Price spikes threaten to ground Biden’s big-spending plans
The government reported Wednesday that the consumer price index, the most widely watched gauge of inflation, hit a four-decade high in December compared to the previous year.
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“Who Killed Our Father?”: 57 Years After Malcolm X Assassination, Family Wants Fed Probe into Cover-Up
On the anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X, we speak with the civil rights leader’s daughter Ilyasah Shabazz about her family’s call for a federal probe into his murder, following the exoneration of two men who were wrongfully convicted. “We want to know who killed our father, and we want to make sure that it is properly recorded in history,” says Shabazz.
Ben Crump on Fighting for Justice for Daunte Wright, Ahmaud Arbery, Trayvon Martin & Z’Kye Husain
Former Minneapolis police officer Kim Potter was sentenced to two years in prison on Friday for fatally shooting Black driver Daunte Wright after mistaking her gun for a Taser. We speak to Benjamin Crump, attorney for the Wright family, about Judge Regina Chu’s sympathy expressed for Potter during closing statements and how white criminals tend to receive lighter sentences. “Police officers, when it comes to Black people, they always do the most,” says Crump.
Oklahoma Advances Bill Banning Abortion 30 Days Into Pregnancy
The average person who carries a fetus does not even realize they’re pregnant at that point.
Jen Psaki Recounts How Biden Reacted To Trump’s Oval Office Letter
The White House press secretary said the letter was “very long” and the script “lovely.
E. Jean Carroll Wants DNA From Donald Trump, Not A Deposition
Carrolll, who is suing the former president for defamation, said Tuesday that deposing Trump would cause unnecessary delays — but still seeks a DNA sample.
Trump Dubs Putin’s Ukraine Strategy A Work Of ‘Genius’
Russian forces have begun invading Ukraine after Russian President Vladimir Putin said he regarded sections of the neighboring nation to be “independent.
Public Defenders To Biden: Pick One Of Us For The Supreme Court
It’s time for a Black Supreme Court justice who has fought “on behalf of people who cannot afford a lawyer,” say more than two dozen groups.
Paul Farmer Invented a New Way of Caring for One Another
Several years ago, Paul Farmer and I both spoke at a conference at Harvard on the history and future of global health. As our program finished, Paul was immediately inundated with a throng of students eager to speak with the guru of the field, the man who inspired us all and asked more of each of us. I shuffled off to speak with the few avoiding the crowd.After Paul finished with the students, he came over to give me a hug, and we made small talk.
Africa CDC to ask world to pause Covid-19 vaccine donations
The request marks a shift in the challenges Africa faces — from not having enough doses to not being able to quickly get those doses into arms.
Announcing Maria Ressa as an Atlantic Contributing Writer
As The Atlantic continues its editorial focus on exposing the crisis facing democracy and the rise of global authoritarianism, today the editors announced that the Nobel Peace Prize recipient Maria Ressa is joining the magazine as a contributing writer. Read more in a note to staff from editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg, executive editor Adrienne LaFrance, and editorial director Denise Wills.
The Russian Incursion No One Is Talking About
Updated at 5:00 p.m. ET on February 22, 2022In the space of a month, Vladimir Putin has effectively managed to transform a former Soviet state into an extension of Russian territory, in full view of the United States and Europe, without firing a single shot in the country.
The One Group of People Americans Actually Trust on Climate Science
The weatherman’s striped tie is still snug on his neck as he starts an evening bath for his three kids, one of whom bolts naked from the bathroom and does a lap around the kitchen before running back, feet slapping on the hardwood floor. “Okay,” Shel Winkley says, walking into the kitchen where his wife is loading the dishwasher. “I love you,” he tells her, and then he walks outside to his gray Prius, gets in, and drives to the TV station. Dinner’s over.
Am I Being Love Bombed? Are You?
The actor Julia Fox met Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, on New Year’s Eve in Miami, and by the following week she was on the phone with Interview, providing behind-the-scenes commentary on all of the photos of them wearing dramatic outfits, going on expensive outings, and kissing on the floor.The first flashy celebrity romance of 2022 was glamorous to some and unsettling to others.
Remembering Dr. Paul Farmer: A Public Health Pioneer Who Helped Millions from Haiti to Rwanda
We remember the life and legacy of Dr. Paul Farmer, a public health icon who spent decades building community health networks helping millions of poor people in Haiti, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and beyond. He died unexpectedly Monday at the age of 62. We feature Farmer’s past interviews with Democracy Now! and speak with his longtime colleague, Dr. Joia Mukherjee.
Putin Recognizes Ukraine Separatists; Khrushchev’s Great-Granddaughter Says War Can Still Be Avoided
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered troops into two separatist regions in eastern Ukraine, drawing sharp rebukes from the U.S. and other Western countries that have warned for weeks of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Biden administration issued new sanctions, and Germany has stopped the certification of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in an attempt to quash the country’s dependence on Russian natural gas.
Rural hospitals stave off mass exodus of workers to vaccine mandate
Nearly two dozen hospital officials and association leaders told POLITICO they’ve lost just a fraction of their staff to the federal immunization requirement.
Dems, GOP at odds over Biden’s proposed science agency
Emerging resistance to Biden’s idea of a multibillion-dollar agency to tackle some of health care’s biggest challenges reflects a widening gap over funding medical research.
Bill Gates says there’s a better way to fight Covid, future pandemics
In interview with POLITICO, the billionaire philanthropist lays out a battle plan that goes beyond responding to the coronavirus.
Nowhere is safe: Record number of patients contracted Covid in the hospital in January
More hospital patients contracted Covid-19 last month than at any point of the pandemic, a POLITICO analysis of federal health data shows.
Biden officials ask Congress for $5B in global Covid funds
USAID told lawmakers earlier this month, however, that they needed several times that amount.
Biden wants billions more in Covid funding. Lawmakers aren’t eager to spend big — again.
Even Democrats who support the additional public health funds worry the effort could derail the fragile negotiations on the core bill to fund the government.
Biden’s new global vaccine push is running out of funds
The president’s team is putting the world vaccination effort at the center of its Covid-19 strategy. But it lacks the money to pay for it.
Biden takes victory lap with January jobs report
“America’s job machine is going stronger than ever,” Biden said at the White House.
U.S. employers shrug off Omicron, add 467,000 jobs in January
The burst of jobs came despite a wave of Omicron inflections that sickened millions of workers, kept many consumers at home and left businesses from restaurants to manufacturers short-staffed.
Opinion | Why Are Minority-Owned Banks Disappearing? Washington Holds the Smoking Gun
Congress needs to create a new safety net for such lenders — not let regulators squeeze them out of business.
Biden’s first year: A tale of 2 presidencies
Inside the White House, there is still optimism: “President Biden was elected to a four-year term, not a one-year term.
Price spikes threaten to ground Biden’s big-spending plans
The government reported Wednesday that the consumer price index, the most widely watched gauge of inflation, hit a four-decade high in December compared to the previous year.
Filmmaker Stanley Nelson on Police Brutality, Black History & His First Oscar Nomination for “Attica”
Legendary filmmaker Stanley Nelson’s new documentary “Attica” has been nominated for the first Oscar in his three-decades-long career documenting the Black American experience. The film tells the story of the deadliest prison uprising in U.S.
U.S. Relocates Ukraine Embassy Staff To Poland Amid Russian Threat
“Our personnel will regularly return to continue their diplomatic work in Ukraine and provide emergency consular services,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.