Facebook is failing the public—and the underlying principles of an open society, including the free exchange of ideas—on a multitude of fronts. The social-media giant has become the home, organizationally and (dis)informationally, of a broad menu of far-right extremists and their endless supply of frequently absurd conspiracism: QAnon, white supremacists, “Boogaloo Bois,” you name it.
Michelle Obama encapsulated what an awful lot of Americans woke up feeling Thursday morning, the day after Sen. Kamala Harris became Joe Biden’s running mate for the White House. “You get used to it, even as a little girl—opening the newspaper, turning on the TV, and hardly ever seeing anyone who looks like you. You train yourself to not get your hopes up,” Obama wrote. “[I]t always feels like someone is waiting to tell you that you’re not qualified.
As Trump’s postmaster thwarts the Postal Service, the USPS warns 46 states that mail-in ballots may not be delivered on time, potentially canceling out those votes.
“I was going to say I’m pissed off, but I’m afraid they’d bleep it,” the cartoon matriarch said via YouTube.
The shortage list was released hours after President Donald Trump touted the progress his administration has made in securing critical protective gear.
“A lot of people are being told to bring back the mail and then deliver it tomorrow, which creates a snowball effect.
A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the law violates the U.S. Constitution’s protection of the right to bear firearms.
Both Kyle McGowan and Amanda Campbell have been with the health department since the start of the Trump administration.
Trump was asked to respond to the victory of Marjorie Taylor Greene, a QAnon supporter from Georgia.
It took all of about 39 seconds for the vicious “birther” chatter to reemerge once former Vice President Joe Biden announced that Senator Kamala Harris would be his running mate for the November election. No wonder, since a certain variety of American citizen just can’t seem to wrap his mind around the U.S. Constitution’s provisions guaranteeing equal citizenship to all Americans.
Editor’s Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection here. Michael Mina is a professor of epidemiology at Harvard, where he studies the diagnostic testing of infectious diseases. He has watched, with disgust and disbelief, as the United States has struggled for months to obtain enough tests to fight the coronavirus.
President Donald Trump’s open admission yesterday that he’s sabotaging the Postal Service to improve his election prospects crystallizes a much larger dynamic: He’s waging an unprecedented campaign to weaponize virtually every component of the federal government to partisan advantage.
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.
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.
Eli Joshua Ade / HBOLike many young people, the protagonist of the 2016 novel Lovecraft Country devours entertainment that his father finds foolish and reprehensible. Atticus loves reading science fiction, fantasy, and horror—genres that, as his dad points out, are dominated by white authors and full of racist stereotypes. The tension inherent in Atticus’s fondness for such writers drives much of Lovecraft Country, which is set in the 1950s.
To teach someone is to influence them, and nothing interests Kanye West more than influence. (Shutterstock / Getty / Arsh Raziuddin / The Atlantic)Underlying Kanye West’s confusing run for president may be the simple impulse that has driven much of his career: the impulse to teach. His first album, 2004’s The College Dropout, kicked off with a skit in which West was asked to give a school’s commencement speech.
She says she’s concerned I make bad financial decisions, but I think I’ve been playing it smart.
Parenting advice on family followers, unexpected twins, and grandma gifts.
A few years ago, the Department of Justice started looking into business practices in the canned tuna industry. What unfolded shocked an industry.
They need much more than academic and food resources.
A POLITICO survey of health care workers elicited dozens of stories from the front lines across the country.
She’s not the veep pick of the left’s dreams, but she’s not the veep pick of its memes, either.
There was a way for Trump to actually help Americans, not just look like he is. He didn’t bother.
Makan Delrahim briefly looked like a serious trustbuster. He proved to be yet another of the president’s political hacks.
President Donald Trump has pushed for the college football season to be played this year.
Entitlements are a key issue for older voters.
Trump and Republicans are vulnerable on health care issues.
Concern about discrimination is rising as the pandemic swamps more states and tests hospitals and health systems in its path.
