Academy Apologizes To Sacheen Littlefeather Nearly 50 Years After Oscars Abuse
“I never thought I’d live to see the day,” the Native American actor and activist said of the apology.
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John Bolton Says Trump Is ‘Almost Certainly’ Lying About Declassifying Records
“When somebody begins to concoct lies like this, it shows a real level of desperation,” Trump’s former national security adviser told The New York Times.
The New Era of Political Violence Is Here
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here.I’ve been thinking about the threats against law enforcement and Trump’s barely veiled warning to Attorney General Merrick Garland about a “country on fire.” We should no longer wonder if we can avert a new era of political violence in the United States. It’s already here.
Artificial intelligence was supposed to transform health care. It hasn’t.
Machine learning could improve medicine by analyzing data to improve diagnoses and target cures, but technological, bureaucratic, and regulatory obstacles have slowed progress.
The Odds of Getting COVID From Your Housemate Are ‘About a Coin Flip’
By this point, the pandemic saga has introduced us to a cast of recurring characters. Among them are the Chill Friend, who is totally over COVID precautions at this point, and the Unlucky Acquaintance, who has had COVID three times and brings it up whenever someone else falls sick. And then there is the Person Whose Roommate Has COVID.
Caitlin Dickerson on the Moral Catastrophe of Family Separations
Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic’s editor in chief, joined staff writer Caitlin Dickerson to discuss her cover story, a years-long investigation into the secret history of the Trump administration’s family-separation policy. Dickerson’s story argues that separating children was not an unintended side effect, as previously claimed, but its core intent.
“Will We Become Our Enemy?”: After Salman Rushdie Assassination Attempt, See Rare Free Speech Address
Renowned Indian British novelist Salman Rushdie is in critical condition and faces a long road to recovery after he survived an assassination attempt Friday morning in western New York. Rushdie is one of the most highly acclaimed writers in the world today and has lived underground for many years after facing systematic threats of assassination for his writing.
After One Year of Taliban Control, “Women and Girls of Afghanistan Have Lost Their Right to Be Human”
One year ago today, the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan, promising to bring stability after two decades of war and U.S. occupation. But the country now faces a grave humanitarian crisis and a severe rollback of women’s rights. We speak with Afghan journalist Zahra Nader, editor-in-chief of Zan Times, a new women-led outlet documenting human rights issues in Afghanistan.
Trump’s “Call to Violence” Against FBI as He Faces Espionage Act Charges Is “Replay” of Jan. 6 Riot
A search warrant made public on Friday reveals the FBI is investigating former President Donald Trump for three federal crimes, including violating the Espionage Act, obstruction of justice and criminal handling of government records, after removing top-secret documents when they raided former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate last week. Meanwhile, Trump is calling the investigation a hoax, and Republican threats are growing against the FBI.
The Bigger This Fungus Gets, the Worse We’re Doing
Deep in the loamy soil of forests around the world, there exists a fungus called the honey mushroom that makes its living on death. A parasite that preys on weak trees, it sucks its victims dry of nutrients, then feasts on their postmortem flesh. Orchards and vineyards have fallen to it; gardeners, farmers, and foresters spend their days fruitlessly fighting the pesticide-resistant scourge.
Becerra in the hot seat, again, over monkeypox response
The HHS secretary faces renewed White House criticism over his ability to manage a public health crisis
Boats, planes and automobiles: Projects aim to travel around restrictive state abortion laws
It’s not illegal to get an abortion off the Gulf coast or in a van in Colorado, critics and lawyers seem to agree. But other challenges remain.
A bittersweet health care win for Democrats
Democrats are widely expected to lose control of one or both chambers in November, and members are aware that today’s vote on the Inflation Reduction Act may be their last chance for some time to enact major reforms to the U.S. health system.
Where the Fed’s inflation-crushing campaign may hurt the most
As the U.S. central banks raises interest rates, the rest of the world is feeling the squeeze.
Biden enters the Always Be Closing phase of his first term
Suddenly, overnight, real progress has been teed up for the White House.
Biden touts record jobs but faces new headwinds as GDP shrinks
Republicans are poised to cast aside all the economic technicalities and bash Democratic candidates up and down the midterm ballot over an economy that is already deeply unpopular with voters in both parties.
Filipino Activist Walden Bello Speaks Out After Arrest Just Weeks After Marcos Jr. Inauguration
We speak to Walden Bello, the longtime Filipino activist and former vice-presidential candidate. He was arrested Monday on “cyber libel” charges, which he says was just a tactic by the new administration to suppress his vocal criticism of them. The arrest took place just weeks after the inauguration of Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the son of the former U.S.-backed dictator. Bello says people are “worried that this is a foretaste of things to come.
