Raimondo: Commerce ‘war room’ seeing improvements on supply chain woes
The Commerce secretary said in an interview that the Biden administration sees trading partners in Asia as part of the solution.
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Opinion | Don’t Learn the Wrong Lesson on Inflation
Aggressive action to deliver pandemic relief was the right call — and withdrawing support now would only hurt American workers.
Biden’s war on inflation is a battle to change human behavior
The president needs people to overcome a new set of fears and direct their purchases into the areas of the service economy hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic.
Will inflation ease by next November? That depends on Covid, Yellen says
“The pandemic has been calling the shots for the economy and for inflation,” Janet Yellen said.
Meet Mansoor Adayfi: I Was Kidnapped as a Teen, Sold to the CIA & Jailed at Guantánamo for 14 Years
We speak with Mansoor Adayfi, a former Guantánamo Bay detainee who was held at the military prison for 14 years without charge, an ordeal he details in his new memoir, “Don’t Forget Us Here: Lost and Found at Guantánamo.” Adayfi was 18 when he left his home in Yemen to do research in Afghanistan, where he was kidnapped by Afghan warlords, then sold to the CIA after the 9/11 attacks.
Democracy Now! at 25: Celebrating a Quarter-Century of Independent News on the Frontlines
Democracy Now! first aired on nine community radio stations on February 19, 1996, on the eve of the New Hampshire presidential primary. In the 25 years since that initial broadcast, the program has greatly expanded, airing today on more than 1,500 television and radio stations around the globe and reaching millions of people online.
“The War Party”: Jeremy Scahill on How U.S. Militarism Unifies Democrats & Republicans
As Democrats in Congress struggle to pass the $1.75 trillion Build Back Better Act, there is large bipartisan consensus in the U.S. Congress to spend over $7 trillion over the next 10 years in military spending. The United States spends more each year on defense than China, Russia, India, the U.K., Germany, France, Japan, South Korea, and Australia combined.
“Furious and Disgusted”: Teen Survivor Speaks Out After Wealthy White Serial Rapist Gets Probation
The survivor of a serial rapist who received probation joins us to speak out after a New York judge sparked international outrage when he ruled it is inappropriate to jail the man who attacked her. Christopher Belter pleaded guilty to raping and sexually assaulting her along with three other teenage girls age 15 and 16, but he will avoid serving time in prison, and instead receive 8 years of probation.
“Why Are Ahmaud Arbery’s Killers So Scared?”: Self-Defense Claims by White Attackers Seen As Racist
Update on Nov. 24: Jurors on Wednesday afternoon returned guilty verdicts against all three of the white men charged with killing 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery in February 2020. Travis McMichael fired the fatal shots and was convicted on all counts, including the charge of malice murder. His father Gregory McMichael, a former police officer, and neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan were convicted of felony murder and other charges.
Matthew McConaughey Says He’s Decided Not To Run For Texas Governor
The Oscar-winning actor said it was “a path that I’m choosing not to take at this moment.
A Pandemic Guide To Anime: Fantasy, magic, and tea-time with spirits
Welcome back to our impromptu and sporadically scheduled pandemic guide to anime. If you’ve missed any of our earlier entries, you can find them all here:
(Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6)
That housekeeping out of the way, we’ll quickly get to it. We spent the last two go-rounds looking at animated horror of the ghosts, zombies, and monsters variety. If you aren’t into that, rejoice: we’re done.
There’s No Sad Party Like a Succession Party
This article contains spoilers through the seventh episode of Succession Season 3.Given how this season of Succession has gone so far, the Roy siblings should have reason to celebrate. They held on to control of the family’s company, Waystar Royco, after a Hail Mary negotiation. They helped choose the Republicans’ next presidential nominee from the comfort of their father’s hotel suite.
White House Doctor Who Raved About Trump’s Health Now Says Omicron Is Election Ruse
GOP Rep. Ronny Jackson insisted that the highly transmissible variant is just a trick to “push” midterm mail-in ballots.
