Men should cut back on booze, federal panel says
Limiting alcohol and added sugars are among the recommendations an influential advisory committee is about to send to the government.
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Next testing debacle: The fall virus surge
There is no question that testing will remain a linchpin of the coronavirus response heading into the fall.
What Colorado is getting right about reopening
While surrounding states see spike in virus, Colorado’s methodical approach is working.
Cheap steroid reduces Covid-19 deaths in large study
The drug would be the first known to reduce deaths in Covid-19 patients.
Should You Play a Slur in Scrabble? Players Are Having a Heated Debate.
A compromise struck in the 1990s has started to unravel.
‘It’s going to be a slow slog’: Economists knock down hopes of quick rebound
“We have a long road ahead of us to get those people back to work,” Jerome Powell said earlier this week.
Powell’s warning on pandemic clashes with Trump’s upbeat tweets
“Significant uncertainty remains about the timing and strength of the recovery,” Powell said.
Kudlow says $600 additional unemployment checks will end in July
He said that “almost all businesses” understand the $600 additional benefit is “a disincentive.
Fed sees need for more small business aid, citing ‘acute risks’ to survival
The central bank signaled that it would keep interest rates low through 2022.
“Movements Work”: As Activists Occupy Seattle’s Capitol Hill, City Bans Tear Gas, Expels Police Union
In Seattle, the fight to demilitarize and defund the police continues as the King County Labor Council voted to expel the Seattle police union Wednesday, following weeks of protest. Seattle police sparked outrage for responding to massive protests against police brutality by using pepper spray, tear gas and flashbangs on demonstrators and reporters. Activists then formed an autonomous zone in response to the police department’s abandonment of a precinct building.
William Barr Says U.S. Attorney In Manhattan Is Resigning. U.S. Attorney Says No, He’s Not.
Geoffrey Berman rebuts attorney general’s statement, saying he has “no intention of resigning” his job overseeing major cases against Trump and his allies.
US Attorney Who Oversaw Cases Of Trump Allies Steps Down
Geoffrey S. Berman is stepping down as the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.
Juneteenth: We’re still on the road to freedom and justice
While Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation may not have arrived in Texas until the day that we celebrate as “Juneteenth,” no national conversation about enslavement and the ongoing systemic racism faced by Black Americans can simply be relegated to one day or even a series of historic dates.
Ron DeSantis blames rising cases of COVID-19 in Florida on watermelon-picking Hispanics
On Tuesday, Texas posted a record number of COVID-19 cases, totally over 4,500. However, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott declared that better than 1,500 of those cases didn’t count, because they were just cases that hadn’t been tallied before. So the real number was only around 2,900—making it still the highest day for the state so far.
Military investigates its own airborne efforts to stifle and monitor D.C. protesters
The military is reportedly hard at work investigating two different uses of aircraft over protests in Washington, D.C., at the beginning of June, but so far things are looking murky.
White guy threatens Black teen in front of her home in gated community, says ‘you don’t belong’ here
Tensions are high in the country. We are in the middle of a historic pandemic, our economy is going down the drain, our federal government is being dominated by a truly incompetent and cruel narcissist, and the racism and inequalities in our society have never been more transparent. But let’s be clear: the incidents of law enforcement, of “Karens,” and of white folks mistreating their Black neighbors are not new to this moment in time.
‘Tough on China’ has been key to Trump’s campaign, but Bolton’s book has made that idea hilarious
On Thursday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a statement containing a number of digs at his former colleague John Bolton. After admitting that he had not read the book, Pompeo wrote, “It is both sad and dangerous that John Bolton’s final public role is that of a traitor who damaged America by violating his sacred trust with its people.” Now, now, boys, don’t fight. You’re both traitors who have damaged America.
Trump Sets The Stage For Mayhem At Tulsa Rally
The president said he wanted to “dominate” American citizens. He now sees an opportunity.
Court Says Trump Rally Attendees Don’t Have To Wear Masks
President Donald Trump’s campaign is not requiring supporters to wear masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Melania Trump Posts Juneteenth Tweet And Gets Reminded Of ‘Birther’ Past
The first lady was lambasted for previously accusing President Barack Obama of faking his birth certificate.
“The Karens Are Giving Us a Hard Time Now”: A Waiter at a Reopened Restaurant Spills
Most customers understand the health measures. Some are just difficult, even in a pandemic.
99 Years Later, Wounds of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Have “Never Been Remedied”
President Trump’s first campaign rally since the start of the pandemic takes place Saturday in Tulsa, Oklahoma, despite a spike of COVID-19 cases there. Trump rescheduled the rally to Saturday after facing backlash for saying it would happen on Juneteenth — a celebration of African Americans’ liberation from slavery — amid a nationwide uprising against racism and police brutality. Tulsa is also the site of one of the deadliest massacres in U.S.
Juneteenth: A Celebration of Black Liberation & Day to Remember “Horrific System That Was Slavery”
June 19 is Juneteenth, celebrating the day in 1865 when the last enslaved Black people in the United States learned they had been freed from bondage.
How DREAMers Defeated Trump: Supreme Court DACA Win Shows “Sustained Pressure of Activism” Works
In a 5-4 decision led by Chief Justice John Roberts, the Supreme Court on Thursday blocked President Trump’s attempt to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. The federal program created by President Obama in 2012 protects from deportation about 700,000 immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children. Luis Cortes, one of the lawyers who defended DACA at the Supreme Court, says the key to the victory was being able to share the stories of DACA recipients.
An Extinction Event for America’s Restaurants
The American restaurant as you knew it died on March 19. That’s the day Governor Gavin Newsom issued a stay-in order to the citizens of California, the first in a 50-state cascade that brought to an end one of the most momentous and successful runs in the industry’s history.Sure, some of the restaurants you know and love will return. But anywhere from 20 to 80 percent will permanently close, according to the latest estimates.
Black Joy—Not Corporate Acknowledgment—Is the Heart of Juneteenth
In 2002 I was at the University of Iowa conducting research on the history of Emancipation Day celebrations in the state. I remember at one point being somewhat baffled by what Leslie Schwalm, the professor I was working with, had found: From 1865 to 1963, there were more than 200 Emancipation Day festivities in Iowa alone. I had always thought of the event as a Texas holiday.
Trump Will Stand Atop a Land of Tragedies
Tomorrow, in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma, Donald Trump will hold his first campaign rally in more than 100 days. The rally has been widely criticized because of concerns that it will spread the coronavirus, and because its original date—June 19—is Juneteenth, a holiday marking the day the last enslaved people in the former Confederacy gained their freedom. After public outcry, the rally was moved by a day to tomorrow.But the plan also drew criticism for the choice of location.
The Damage of Trump’s Voter-Fraud Allegations Can’t Be Undone
It’s too early to say who will win the 2020 presidential election, but there’s a good chance that one loser will be faith in the electoral system. President Donald Trump is alleging—as he did four years ago, though sooner in the cycle this time and with greater vehemence but no more evidence—that the voting system is subject to widespread fraud. Should he win, it will give him another four years to undermine the system from within and assail voting-rights protections.
Revenge of the Suburbs
Editor’s Note: This article is part of “Uncharted,” a series about the world we’re leaving behind, and the one being remade by the pandemic.Lucy Honeychurch grew up at Windy Corner, a comfortable estate in a polite enclave outside London. It was pleasant in the way suburbs always are: The neighbors were friendly, and the environment, free from the noise and grime of the city, was perfect for children.