Endangered Republicans back Senate Democrats’ bill opposing Obamacare lawsuit
Five Republicans facing tough reelections crossed party lines in a vote highlighting Trump’s challenge to the health care law.
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An Ancient Town Submerged: Hasankeyf Underwater
Last year, I featured photos of the efforts made to move parts of the ancient Turkish town of Hasankeyf to a new location, as a massive dam project was about to cause the Tigris River to rise and flood the area. A year later, the reservoir behind Ilisu Dam has largely filled up, inundating the historic town and surrounding archaeological sites, despite years of protests by residents and activists.
Mothers’ Careers Are at Extraordinary Risk Right Now
(moises Saman / Magnum)Being a mother has long been a liability at work. But with work, school, and child care now happening under one roof for so many families, working mothers are at unprecedented risk of experiencing a pandemic-size motherhood penalty.The struggle faced by working mothers is a key focus of the new 2020 Women in the Workplace Report by LeanIn.org and McKinsey & Company, which I co-authored.
Do Millennials Really Believe the Holocaust Was “Exaggerated”—or Caused by Jews?
A new survey revives a decadeslong debate over how to measure public attitudes about Jews and genocide.
Kingdom of Silence: 2 Years After Khashoggi Murder, New Film Explores Deadly U.S.-Saudi Alliance
Two years ago, in a story that shocked the world, Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi entered the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul for marriage documents and was never seen again. It was later revealed that Khashoggi — a Saudi insider turned critic and Washington Post columnist — was murdered and dismembered by a team of Saudi agents at the direct order of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Pandemic of Repression: Modi Government Crushes Dissent While Ignoring India’s 6 Million COVID Cases
As India becomes just the second country to hit 6 million confirmed COVID-19 cases, we speak to journalist Rana Ayyub in Mumbai, who was recently hospitalized after testing positive for the disease. India’s lead pandemic agency says an antibody study suggests more than 60 million people in the country have already been infected with the coronavirus — 10 times the official count but still a small fraction of its population of 1.3 billion.
Help! I Want to Try Sex Work, but I’m Afraid My Students Will Find My Profile.
Is this a terrible idea?
Ask a Teacher: I Just Discovered My Husband Lies to His Students
This all seems very bizarre and unethical to me.
Angry About Trump’s $750 Tax Bill? Then Let’s Fix the IRS.
The wealthy no longer fear the taxman. Democrats finally have an opening to fix that.
The Collateral Damage of Airbnb’s COVID Refund Policy
“Four houses fully booked for months—every single one of them canceled. … I banked everything on this.
There’s a Looming Eviction Crisis, and We Have No Idea How Bad It Will Be
America is very good at tracking when people buy homes—and terrible at tracking how many are booted from them.
Critic Charles Finch on Reading Hundreds of Books a Year
For book reviews, for research, and even for fun.
Trump admin begins shipping rapid coronavirus tests to states
The first shipments, totaling 6.5 million tests, will be sent this week, and the amount each state receives will be based on population data.
Trump’s drug card plan sows confusion – even within administration
Top Trump deputies say they can put the plan in place using existing powers. But critics see it as a brazen election year ploy.
U.S. coronavirus case count passes 7 million
The figure, based on a tracker maintained by Johns Hopkins University, comes just days after the U.S. surpassed 200,000 deaths.
There’s More Than One Way to Reason Why
There’s more than one way to ask why. Look to Russian for an explanation.
Trump is fuzzy on tax policy as Biden goes all in
Trump has raised various ideas in recent months, though his proposals remain much vaguer than during his 2016 presidential campaign.
2020 is the Year Trump Was Worried About
If presidential elections really turn on how the country is doing, there’s a good reason for the incumbent to sweat.
Trump stokes a new threat to Wall Street: Election chaos
“This does have the potential to incite … the metastasizing of social unrest,” said one market strategist.
Internal memo reassured Trudeau that virus’s economic hit would be ‘manageable’
Critics have argued the Trudeau government lacked preparedness or a sense of urgency before the country was hit by the pandemic’s crises.
Fed expects to keep rates near zero through 2023
The central bank shed more light on its pledge not to raise interest rates until prices begin to rise more rapidly.
Chris Cuomo Calls Out Ted Cruz To His Face As Interview Gets Heated In A Hurry
CNN host and Texas senator get loud as segment flies off the rails.
Wednesday Night Owls: GM ordered to repay $28 million in tax breaks for closing auto plant
Night Owls, a themed open thread, appears at Daily Kos seven days a week
There are lessons here for every city, county, and state that has seen companies take tax credits provided to them in hopes of creating or maintaining jobs and run away, leaving locals to pay the tab.
How one community fridge project went international
By Juliana Clark
Through a combination of outreach efforts and in-kind donations, the New York City-based anarchist network In Our Hearts (IOH) has managed to create a network of over 40 fridges in New York City and New Jersey. The collective has even managed to facilitate the creation of project chapters across the United States and the world. However, when IOH first began its popular outdoor community fridge project, it was “almost by accident.
Texas sheriff and reality show star indicted on charges of evidence tampering
A Texas sheriff who starred on the controversial show Live PD has been indicted and arrested on evidence tampering charges after allegedly destroying video evidence connected to the death of a Black man. A grand jury indicted Williamson County Sheriff Robert Chody on Monday on charges of destroying Live PD footage depicting deputies using force on Javier Ambler.
Mobilize America is your one-stop shop to volunteer and get out the vote
if you are reading, chances are that you already have a plan to vote. But what is your plan to get other people to vote so we can build a blue wave?
As Howard Dean would say, voting only gives you a “C” in a democracy. Working hard to get other people out to vote is how we can achieve real results, and that’s what will help get you that “A.
Protecting safe and accessible abortions is even more essential during a pandemic
By Nancy Cardenas Pena
Faced with the uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic, Texans looked towards leadership in their state government amidst a combative national dialogue. To many of us, it was clear that Texans needed strong guidance through these difficult times. Instead, the state utilized the pandemic to implement an anti-abortion agenda that left Texans with barriers towards abortion care in clinic settings that haven’t been seen since before Roe V. Wade.