Fauci privately miffed about the message sent by the WHCA dinner
The nation’s top medical adviser expressed private frustration that elite D.C. no longer seems to take the Covid threat seriously.
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CDC investigating more than 100 children with hepatitis of unknown cause
The case numbers in the U.S. and globally are still relatively low, but their severity has clinicians worried.
Abortion bans and penalties would vary widely by state
The penalties vary widely by state, and also can include hefty fines or the suspension of a medical license.
FDA dramatically narrows use of Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine
The single-shot Covid-19 vaccine will now only be available for adults who cannot or will not receive an mRNA vaccine.
Fed set to launch fresh assault on inflation in new era for economy
Rates this year could reach their highest levels since before the 2008 Wall Street crash if surging prices continue.
Surprise GDP slump undercuts White House recovery story
The government said gross domestic product shrank at a 1.4 percent annualized rate in the first quarter.
U.S. economy shrank by 1.4 percent in Q1 but consumers kept spending
The steady spending suggested the economy could keep expanding this year even though the Federal Reserve plans to raise rates aggressively to fight the inflation surge.
IMF warns of ‘severe’ global economic risk from war in Ukraine
The war in Ukraine will “severely” set back the global recovery from Covid-19, according to the IMF.
What could go wrong with Biden’s booming economy? Here are the big risks.
The Fed’s campaign to raise interest rates — designed to reduce spending and curb inflation — will slow growth, which will have consequences for American workers.
“I Was Raped by My Father. Abortion Saved My Life”: Prof. Michele Goodwin on SCOTUS & the New Jane Crow
As the Supreme Court is poised to strike down Roe v. Wade, we speak with law professor Michele Goodwin, who has written extensively about how the criminalization of abortion polices motherhood. She discusses how on the eve of the court’s oral arguments in the Dobbs case in November, she wrote about how an abortion saved her life. She describes how the U.S.
Premature “Normalcy” Could Backfire as U.S. COVID Death Toll Passes 1 Million & New Variants Spread
Governments around the world are eagerly returning back to pre-pandemic conditions by relaxing preventative restrictions, lifting mask mandates and pulling back public funding. Dr. Abraar Karan, infectious disease fellow at Stanford University School of Medicine, says these moves are overly optimistic and that the U.S. is not prepared for new variants spreading around the country. “We’re trying to say it’s over. It’s not true,” he says.
Global Death Toll from COVID-19 Tops 15 Million as Vaccine Inequity Continues to Prolong Pandemic
The World Health Organization says the coronavirus pandemic has now caused an excess of 15 million deaths globally. We look at how staggering death counts reveal broader political failures to protect public health and close the international vaccine gap.
Historian Timothy Snyder: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Is a Colonial War
We speak to Yale University historian Timothy Snyder about his latest article for The New Yorker, “The War in Ukraine Is a Colonial War.” Snyder writes about the colonial history that laid the foundations for the Russian war in Ukraine, such as Russia’s imperial vision and how leaders including Hitler and Stalin have aimed to conquer Ukrainian soil on different premises. “The whole history of colonialism … involves denying that another people is real.
Mark Esper Says He Had To Swat Down ‘Dangerous’ Trump Ideas Every Few Weeks
The former Pentagon chief said he had to prevent “things that could have taken the country in a dark direction.
How Britain Wants to Rebuild the World
With Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces bogged down in Ukraine, apparently unable to defeat one of the poorest nations in Europe, and China locking up millions of people in a seemingly never-ending battle to contain COVID-19, the once-ubiquitous idea of inevitable Western decline has suddenly been called into question. Out of nowhere, the free world once again stands for something, and is even showing signs of shaking itself out of its decades-long torpor.
Ukraine update: The race for the last bridge over the Siverskyi Donets
When I first wrote about the town of Popasna on April 16, I had absolutely no idea that this was an important military stronghold for Ukraine, or that it would become the focus of Russian attention for the following month. I stumbled across the town in a list of locations, looked it up where everyone looks things up—Wikipedia—and realized it had an interesting history.
