Today's Liberal News
Ask a Teacher: Should I Delay Sending My Son to Kindergarten?
How do I determine if my child is ready for school?
‘Crazy things happen’: Biden’s next spending spree fuels a fight over risks
The president’s team is preparing a $3 trillion spending proposal to power through Congress. They’re betting markets and the economy will cooperate long enough to pass it.
“It’s Tolerating Poor Service at the Top”: What Louis DeJoy’s Changes to USPS Will Do to the Mail
“First class” is about to become a misnomer.
We Could Solve Homelessness if We Wanted
Few problems are simultaneously so distressing and so addressable.
Why Is Tower Records Coming Back Now, of All Times?
It’s trying to offer something Amazon and Spotify can’t.
The White House Is Canning Staffers Because They Smoked Pot. Are They High?
As the president once put it: Come on!
An Interview With the Guy Feuding With Cinnamon Toast Crunch Over an Alarming Discovery in His Cereal
“I have not eaten since. I’m going to do a juice cleanse today.
Paper Products. Powder Rooms. What Past Pandemics Left Behind Forever.
Disease reshapes our lives in surprising ways.
What Christian Men Really Mean When They Say They Have a “Sex Addiction”
The Atlanta shooting suspect’s claim of “sex addiction” is the product of a huge evangelical industry.
Black workers, hammered by pandemic, now being left behind in recovery
Structural inequities in the U.S. labor market that have affected Black and Hispanic workers’ ability to advance out of low-paying jobs, as well as discrimination in hiring practices, are also likely having an effect.
Fed sees U.S. economic growth surging to 6.5 percent this year
Central bank officials now expect the unemployment rate to drop to 4.5 percent by the end of 2021.
Treasury secretary minimizes risk of inflation caused by Covid relief package
Janet Yellen said the greater risk was not strengthening the economy as it recovers from the impact of the pandemic.
Former Stockton Mayor Tubbs joins Newsom as economic adviser
He is best known for his work on a Stockton pilot project that provided $500 a month to a small group of low-income residents.
Biden’s ‘Morning in America’ moment sparks a furious debate
Another massive injection of federal cash could ignite the economy like never before. It also could drive up inflation and burst market bubbles, creating new headaches in an otherwise positive outlook.
Amazon Intimidates Workers Amid Historic Union Vote in Alabama as Jeff Bezos Makes $7 Million an Hour
Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama, are in the final days of voting on whether to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union and become the first unionized Amazon warehouse in the United States. Ballots have been sent to nearly 6,000 workers, most of whom are Black, in one of the most closely watched union elections in decades.
News Roundup: Infrastructure, equal pay, and another Georgia Republican plan to thwart state voters
In today’s news: Georgia Republicans are making yet another attempt to legalize the partisan election stealing that Donald Trump demanded after his loss. It’s Equal Pay Day, the day American women working full-time catch up, on average, to what American men made in pay during 2020. (That’s right: nearly three extra months of work.) And Democrats are pushing forward with a new American infrastructure plan after four years of Republican efforts falling flat.
Trump supporter feels entitled to spew racial slurs at cashier who tells her she must wear a mask
At some point we should probably acknowledge the fact that the majority of those who supported Donald Trump are just bad people. After all, it seems clear that they intend to go out of their way to prove the point, one by one, time and time again.
As reported by the New York Daily News, a woman, identified as Stephanie Denaro of Queens and accompanied by at least three children, got in line at the Davidovich Bakery on New York City’s Lower East Side.
AstraZeneca releases revised vaccine data that show dip in efficacy
The company came under fire this week after U.S. government scientists accused it of releasing misleading data.
I can’t believe it but I have to admit, I agree with Laura Ingraham here
Laura Ingraham—the Fox News host who seems to spend all of her time thinking up new ways that Democratic efforts are a plot against America—had Kris Kobach, the disgraced Kansas secretary of state, on her program. Kris Kobach, for those that don’t remember, promised to prove vast voter fraud using taxpayer dollars, but only ended up spending millions of dollars and proving … well, nothing, while leaving states in debt for his actions.
A GoFundMe in her name raised $900K, but the Asian grandma who beat her attacker is not keeping it
Amid the never-ending sad news that has taken over the news cycle comes an uplifting story. The San Francisco grandma who went viral for beating her attacker vowed to donate more than $900,000 toward combatting anti-Asian hate. Following her attack on March 17, Xio Zhen Xie’s family started a GoFundMe campaign in order to help her pay for her medical bills. While the goal was to raise $50,000, by Tuesday the campaign raised more than $919,000.
Meghan McCain clumsily white-splains merit-based hiring … to a nation that didn’t ask
On Tuesday, Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth backed down from a threat to delay approving Joe Biden’s Cabinet nominees because of a lack of high-level Asian American representation among the president’s brain trust. She made the announcement after receiving assurances from the Biden administration that it would strive for greater AAPI representation in government.
Biden bets on new testing strategy to help vanquish Covid-19
The administration wants to shift focus from diagnosing people who suspect they’re infected to regularly screening millions of Americans at school or work.
Ted Cruz Falsely Suggests CDC Guidelines Are Why He Won’t Wear A Mask On TV
Another day, another chance for the Texas senator to shrug off the idea of showing respect for other people.
Democrats Say Agency Run By Trump Holdover Is Delaying Stimulus Checks
The IRS hasn’t received the payment information it requested to send checks to Social Security recipients.
FDA authorizes J&J partner to help with vaccine production
The decision comes as the company struggles to meet its delivery targets.
I Just Left Fundamentalist Christianity, and Wow: I Have Some Questions About Men and Sex
I’m ready to bone. Respectfully.
Fight Over Landmark Voting Rights Bill Begins As GOP Claims Voter Suppression Isn’t A Problem
“States are not engaging in trying to suppress voters whatsoever,” Sen. Mitch McConnell said at the first hearing on the For The People Act.
Ex-Trump Vaccine Chief Fired From Pharma Board Over Sexual Harassment Claims
Moncef Slaoui, who led Trump’s Operation Warp Speed, was dismissed as chair of Galvani Bioelectronics’ board of directors after an investigation.





























