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Behind the Byline With Hannah Giorgis
In our series “Behind the Byline,” we’re chatting with Atlantic staffers to learn more about who they are and how they approach their work. Hannah Giorgis is a staff writer who covers culture.This interview has been lightly edited and condensed.Nesima Aberra: How have you been lately?Hannah Giorgis: Today, I am in better spirits than I have been. I think some of that has been that I feel a little clearer on some of my work that didn’t feel granular to me.
The Books Briefing: What Is a Political Memoir For?
Memoirs by politicians and their family members are in a strange genre that must balance compelling storytelling with personal aims. Mary Trump’s Too Much and Never Enough is better written than most, Megan Garber argues. (Mary has a master’s degree in comparative literature.
Noam Chomsky: Trump Is Using Pandemic to Enrich Billionaires as Millions Lose Work & Face Eviction
As millions of people in the U.S. lose work and face eviction due to the economic crisis brought on by the pandemic, the 1% have seen a massive increase to their wealth, with Amazon founder and world’s richest person Jeff Bezos recently adding an estimated $13 billion to his net worth in a single day. World-renowned political dissident Noam Chomsky says the corporate windfall is yet more evidence that the U.S. is run “essentially by the corporate sector” for its own profits.
“Man. Woman. Camera. Person. TV.”: Noam Chomsky Responds to Trump Bragging He Aced a Dementia Test
Is the United States being run by a madman? “What can you say about a person who, before speaking before an adoring crowd, raises his eyes to heaven and calls himself the chosen one?” says Noam Chomsky, responding to President Trump’s boast that he aced a mental acuity test.
Noam Chomsky on Trump’s Troop Surge to Democratic Cities & Whether He’ll Leave Office if He Loses
“President Trump is desperate,” says world-renowned dissident Professor Noam Chomsky in an extended interview that begins with President Trump’s vow to send a “surge” of federal agents into major Democrat-run cities across the United States. “His entire attention is this one issue on his mind: that’s the election. He has to cover up for the fact he is personally responsible for killing tens of thousands of Americans.
Watch Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Fire Back on House Floor After Rep. Yoho Calls Her An “F’ing Bitch”
We bring you Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s full address from the floor of the House when she excoriated her Republican colleague, Rep. Ted Yoho of Florida, after he verbally attacked her earlier in the week on the steps of the Capitol and used a sexist slur overheard by a reporter, calling her a “fucking bitch,” then issued a non-apology from the House floor. “My mother got to see Mr.
Help! Our Small Town Hates Us Because of My Husband’s Cruel Yelp Reviews.
He berates owners and workers for the most inconsequential reasons, and some places have lost business as a result.
Congress Should Extend Unemployment Benefits for an Extra Three Weeks While Republicans Get Their Act Together
The GOP tried and failed to do its homework the night before it was due.
Why It’s Still So Tough to Find Disinfectant Wipes
Too few materials, too many coronavirus outbreaks, and a never-ending canister shortage.
Eviction Filings Are Already Rising
Guess what happens if the government takes away all the aid it’s been sending people.
Republican governors of Indiana and Ohio issue mask mandates, joining more than half of U.S. states
The announcements come a day after President Donald Trump threw his support behind facial coverings to help stop the spread of coronavirus.
Fauci: I was not invited to Trump’s coronavirus briefing
The nation’s top infectious disease expert said he had last spoken with the president late last week.
True number of U.S. coronavirus infections likely 10 times larger than reported, CDC data shows
The study is based on antibody tests of about 16,000 people conducted between late March and early May.
Housing market defies expectations amid economic turmoil
Some areas of housing are actually doing better than they were before the coronavirus began sweeping the U.S.
Trump shifts messaging: Coronavirus ‘will get worse before it gets better’
In the first such briefing in three months, the president acknowledged the real scope of the pandemic’s impact in the U.S.
America’s hidden economic crisis: Widespread wage cuts
Employers are using pay cuts to stay afloat during the recession, an unusual move that could signal deep damage to the labor market.
Photos of the Week: Portland Moms, Beach Astronauts, Fire Whirl
A cheetah at rest in Kenya, flamenco dancing in Spain, tennis at a Berlin airport, a giant spoon on an English trail, a baby hippo in Mexico, an online mud festival in South Korea, the night sky above Syria, wildfires in Greece, concerts in Australia and Germany, a Chinese mission to Mars, and much more.
Trump’s for-profit company invents new grift to more directly suck in Trump campaign cash
Everything Donald Trump does is a scam. Everything Donald Trump’s family does is a scam. It is all just one big grift, from top to bottom, sucking in money from the gullible and the supplicants and “mostly” from Russia, if you believe his weird but omnipresent failsons, only to spend it on lavish pet project golf clubs and Gatsby-esque role play.
Texas county, overwhelmed by COVID-19, will deny treatment to those deemed unlikely to survive
The coronavirus situation in Texas has deteriorated to the point where one county’s health authority has implemented a triage committee for the purpose of determining which COVID-19 patients the county’s single hospital will treat, and which patients will be sent home to die, according to the McAllen, Texas, affiliate WSYR.
Kids can catch COVID-19, can pass it on to others, can get seriously ill, and can definitely die
In his latest appearance on Fox News, Donald Trump declared that he thought testing for COVID-19 was “overrated,” though he grudgingly agreed that he would allow tests to continue.
Federal judge issues restraining order against Trump’s federal agents in Portland
Six days after the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Oregon added agents from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and United States Marshals to its existing lawsuit against the City of Portland and the Portland Police Bureau, a federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the Donald Trump-deployed secret police.
The original class-action lawsuit was filed June 30 on behalf of journalists and legal observers.
Every Black voice calling out anti-Semitism helps, especially when Black voices spew the hate
The lengthy relationship between Jewish Americans and African Americans is a complex and multi-faceted one. It is most profoundly defined by the collaboration on racial justice and civil rights exemplified by the partnership between leading figures like the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel.
How the Child Care Crisis Will Distort the Economy for a Generation
The economic toll of the collapse of the child system will be felt for 20-30 years, says Betsey Stevenson.
Chris Christie cashes in on coronavirus lobbying
The former New Jersey governor has earned $240,000 lobbying the Trump administration on the pandemic
‘Oil on the inequality fire’: How slashing jobless aid could widen the wealth gap
Congress appears poised to dramatically reduce a federal program that has been providing an extra $600 per week for jobless workers since the spring.
Trump Cancels Jacksonville Portion Of Republican National Convention
The president said Thursday that “it’s not the right time” for such a large-scale event given concerns about the ongoing pandemic.
Listen: $600 a Week
In a few days, 30 million Americans will lose the $600 boost in unemployment insurance they’ve depended on every week. What happens next?Annie Lowrey, staff writer and author of Give People Money, joins to explain. Listen here:Subscribe to Social Distance on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or another podcast platform to receive new episodes as soon as they’re published.What follows is an edited and condensed transcript of their conversation.