How Do You Write Jokes When Your Life Is Afflicted by Tragedy?
Stand-up comic Laurie Kilmartin lost her mom to COVID-19. She’s still performing.
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The Protests Are Already Changing Elections
Jamaal Bowman wasn’t supposed to win.The 44-year-old black progressive candidate, a former middle-school principal, challenged a New York representative who’s been in Congress since before the fall of the Berlin Wall and who had the backing of some of the most powerful players in the Democratic Party. But if the initial results in his primary yesterday hold, he could soon be a presumptive congressman.
The Atlantic Daily: Pitying America
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 AtlanticAmerica is faltering. The coronavirus outbreak and the death of George Floyd proved to be revelatory events, exposing its rotted and racist systems.
Democrats Don’t Know How to Handle Bill Barr
House Democrats have already impeached President Donald Trump. Now they’re going after the man they call his new “fixer,” Attorney General Bill Barr.Barr, however, is proving to be a more slippery target than the president, both physically and politically.This afternoon, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the alleged “politicization” of the Justice Department featuring alarming whistleblower testimony.
Dear Care and Feeding: Should a Non-Black Parent Ever Adopt a Black Child?
Parenting advice on transracial adoption, weaning woes, and parental praise during adulthood.
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.
Young Gay Liberal Leads Homophobic Preacher In Heated New York U.S. House Race
Ritchie Torres appears to have held off Rubén Díaz Sr., the anti-gay conservative favored to win, in a Democratic race that splintered the progressive left.
Coronavirus: Thousands of Burials Across Latin America
Responses to the coronavirus pandemic have differed widely from country to country. Experts from the World Health Organization recently warned that the number of cases is now soaring in larger countries, with “worrying increases” developing in Latin America, with “a jump in cases in Chile, Argentina, Colombia, Panama, Bolivia and Guatemala.” Brazil has now passed more than 1 million recorded cases, with more than 52,700 deaths attributed to the virus so far.
I Keep Passing Out on My Boyfriend in Bed
I feel so comfortable and peaceful around him that I can’t keep my eyes open!
Trump administration ending support for drive-thru testing sites
Seven sites are in Texas, which is experiencing record numbers of confirmed coronavirus cases and hospitalizations.
Feds Set To Cut Coronavirus Testing Funds As COVID-19 Cases Soar
Federal testing centers in five states will either transition to state control or be closed.
Make Your Bike Rides Safer With This Handlebar Mirror, Now on Sale
The sturdy Hafny Bar End Bike Mirror is now just $15.
Outbreak at San Quentin: COVID Is Skyrocketing in CA Prisons. Why Haven’t More People Been Released?
As coronavirus rapidly spreads through California’s overcrowded prisons, 400 people have tested positive for the virus at San Quentin State Prison. Advocates and incarcerated people warn conditions behind bars make it nearly impossible to stop the virus once it enters. We speak with Adnan Khan, executive director of Re:Store Justice, an organization that advocates for policy and alternative responses to violence and life sentences.
How Black Lives Matter Protests Are Shifting Racial Justice Dialogues in Professional Sports
The Black Lives Matter protests are dramatically shifting dialogues about racial justice in sports, says former NBA player, author and activist Etan Thomas. He describes how athletes are forcing a reckoning about systemic racism in professional sports, including in NASCAR, which has rallied around the sole Black driver competing in the Cup Series, Bubba Wallace, who led a push to ban Confederate flags from races. “It’s amazing what’s happening in NASCAR,” Thomas says.
Palestinian Scholar Noura Erakat: Israeli Forces Killed My Cousin on His Sister’s Wedding Day
Israeli soldiers on Tuesday killed 27-year-old Ahmed Erekat at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank as he was on his way to pick up his sister, who was set to be married that night. Ahmed Erekat is the nephew of senior Palestinian official Saeb Erekat, secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organization, and cousin of Palestinian American legal scholar Noura Erakat, who says Israeli claims that Ahmed was attempting a car-ramming attack on soldiers are completely unfounded.
The Next AOC? Progressive Insurgent Jamaal Bowman Takes Big Lead Over Rep. Eliot Engel in NY Primary
In what could be one of the biggest progressive upsets of the year, Jamaal Bowman, an African American former middle school principal, appears headed to victory over 16-term Democratic Congressmember Eliot Engel in Tuesday’s New York primary election. The race has not been called, but Bowman has a large lead over Engel, the powerful chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee known for his support of Israel. Bowman supports a Green New Deal, Medicare for All and defunding the police.
Help! I Accidentally Screen-Shared Erotic Fan Fiction During a Work Meeting.
Should I say something and apologize or pretend it never happened?
How McKinsey Helps Companies Avoid Responsibility
The “best available advice” is usually what’s best for the C-suite.
The Government’s Response to the Coronavirus May Have Actually Cut the Poverty Rate
By some measures, livelihoods actually improved when the economy locked down. It’s up to Congress to keep them that way.
How McKinsey and Co. Became the Kings of Consulting
Working at a firm like McKinsey was once considered prestigious. Now, it’s complicated.
It Looks Like Congress Got One Big Thing Right in Its Coronavirus Response
New research suggests shoveling money at Americans during an economic crisis did the trick.
‘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.
Fed sees need for more small business aid, citing ‘acute risks’ to survival
The central bank signaled that it would keep interest rates low through 2022.
Five Black & Brown Men Have Been Recently Found Hanged in Public. Were Some of Them Lynched?
As mass protests against racism and police brutality continue, at least five men — four Black and one Latinx — have been found hanging in public across the U.S. in recent weeks. We speak with Jacqueline Olive, director of “Always in Season,” a documentary that examines the history of lynchings through the story of Lennon Lacy, an African American teenager who was found hanged from a swing set in 2014.
America’s Uniquely Humiliating Moment
“He hated America very deeply,” John le Carré wrote of his fictional Soviet mole, Bill Haydon, in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Haydon had just been unmasked as a double agent at the heart of Britain’s secret service, one whose treachery was motivated by animus, not so much to England but to America. “It’s an aesthetic judgment as much as anything,” Haydon explained, before hastily adding: “Partly a moral one, of course.