the country, Mexican transgender activist Ishalaa Ortega was granted asylum in the U.S. on the basis of persecution on account of political opinion, gender identity, and sexual orientation. However, others like Ortega with similar asylum claims could now find their claims denied if the new asylum rules proposed by President Donald Trump’s administration go into effect.
