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Democrats include Republicans, but sideline communities of color during DNC
The 2020 Democratic National Convention (DNC) has come to an end, but concerns linger about presidential nominee Joe Biden and the party’s ability to build a winning coalition given what some have pointed to as prioritizing Republicans over communities of color during the main stage program.
Top General Mark Milley Vows That Military Won’t Interfere In U.S. Election
But what if the commander-in-chief issues an order to keep him in the White House?
Four radical sex educators you should know
The state of sexual health education is dire in the United States. Currently, only 28 states and the district of Washington, D.C., require sex education and HIV education, according to the Guttmacher Institute. Even more alarming, of these 28 states, only 17 require their sex education curriculum to be medically accurate and only one state requires instruction on consent.
Trump Bashes His Niece, Bob Woodward Over Critical Books
The president calls Mary Trump “unstable” and Woodward a “social pretender.
Trump’s Intel Chief Ends Election Security Briefings To Congress
Nancy Pelosi and Adam Schiff called the decision a “betrayal of the public’s right to know how foreign powers are trying to subvert our democracy.
Professional athletes stage a historic wildcat strike, this week in the war on workers
As strikes go, there weren’t a large number of workers involved in the most consequential work stoppages of the past week. And professional athletes are often framed as something other than real workers. But make no mistake, when the players on the Milwaukee Bucks said they weren’t playing their playoff game on Wednesday in protest over the police shooting of Jacob Blake, that was a wildcat strike, and it turned into a seriously successful one.
Cell phone data indicates that Sturgis rally attendees later visited 61% of U.S. counties
Just as many health officials feared, South Dakota’s annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is on its way to further the current health crisis. Cases of the novel coronavirus continue to grow nationwide and with bikers from across the country returning home from the event states are bound to see an increase in local cases. More than 100 COVID-19 cases have been linked to the event so far, the Associated Press reported.
Top Democrat Richard Neal Disavows Super PAC Ad Blasting His Opponent
A TV spot from a pro-Neal super PAC used discredited allegations to attack challenger Alex Morse.
Leonard Cohen’s Estate Slams GOP For Using ‘Hallelujah’ At RNC
The legendary singer’s estate said it had specifically denied permission to use the song and was considering legal action.
Hate Your Boss? Here’s How to Become Your Own
It’s scary to start out on your own. But it’s dangerous to stay in a job you hate.
Help! My Boyfriend Wakes Me Up Three Nights a Week Groaning His Ex’s Name.
Should I just get over it?
I Know What Makes Conventions So Maddening
Having been to many political conventions over the years and watched many more slumped on the sofa bed in my home bunker, and now having watched two mostly remote events courtesy of Republicans and Democrats, I have finally isolated the element that has historically made these occasions so maddening and unpleasant: people.Specifically, I have in mind the people who go to political conventions.
‘America First’ Enters Its Most Combustible Moment
The months before and after a presidential election are particularly fragile for foreign policy. Each of the five presidents I served understood, as did his team, the weight of this time. Politics and legacy were always front of mind. They were all also conscious of the ways they could help pave an easier path for their successors. They all ultimately put country over party. That won’t be the case with Donald Trump.
I’m Optimistic That We Will Have a COVID-19 Vaccine Soon
On January 11, a Chinese team reported online the RNA genome sequence of a novel coronavirus causing a strange new pneumonia-like disease in Wuhan, China. Within 48 hours, scientists at Moderna, a Massachusetts biotechnology company, had the entire genome synthesized. Remarkably, about 60 days later, the company, in collaboration with the Vaccine Research Center at the National Institutes of Health, began a human Phase 1 clinical trial of an RNA vaccine.
The Red State That Isn’t Worried About a Mail-In Election
President Donald Trump has spent months trying to convince Americans that universal mail-in voting would be a disaster for democracy. It is “dangerous,” he says, potentially “catastrophic”—an “embarrassment” that would “make our country the laughingstock of the world.” Just this week, in his speech kicking off the Republican National Convention, Trump called voting by mail “the greatest scam in the history of politics.
We Now Know How Much Trump’s Postmaster General Slowed Down the Mail
The problems were less severe than they first appeared. But there are other reasons to keep the heat on Louis DeJoy.
Did Goya’s CEO Imperil the Company on Purpose?
Insiders say Bob Unanue endorsed Trump as part of a plan to keep his job.
Finders Keepers Isn’t an Investment Strategy
Slate Money on the USPS, productivity, and Citigroups’s big blunder.
Trump skips RNC announcement of rapid Covid tests
The president instead spoke more broadly about the nation’s testing initiatives.
DOJ may investigate blue states over Covid-19 deaths at nursing homes
Federal officials are seeking coronavirus data from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Michigan.
How Mike Pence slowed down the coronavirus response
Taking the reins in late February, the vice president sought to bring order to a chaotic response. He also slowed things down.
Drugmakers deliver counteroffer to Trump international pricing plan
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.
Economy hurting after Congress fails to act on stimulus
“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.
Unemployment Isn’t Too High — Regular Wages Are Too Low
In the debate over Covid-19 relief, Congress is worried about the wrong problem.
Japan’s economy shrinks at record rate, slammed by pandemic
For the April-June period, Japan’s exports dropped at a whopping annual rate of 56 percent.
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.