It’s another Sunday, so for those who tune in, welcome to a diary discussing the Nuts & Bolts of a Democratic campaign. If you’ve missed out, you can catch up any time: Just visit our group or follow the Nuts & Bolts Guide. For years I’ve built this guide around questions that get submitted, hoping to help small candidates field questions.
A New Jersey mayor who initially defended his move to charge a local activist for a Black Lives Matter rally she held to advocate for affordable housing has now rescinded the bill for close to $2,500, according to ABC affiliate WABC. Englewood Cliffs Mayor Mario Kranjac wrote Emily Gil about his change of heart, but it was far from an apology, the 18-year-old recent graduate of Bergen County Technical School told WABC.
A large majority of Trump voters say they’d side with the president over congressional Republicans in the event of a dispute.
President Trump’s top intelligence officer, John Ratcliffe, abruptly halted in-person briefings to Congress despite evidence that Russia is trying to help Trump win reelection.
New Hampshire is one of the smallest states in the U.S., ranking 46th out of 50. It also has one of the smallest populations, with fewer than 1.4 million residents. From the Great North Woods through the White Mountains and Lakes Region to the cities and the sea coast in the south, here are a few glimpses of the landscape of New Hampshire and some of the wildlife and people calling it home.This photo story is part of Fifty, a collection of images from each of the United States.
The video raised concerns that Donald Trump and acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf used the event to further the president’s reelection chances.
Getty / Arsh Raziuddin / The AtlanticWhat I’ll always remember about the first time I saw the film Black Panther are the costumes that people wore. It was a chilly night in Washington, D.C., and almost everyone in the theater was Black. Children dressed as Shuri, white dots of paint tracing the contours of their face, plastic Vibranium Gauntlets strapped to their arms.
Holyoke, Massachusetts, Mayor Alex Morse, who is challenging Rep. Richard Neal, wants to cancel the island’s debt.
I met a traveler from an antique land
who stopped me with a blue-gloved hand
and said, “That’s close enough.
You might be carrying viral lint in your trouser cuff.”
I could tell from the smell in the room
he’d been having sex on Zoom.
It was a shame we were so out of phase.
It was a shame we met in these dog days.
The parks are brown.
The rich are out of town.
Photographs by Simbarashe Cha and Myesha EvonOn Friday, tens of thousands of people gathered from across the country at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on the 57th anniversary of the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, to continue rallying for social justice issues in the United States.
Parenting advice on domestic violence, mother-daughter relationships, and new parenthood.
Berlin is emerging as the likely new global health power but it doesn’t want to go it alone.
Jacob Blake is a father. He has, perhaps, a growing collection of dad jokes, a birth story for each of his three sons, and, most important, a deep reservoir of Black family history to pass down to them. He likely had a gift picked out for his eldest son’s August 23 birthday celebration, which should have been the highlight of the weekend. Maybe Blake even had a bedtime tuck-in routine that would have ended that Sunday on a loving note.
Why the battle between Epic Games and Apple is no David-and-Goliath story
The problems were less severe than they first appeared. But there are other reasons to keep the heat on Louis DeJoy.
Insiders say Bob Unanue endorsed Trump as part of a plan to keep his job.
Two attendees and two members of support staff tested positive for the virus.
The president instead spoke more broadly about the nation’s testing initiatives.
Federal officials are seeking coronavirus data from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Michigan.
Taking the reins in late February, the vice president sought to bring order to a chaotic response. He also slowed things down.
Drugmakers pitched a counteroffer to the White House aimed at stalling Trump’s plan to link Medicare’s spending on some expensive drugs to much lower prices.
Nine teachers on their plans to discuss Black history, racism, and social justice this year.
They’re saying I’m an aggressive bully even though I’m the one who defended their daughter against them.
He won’t eat all day, then melts down like a toddler if dinner isn’t ready when he gets home.
Parenting advice on pool parties, baby shower gifts, and guardianship disclosures.
“When you have $60 billion less going to families,” former U.S. Treasury economist Ernie Tedeschi told POLITICO, “that means that there’s going to be something close to that less in spending.
In the debate over Covid-19 relief, Congress is worried about the wrong problem.
For the April-June period, Japan’s exports dropped at a whopping annual rate of 56 percent.