This George Clinton-approved Detroit children’s choir will funk you up this holiday season
The Detroit Academy of Arts & Sciences (DAAS) choir is a reason to be happy this holiday season. Angela Kee is their fearless leader and, under her direction, the choir has performed at tourist conventions, opened Pistons and Lions games, and even sang at the White House for President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama—and 80% of the students at DAAS live at or below the poverty level.
Michael Cohen Calls Trump’s ‘Big Lie’ The ‘Biggest Grift In U.S. History’
Cohen doesn’t believe Trump will run in 2024, even though he keeps saying “I’m thinking about it.” That’s to “keep the grift going,” he added.
Nuts & Bolts—Inside a Democratic campaign: Why don’t we take these races more seriously?
Welcome back to the weekly Nuts & Bolts Guide to small campaigns. A few months ago, I wrote a Nuts & Bolts diary about the lack of solid representation in local offices, particularly law enforcement. Sheriff’s offices and District attorneys are overwhelmingly older white men, and organizations like Reflective Democracy have pointed this problem out repeatedly. In a large number of cases, these positions are held by elected officials.
GOP Gov. Says Kevin McCarthy Should Condemn Lauren Boebert’s Islamophobic Remarks
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said this type of behavior “has to be called out.
An interview with David Pepper, ‘Laboratories of Autocracy’ author, about the GOP war on democracy
David Pepper, the former Ohio Democratic Party chairman, has had a front-row seat to one of the major fronts in the American right’s insurgent war on democracy: Namely, the nation’s statehouses, where the gradual Republican takeover in the past decade has resulted in a barrage of antidemocratic laws, not to mention the empowerment of incipient far-right extremist ideology.
Cultural appreciation or cultural appropriation: What’s the difference?
People often define America as a melting pot. But as the country brings together multiple cultures, many often cross the line between cultural appreciation and appropriation.
World Health Organization criticizes travel bans on southern African countries
WHO’s regional director for Africa called on countries to follow science and international health regulations.
Anthony Fauci Slams Ted Cruz Over Capitol Riot
“What happened on Jan. 6, senator?” Fauci said, responding to Republican lawmakers’ latest attack against him.
Omicron variant will ‘inevitably’ reach the U.S., Fauci says
NIAID Director Anthony Fauci said cases of the Omicron variant have not been detected yet in the U.S., but that “inevitably, it will be here.
Omicron raises concerns about global vaccine equity and hesitancy
African Union officials have complained about the lack of vaccines since the U.S., U.K. and EU pre-purchased the bulk of available supplies at the end of 2020.
Fauci: ’I’m going to be saving lives and they’re going to be lying’
Anthony Fauci said claims he lied about certain research funding in the Wuhan lab smacked of contempt for science.
Too early to know answers on Omicron variant, NIH director says
Francis Collins said there are many unknowns at this point.
The Game
Illustrations by Miki LoweChildhood is a fruitful source of inspiration for artists, but some return to it more than others. The poet Marie Howe is one of them. She grew up in a large Catholic family, the oldest of nine siblings and one of 100 first cousins; she said in 2017 that family is “where everything happens.” If the image that comes to mind is a hectic and happy, Cheaper by the Dozen–type household, you should read her poems: The vignettes she paints can be dark.
‘Land Acknowledgments’ Are Just Moral Exhibitionism
In David Mamet’s film State and Main, a Hollywood big shot tries to shortchange a set hand by offering him an “associate producer” credit on a movie. A screenwriter overhears the exchange and asks, “What’s an ‘associate producer credit’?” The big shot answers: “It’s what you give your secretary instead of a raise.
World races to contain new Covid threat, the omicron variant
A World Health Organization panel named the variant “omicron” and classified it as a highly transmissible virus of concern, the same category of the delta variant.
Biden admin announces travel ban for South Africa and 7 other countries, citing new variant
The travel restrictions will begin Monday, according to a senior administration official.
FDA seeks advice on whether to limit Covid-19 pill in pregnant people
Regulators are considering whether to authorize the pill’s emergency use in adults who have been experiencing symptoms for less than five days and, if so, how to define who’s considered high risk.