U.S., foreign officials to announce $3.1B in new Covid funding
The bulk of the funding pledges are set to come from international officials.
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U.S. drug overdose deaths surpass 107,000 last year, another record
More than 1 million Americans have died from drug overdoses since 2001.
Blue states want to become abortion safe havens. It will cost them.
Groups that operate clinics and run abortion access funds warn that they’ll need more money, more providers and more space to help care for the influx of people who will cross state lines to seek abortions.
U.S. inflation hit 8.3% last month but slows from 40-year high
On a month-to-month basis, prices rose 0.3% from March to April, a still-elevated rate but the smallest increase in eight months.
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.
Rep. Lauren Boebert Cooks Up Conspiracy Theory About Companies Covering Abortion Costs
The extremist Republican suggested it was cheaper for businesses “to kill the baby” than pay for parental leave, generating disgust from critics.
2022 Midterms: 5 States Hold U.S. House Primaries Today
Across the U.S., an exodus of House Democrats has put a half dozen congressional seats up for grabs.
Ukraine Update: Russia’s lone truth teller strikes again, so why does Putin keep him around?
There has been no further updates on the big news of the day—reports by Russian sources that Ukraine had crossed to the east of the Donets River, directly threatening Russian supply lines at Vovchansk. Ukraine doesn’t announce liberated towns until days after the fact. Russia doesn’t know what half its troops are doing at any given time, why give them a head’s up? It also prevents the embarrassment of losing territory after announcing a liberation.
Tucker Carlson Says Race Politics Is ‘A Sin,’ Ignores Racial Conspiracy Theories He’s Pushed
The Fox News host has faced fierce scrutiny over his support of the “great replacement” idea cited in a racist screed allegedly left by the Buffalo gunman.
Arizona’s GOP-Led Senate Launches Inquiry Into Wendy Rogers’ Post On Buffalo Shooting
After 10 people were killed by a gunman in New York, the state senator seemed to suggest it was a “false flag.
News Roundup: U.S. pandemic deaths top 1 million; Republicans still backing ‘great replacement’ hoax
After a domestic terrorist citing neo-Nazi and white supremacist “great replacement” conspiracy theories killed 10 Americans in a Buffalo supermarket, Republicans are reacting angrily today to widespread criticism over their promotion of those same conspiracies in their own advertisements and rhetoric.
Ukraine update: Someone managed to cross the Siverskyi Donets River, but it’s not Russia
The Siverskyi Donets River has already played an outsized role in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. East of Izyum, Russian forces attempted to cross the river three times with disastrous consequences that kos has documented in detail. In the east, Ukrainian forces in Severodonetsk, the last Ukrainian stronghold on the east side of the river, may be forced to move back to the west bank of the river, using its natural protection to halt a Russian advance.
After winning Eurovision 2022, Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra releases war-themed video of hit song
Just hours after celebrating its victory in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, Ukraine’s folk-rap band Kalush Orchestra has released a new video in which they performed their winning song “Stefania,” against a backdrop of scenes from their war-ravaged country and portraits of women in combat gear.
‘Words are not enough’: Civil rights groups urge release of meatpacking plant worker targeted by ICE
Civil rights advocates in Mississippi have added their voices to the call for freedom for Lladi Ambrocio-Garcia, Mississippi Free Press reports. The former food plant worker was deported following a retaliatory workplace raid in 2019. When she attempted to reunite with her family in the U.S., she was again detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). She has now been held for months across numerous dangerous facilities.
Karine Jean-Pierre Acknowledges Historic Moment As White House Press Secretary
“I am a Black, gay, immigrant woman,” Jean-Pierre said at the press briefing. “The first of all three of those to hold this position.
Readers Offer Their Moral Dilemmas
This is an edition of Up for Debate, a newsletter by Conor Friedersdorf. On Wednesdays, he rounds up timely conversations and solicits reader responses to one thought-provoking question. Every Monday, he publishes some thoughtful replies. Sign up for the newsletter here.Last week, I asked readers to describe a moral dilemma.Susanna situates us in the medical profession:
Imagine you are a doctor. A patient comes in with an unidentified genetic disease.
Why Tucker Carlson Should Want the Buffalo Manifesto Made Public
The alleged teenage mass shooter in Buffalo, New York, wrote and posted a 180-page manifesto. I read the whole thing, and the only part that surprised me was the banality of his stated intention to eat “corn beef hash” for breakfast, followed by lunch at McDonald’s, before killing as many Black people as possible.
A legal Wild West: Abortion rights advocates prepare playbook for life after Roe
Attorneys and advocates are exploring options beyond lawsuits, including using strategies once relied on by their foes.
The Atlantic Expands Books Coverage and Announces an Imprint With Independent Publisher Zando
The Atlantic, a literary destination since its founding 165 years ago as a magazine of “Literature, Art, and Politics,” is today unveiling a dramatically expanded Books section devoted to essays, criticism, reporting, original fiction, poetry, and book recommendations, and announcing a first-of-its-kind book imprint called Atlantic Editions in partnership with the independent publisher Zando.
The Atlantic’s June Cover Story: “Chasing Joan Didion”
Last fall, having heard that Joan Didion’s health was in decline, The Atlantic’s staff writer Caitlin Flanagan got in her car and started driving across California. “I wanted to feel close to the girl who came from Nowhere, California (have you ever been to Sacramento?), and blasted herself into the center of everything.
Abortion Activist Renee Bracey Sherman: Democrats Demand Our Votes But Fail to Protect Our Rights
Tens of thousands took to the streets across the U.S. Saturday to protest threats to abortion rights as part of a coordinated day of action, under the banner “Bans Off Our Bodies.” We speak with Renee Bracey Sherman, founder and executive director of pro-abortion group We Testify, about the racist history behind anti-abortion movements and the failure of Democrats to protect reproductive rights over the years.
Antiracist Scholar Ibram X. Kendi: Republicans Must Address How White Supremacists Target Youth
We speak to prominent antiracist scholar Ibram X. Kendi about the epidemic of young white males who commit white supremacist domestic terrorism. This comes as an 18-year-old white shooter sought out a majority-Black neighborhood in Buffalo, New York, and killed 10 people on Saturday. Kendi says this phenomenon will only get worse if antiracist education is not introduced to white children and children of color alike at their most vulnerable stages of development.
Buffalo Massacre: Gunman Cited Racist “Great Replacement” Conspiracy Theory Popularized by Fox News
The mass shooter who killed 10 people in Buffalo, New York, on Saturday posted a racist manifesto online before targeting a majority-Black neighborhood. His writings took heavily from conservative conspiracy theories that white people were in danger of being replaced by people of color. This so-called Great Replacement conspiracy theory has been promoted by major far-right media figures including Tucker Carlson of Fox News.
Now Is the Time for Reparations: India Walton on Buffalo Mass Shooting That Targeted Black Community
In one of this year’s deadliest mass shootings, a white supremacist opened fire Saturday on a supermarket in a predominantly Black neighborhood in Buffalo, New York, killing 10 and wounding three others. Eleven of the victims are Black. The 18-year-old suspect posted racist ideology online before live-streaming his attack.
U.S., foreign officials to announce $3.1B in new Covid funding
The bulk of the funding pledges are set to come from international officials.
U.S. drug overdose deaths surpass 107,000 last year, another record
More than 1 million Americans have died from drug overdoses since 2001.
Blue states want to become abortion safe havens. It will cost them.
Groups that operate clinics and run abortion access funds warn that they’ll need more money, more providers and more space to help care for the influx of people who will cross state lines to seek abortions.