Three Policy Reasons for Progressives to Be Happy About Kamala Harris
She’s not the veep pick of the left’s dreams, but she’s not the veep pick of its memes, either.
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Masks, surgical gowns, testing supplies on FDA shortage list
The shortage list was released hours after President Donald Trump touted the progress his administration has made in securing critical protective gear.
CDC’s chief of staff, deputy chief of staff jointly depart
Both Kyle McGowan and Amanda Campbell have been with the health department since the start of the Trump administration.
Health providers’ scramble for staff and supplies reveals sharp disparities
A POLITICO survey of health care workers elicited dozens of stories from the front lines across the country.
Testing mess leaves Texas in the dark as cases spike
Texas’s drop in testing is part of a larger nationwide trend that’s seen the average number of coronavirus tests fall since July.
Big 12 Conference vows to continue with fall football season despite other Power 5 cancellations
President Donald Trump has pushed for the college football season to be played this year.
Help! I Think My Wife Is Jealous of the Money I’ve Made in the Stock Market.
She says she’s concerned I make bad financial decisions, but I think I’ve been playing it smart.
Dear Care and Feeding: Should My Teen Follow Her Older Cousin’s Very Grown-Up Instagram?
Parenting advice on family followers, unexpected twins, and grandma gifts.
Negotiators ‘miles apart’ on Covid funding, with little hope for deal until September
Asked when she would next be meeting with Republicans, Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters on Thursday: “I don’t know. When they come in with $2 trillion.
British economy plunged record 20 percent in second quarter
“It is clear that the UK is in the largest recession on record,” the Office for National Statistics said in a statement.
‘It means nothing’: Trump’s pledge to aid tenants won’t halt evictions
Donald Trump’s executive order wouldn’t do much to immediately help the 20 million or so Americans who face losing their homes in the next few months.
Trump’s bet on a preelection rebound meets a new test
Lawmakers have left town and Trump aides don’t expect new stimulus talks anytime soon. That leaves the U.S. economy without much of the government aid that had been propping it up.
Trump’s economic comeback is becoming a slowdown and likely a stall-out
The pace of job creation slowed in July, and unemployment remains above 10 percent. New jobless claims remain above 1 million per week.
Jail Took My Mom: Filmmaker on How His Mother Broke the Cycle of Incarceration & Shaping DNC Policy
The coronavirus crisis and the movement for racial justice have magnified the challenges faced by people released from prison, whose criminal record makes it hard to find a job and even housing, especially women. We feature a new AJ+ series by Messiah Rhodes, whose mother was in and out of jail throughout his childhood and was able to break the cycle of incarceration. Rhodes says his work serves as a response to calls to defund police.
Rashid Khalidi: Israel & UAE Deal to Normalize Relations Is New Chapter in 100-Year War on Palestine
In a deal brokered by the United States, Israel and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to fully normalize relations after years of secretly working together on countering Iran and other issues. Under the deal, Israel has also agreed to temporarily halt plans to annex occupied Palestinian territories in the West Bank, which had already been on hold due to international condemnation.
General Strike & Blockade in Bolivia Enter Day 11 as Protesters Condemn Delayed Vote by Coup Gov’t
We go to Bolivia, where opponents of the coup government have entered day 11 of a general strike and nationwide highway blockade to protest the repeated postponement of Bolivia’s first presidential election since last year’s ouster of Evo Morales by the right-wing coup government of Jeanine Áñez, which was followed by an economic collapse and oppression.
Was Kamala Harris a Progressive Prosecutor? A Look at Her Time as a DA & California Attorney General
As Senator Kamala Harris makes history as the first woman of color on a major party ticket, we host a debate on her record as California attorney general and San Francisco district attorney, when she proudly billed herself as “top cop” and called for more cops on the street. San Francisco Deputy Public Defender Niki Solis says Harris was the state’s most progressive DA and advocated for “so many policies and so many alternatives to incarceration.
Trump Digs Into Voter Fraud Conspiracies About ‘Ballot Harvesting’
More than half of states allow a third party to collect ballots in a practice known as “ballot harvesting.
NJ Congressman Calls For Grand Jury Criminal Probe Of Trump’s Election ‘Subversion’ By Mail
The USPS will be the “heart and engine of New Jersey’s and America’s electoral machinery” amid the pandemic, warned Rep. Bill Pascrell.
Trump and the corrupt lackeys in his government need to know they will be prosecuted
For purposes of the following, let’s stipulate that Joseph Biden is elected president. Of course, we have a long road ahead to make that happen, but if it doesn’t happen, everything written below will be moot.
Fla. High School Football Kicking Off; Rubio Jokes About How To Silence Critics
A sports board okays practice in 10 days and games two weeks later — despite advice from its own medical expert to wait.
Tensions persist among attorneys representing detained children
A California federal judge on Wednesday denied non-profits’ attempt to join a long-standing class action and intervene on behalf of children detained alongside their parents in family detention centers.
U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee’s decision came after attorneys with ALDEA –The People’s Justice Center and Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) filed a motion to intervene July 20.
The Postal Service scandal doesn’t belong only to Donald Trump. Mitch McConnell played a big role
Once upon a time, most Americans would have been hard-pressed to name the postmaster general. That fabled time was any time before May of this year, when Donald Trump replaced Postmaster General Megan Brennan with Louis DeJoy. And yes, I had to look up Megan Brennan.
What position of power did Brennan occupy before taking over the Postal Service under Barack Obama? None.
Trump Refuses To Say Whether Kamala Harris Is ‘Eligible’ To Be Vice President
“It’s not something that bothers me,” he said of Harris’ eligibility. Trump was earlier condemned for magnifying birther lies about the California-born senator.
Senate Republicans give struggling Americans the finger, this week in the war on workers
It cannot be emphasized enough that on August 13, nearly three entire months after the House of Representatives passed a major coronavirus stimulus package, the Republican-controlled Senate went on recess until after Labor Day, having done exactly nothing to provide relief to millions people who’ve lost their jobs in the pandemic, or to state and local governments facing major budget shortfalls that could cost millions more jobs, or to schools being forced to deal with unprecedente
Trump’s civil rights division worried about whites being discriminated against in Ivy League schools
Just to emphasize how absolutely racist and white supremacist Donald Trump and his administration will be to try to win this election, the Department of Justice has determined that Yale University discriminates against white applicants, continuing the administration’s war on affirmative action and a 21st-century, diverse society.
‘Noise Demonstration’ Held Outside Home Of U.S. Postmaster General
Protesters gathered outside the home of Louis DeJoy to demand he stop trying to dismantle the U.S. Postal Service.
Beyoncé’s Search for Home Continues on Black Is King
In recent years, Beyoncé has prefaced her musical homecomings with a glimpse of the final destination. She released the song “Formation” well ahead of her 2016 visual album, Lemonade, which contained lessons in ballads and rock anthems alike about how to go through despair and return to oneself again.
That Time Tig Notaro’s Stepdad “Died” on FaceTime
Her first reaction? Panic. Her second? What a great story.
