Today's Liberal News
Help! My Boss Accidentally Shared His X-Rated Conversation Over a Zoom Meeting.
And now he won’t stop bringing it up out of embarrassment.
Dear Care and Feeding: I Tried to Protect My Daughter by Hiding the Truth About Her Dad. Is It Time to Fess Up?
Parenting advice on family secrets, adoption, and friends who are family.
Adrian Tomine’s Drawings Tell Rich, Complex Stories
Early in his career, he tried hard to distinguish his work from superhero comics.
Emerging Markets and COVID-19
Lee Buchheit and Mitu Gulati return to discuss sovereign debt and emerging markets.
The Paycheck Protection Program Was a Flop
It helped the wrong businesses, saved too few jobs, and failed to stem an economic nightmare with no end in sight.
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.
Trump’s fragmented pandemic response may undermine push to address racial disparities
Communities say CDC gives advice — but no resources to follow through.
Sinclair to delay segment featuring ‘Plandemic’ conspiracy theory
The report sparked an immediate outcry on social media, where the video has been largely banned on Facebook and YouTube.
Chris Christie cashes in on coronavirus lobbying
The former New Jersey governor has earned $240,000 lobbying the Trump administration on the pandemic
Commission still talking to vax companies, while U.S., U.K. secure deals
This news comes after the U.S. announced earlier in the day that it had secured up to 600 million doses of a vaccine created by BioNTech and Pfizer.
Help! My Husband’s Female Colleague Volunteered to Manage His Email.
I don’t want her to see our personal information, and I don’t love that he won’t handle this task himself.
40 million Americans face student loan cliff
Unless Congress or the administration intervenes, monthly loan payments paused due to the pandemic will come due for tens of millions of borrowers.
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.
‘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.
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.
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 the 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.
Curve Ball: Trump Reportedly Never Got The Yankees Pitch Invitation He Canceled
Trump came up with his own date just as Dr. Anthony Fauci was about to grab the limelight with his wonky opening-day pitch, according to The New York Times.
Nope, Dems are not in disarray over party platform and Medicare for All
While Republicans are in rebellion against each other over saving the lives and economic health of America, Politico is on the hunt for a “Dems in Disarray” story. They think they found one in a push by delegates to the Democratic National Convention to include a “Medicare for All” plank in the national platform, which they’re trying to make into a big deal break between presumptive nominee Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders.
More than two dozen lifeguards working Jersey Shore beaches have tested positive for COVID-19
It’s been months since we’ve all been attempting to practice social distancing and quarantine efforts, but this coronavirus pandemic is still alive and rampant. As the number of cases in the U.S. continues to grow, some folk have grown tired of stay-at-home efforts and are hitting the beach for summer. But such a move doesn’t come without risk.
Baltimore ICU physician dies of COVID-19 after battling virus on front lines, joining too many lost
As Donald Trump continues to downplay and fumble pandemic response, the nation continues to face the novel coronavirus with meager federal oversight or support. Meanwhile, cases continue to rise, and medical professionals continue to brace against growing patient numbers. Now, yet another medical professional that worked on the front lines to fight COVID-19 has died of the virus. Dr.
Scott Walker Gets Brutal Reminders Of His Past After ‘Joke’ Tweet Backfires
The former Wisconsin governor’s name was trending for all the wrong reasons.
Just imagine how we could fight COVID-19 if Trump didn’t give away billions in tax cuts to the rich
If the Trump administration’s wantonly destructive approach to the pandemic has left you in tears, in a panic, in a rage, or feeling like you’ve just downed a COVID-laced cocktail of all three, you’re not alone. As you continue to process those emotions, perhaps consider what might have been had our country been led by a functioning adult.
Groups sue to block quick deportation of migrant children illegally detained at Texas hotel
A number of top civil and immigrant rights organizations have sued the Trump administration to stop the imminent expulsion of dozens of unaccompanied migrant children who were being illegally held at the McAllen, Texas, location of a popular hotel chain by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) contractor in recent days.
Trump Claims Twitter’s Trending Topics Are Illegal, And ‘Very Unfair’
“They look for anything they can find, make it as bad as possible, and blow it up, trying to make it trend,” the president laments.
Listen: How Immunity Works
On this episode of the podcast Social Distance, Katherine Wells gets the results of her coronavirus and antibody tests. She has questions about what they mean, so an expert joins to explain the immune system (with help from James Hamblin’s metaphors).Lisa Butterfield is a tumor immunologist who works in cancer immunotherapy.
The Atlantic Daily: Temper Your Expectations Around a Coronavirus Vaccine
Every weekday evening, our editors guide you through the biggest stories of the day, help you discover new ideas, and surprise you with moments of delight. Subscribe to get this delivered to your inbox.THE ATLANTICThe development of a coronavirus vaccine won’t end this pandemic overnight. Instead, it’ll merely mark “the beginning of the end.