Saudi Spying Inside Twitter Led to Torture & Jailing of Saudi Man Who Ran Anonymous Satirical Account
A jury in California has convicted a former worker at Twitter of spying for Saudi Arabia by providing the kingdom private information about Saudi dissidents. The spying effort led to the arrest, torture and jailing of Abdulrahman al-Sadhan, who ran an anonymous satirical Twitter account. His sister, Areej al-Sadhan, and the lawyer for the family, Jim Walden, are calling on the Biden administration to push for his release.
Afghanistan: The Taliban Cracks Down on Women’s Rights as U.S. Sanctions Worsen Humanitarian Crisis
One year after the Taliban seized power again in Afghanistan, we look at the new government’s crackdown on women’s rights while millions of Afghans go hungry. We speak to journalist Matthieu Aikins, who visited the capital Kabul for the first time since the U.S. evacuation one year ago. He writes the country is being “kept on humanitarian life support” in his recent article for The New York Times Magazine.
L.A. Activists Demand Real Solutions to Housing Crisis as City Cracks Down on Homeless Encampments
As cities nationwide crack down on unhoused populations and soaring rents force people out of their homes, the Los Angeles City Council faced major protests this week when it voted to ban encampments for unhoused people near schools and daycares. The vote expanded an anti-homeless ordinance to include nearly a quarter of the city.
Fierce GOP Trump Defender Finally Admits On CNN: ‘No,’ He Wouldn’t Swipe Docs
Ohio Rep. Mike Turner also admitted: “No one is above the law. Donald Trump is not above the law.
Mary Trump Speculates Jared Kushner Could Be Mar-a-Lago Snitch
She hints Kushner may have turned over information because of suspicions or trouble linked to his massive $2 billion Saudi business deal.
News Roundup: Republicans still making excuses for Trump after classified documents seized
The weekend was stuffed with new Republican excuses for why a FBI search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort that found multiple secret, top secret, and confidential government security documents was either of no major significance or another instance of investigators being mean to Trump, but none of the excuses square with what we already know.
Trump breaks the law, so Republicans say it’s the law that needs to go—and the agents who caught him
The Republican reactions to Trump, ahem, being caught with highly classified nuclear weapons-related documents after asserting to federal agents he didn’t have them continues, and as the facts worsen for Trump his pro-attempted-coup Republican allies are sliding towards the obvious endpoint. If a Republican leader commits a crime against the government, well then maybe that thing shouldn’t even be a crime at all!
Rand Paul has been homing in on that one.
Trump took classified docs and tried to hide them from investigators. His excuses don’t hold water
The Republican Party is now obsessively inventing excuses for why the man who attempted to overthrow the government rather than abide his election loss is allowed to make off with whatever classified nuclear weapons documents he wants to, after the coup’s failure, but we’ve been learning much more about the actual circumstances of the FBI search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club with each passing day.
Ukraine Update: Russian leadership reportedly retreats from Kherson as bridges are blown
Russia continues to flood forces into the Kherson area in response to Ukraine’s repeated declarations that it is just this close from launching its long-expected counter-offensive to retake its land. The whole situation continues to have the feel of a trap as Ukraine systematically eliminates ammunition depots and supply routes into the region.
Another big BOOM on Nova Kakhovka, Kherson region, now. The detonation of ammunition is reported #Kherson #Ukraine pic.
The complete guide to every excuse Republicans have made for Trump’s theft of classified documents
My oh my. It’s been less than a week since federal agents raided Donald Trump’s Florida beachhouse in search of classified documents that Trump stole from the White House, but Republicans have come up with a truly dizzying number of excuses and smokescreens trying to cover up his wrongdoing—often several each day. Honestly, it’s been somewhat hard to keep track of them all, especially as many contradict one another, but we’re here to help.
George Conway: Current Probe Is ‘Shortest Distance Between Trump And Orange Jumpsuit’
If documents seized at Mar-a-Lago include material about nuclear weapons, as has been reported, “I don’t know what the defense” could be, Conway noted.
Some Capitol Rioters Try To Profit From Their Jan. 6 Crimes
Some of the rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, are trying to profit from their participation in the deadly insurrection.
Trump ‘Respectfully’ Requests FBI Returns Seized Documents To Mar-A-Lago
The former president also slammed the FBI as “corrupt” for confiscating the material. Some of it was marked as classified and top secret, according to a warrant.