Pressed On Abortion Ban For Incest Victims, Mississippi Gov. Says There Aren’t Many
“You’re dealing in examples that are rare,” said Republican Gov. Tate Reeves.
News Roundup: Supreme Court leaking like a sieve; more Russian ships leaking too
A new Supreme Court leak appeared on Sunday, and this one is definitely from the conservative wing of the court. The Washington Post described its sources as “three conservatives close to the court” and “a person close to the court’s most conservative members.
Supreme Court in disarray: New leaks reveal Roberts’ own preferred Roe reversal
There’s now another big leak from The United States Supreme Court, and this one’s being unapologetically linked to the court’s conservative wing. The Washington Post has a new story in which multiple sources describe how Chief Justice John Roberts was planning to further carve away at Roe v. Wade by giving the court’s approval to the Mississippi law banning abortions after 15 weeks, but wanted to dodge overturning Roe completely.
Trump Often Complained About ‘Ugly’ U.S. Navy Ships, Says Ex Defense Chief Mark Esper
Esper said he had to remind Trump that the “ships are built to fight and win, not win beauty contests.
Nuts & Bolts a guide to Democratic campaigns: Choice is an issue on every single ballot
Welcome back to the Nuts & Bolts guide to campaigns. This week I want to talk about issues, and why steering away from some out of fear is just bad, bad campaigning. If you haven’t guessed, I want to talk about the importance of being willing to discuss, and own, pro-choice positions in your campaign. Too often, candidates get trapped into the idea that they need to “hold back” because Republicans will tag them or that it will hurt their campaign.
Republicans Double Down On Reversing Abortion Rights, Offer Hearts To Pregnant Women
Gov. Tate Reeves said he’s “empathetic” to women “in very difficult times and very difficult decisions.” Gov. Asa Hutchinson said his “heart goes out to them.
Data equity is an issue that can and should unite Asian Americans
This story was originally published at Prism.
By Jenn Fang
The Asian American community comprises over 19.9 million people—a statistic that masks incredible ethnic, linguistic, and sociopolitical diversity—but they are still often treated as a monolith.
SNL’s Sharp, Frustrated Take on Abortion Rights
In seeking historical precedence for the upcoming Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Justice Samuel Alito stretched far beyond the ideology of originalism—the guiding precept among a certain conservative faction that constitutional law should not stray far from the Constitution.
White House warns of Covid surges in the winter
Ashish Jha urges more funding for vaccinations and testing.
Why the Puzzle-Box Sci-Fi of Severance Works
At a time when the American office is anywhere a Zoom window can be opened, the notion of truly separating work and home is an alluring one. Take that thought to its furthest extreme and you have the Apple TV+ thriller Severance.
In the Hospital Rooms of My Country
Translated by Ilya Kaminsky and Katie FarrisLetters of the alphabet go to war
clinging to one another, standing up, forming words no one wants to shout,
sentences that are blown by the mines in the avenues, stories
shelled by multiple rocket launches.A Ukrainian word
is ambushed: Through the broken window of
the letter д other countries watch how the letter і
loses its head, how the roof of the letter м
falls through.The language in a time of war
can’t be understood.
To Create Art, a Mother Must Forget About Her Children
While still a student in the late 1960s, the artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles, pregnant with her first child, encountered a famous sculptor. She recalls him declaring, upon seeing her round belly, “Well, I guess now you can’t be an artist.” He wasn’t, she later realized, entirely wrong; once she had a baby, Ukeles found herself trapped in the kind of mindless automated work that defines early motherhood—bottle, diaper, rock, repeat.
Fauci privately miffed about the message sent by the WHCA dinner
The nation’s top medical adviser expressed private frustration that elite D.C. no longer seems to take the Covid threat seriously.