A cluster of far-right Idaho lawmakers—15 of them out of the 105 there are total—held a “special session” of their own this week in the Statehouse in Boise to decry Gov. Brad Little’s COVID-19 stay-at-home orders as “unconstitutional” and a prime example of “tyranny.” The session, however, had no effect other than to underscore their impotence.
This week, the family of an undocumented Guatemalan immigrant who sustained serious injuries in an accident was able to stop his deportation from a Pennsylvania hospital—a deportation organized not by federal immigration authorities, but by the hospital itself.
On May 10, A.V. (initials of the patient used to protect his privacy) was seriously injured in Philadelphia when a man on a motorcycle crashed into him.
On Thursday, retail giant Macy’s announced new “restructuring” plans to “address sales impact from the COVID-19 pandemic.” According to Macy’s, the company—like most retail businesses—is facing steep declines in profits as a result of the current public health and economic crises.
Trump’s “negligence and lack of care for the American people is contemptible,” says the California congresswoman, who lost her older sister to the coronavirus.
On private task force calls with states, Pence’s team rarely offers more guidance than what Trump has publicly asserted.
Why pander to the “heritage” of a rebellion started solely to defend the right to own Black people as slaves? Critics say it’s simple: He’s a racist.
The president is threatening 10-year prison sentences for anyone who vandalizes a monument. He has destroyed four himself, including one honoring Native American cultural heritage.
Rick Bright claims the HHS secretary instructed staffers not to cooperate with him in his new role.
The former national security adviser was humiliated on CNN, Fox News and “The View” for not testifying during Trump’s impeachment trial.
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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.The AtlanticThe second surge is here. The U.S. logged more coronavirus cases in the past week than in any since the start of this outbreak.This latest phase is striking states that were relatively spared earlier, such as Texas and Arizona.
One of the world’s most infamous corrupt lobbyists was charged in yet another corrupt lobbying scheme.
This isn’t the scandal journalists are making it out to be.
The CDC on Thursday removed a specific age threshold on its guidance for who is at high risk of contracting the virus and now says risk increases steadily with age among adults.
Astronomers don’t usually jump out of bed when they receive alerts in the middle of the night that, somewhere far away, two black holes have smacked into each other and sent shock waves coursing through the universe. These days, the detection of colliding black holes verges on routine, and astronomers know what to do: Go back to sleep.
A little more than a century ago, in what are known as the Chinese Exclusion Cases, the Supreme Court said that the political branches possess sweeping powers over noncitizens who are seeking to enter the United States. The Court’s reasoning for granting Congress and the president these expansive powers wasn’t just because of some special status of the border. Rather, the Chinese Exclusion Cases were rooted in racism and xenophobia.
Plus: Welcoming a pre-teen niece into the family. But, like, in a *cool* way.
Gov. Greg Abbott has urged state residents to wear masks.
From Qwirkle to Codenames, there’s something for everyone.
Believe it or not, I learned a lot.
The Poor People’s Campaign offered a counterpoint to President Trump’s sparsely attended Tulsa campaign rally with a mass digital gathering that unveiled a policy platform to spur “transformative action” on five key issues of systemic racism, systemic poverty, ecological devastation, the war economy and the threat of religious nationalism. “We have to repair and revive,” says Rev. Dr. William Barber, co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign.
As coronavirus infections worldwide approach 10 million, nearly half can be found in the two largest countries in the Americas: the United States and Brazil, which now has the worst infection rate in the world and could surpass the U.S. death toll next month. “What we see in the country is a reflection of the leadership that we have,” says Marcia Castro, professor of demography, chair of the Department of Global Health and Population at the Harvard T.H.
I’m a pro-choice liberal, and I feel so horrible for having this hang-up.
By some measures, livelihoods actually improved when the economy locked down. It’s up to Congress to keep them that way.
Working at a firm like McKinsey was once considered prestigious. Now, it’s complicated.
The House Democratic plan is less ambitious than the platform put forward by Joe Biden.
“Why was it canceled? It was canceled because the NIH was told to cancel it,” Fauci said.
