Year: 2020

michael barbaroFrom The New York Times, I’m Michael Barbaro. This is “The Daily.”archived recording (george w. bush)Our nation needs to be credible and strong. When we say we’re somebody’s friend, everybody’s got to believe it.archived recording (al gore)I see a future when the world is at peace with the United States of America, promoting the…

Programming note: There’s a presidential debate tonight! Here’s how to watch it online. And here’s Politico’s handy “pre-bunk” of 10 lies you’re likely to hear at the debate. If there is a manager in your life, there is a good chance that they are miserable right now. They are miserable for the reasons everyone is…

Opinion|Trump Sent a Warning. Let’s Take It Seriously.Our democracy is in terrible danger — more than since the Civil War, more than after Pearl Harbor, more than during the Cuban missile crisis.Sept. 29, 2020Credit…Brendan Smialowski/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesPresident Trump has now made it unmistakably clear that there are only two choices before voters on…

Sep 26th 2020Donald Trump marshalled enough Republican votes in the Senate to consider a replacement for Ruth Bader Ginsburg before the election on November 3rd. Ms Ginsburg’s death gives the party a window to fill her seat on the Supreme Court with a conservative, further tipping its ideological balance to the right. Ms Ginsburg, appointed…

Sign up to get our new weekly column as a newsletter. We’re looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. (CNN)Harold Wilson led Britain as prime minister for much of the 1960s and a shorter stint in the 1970s. Reputed to be a favorite of Queen Elizabeth…

Her opponent, Sara Gideon, is running on her record in the state — but does it matter in a year when all politics is national?Sara Gideon, the Democratic candidate for Senate, has built a record of bipartisanship as the speaker of Maine’s House of Representatives.Credit…Sarah Rice for The New York TimesSept. 27, 2020, 3:00 a.m.…

Lauren Boebert, a Glock-packing newcomer to politics, upset a Republican incumbent, but increasing scrutiny and a well-funded challenger have made her a top target for Democrats.Lauren Boebert, a Republican House candidate, before a campaign event in Loma, Colo., in September. Ms. Boebert beat Representative Scott Tipton, the five-term incumbent, to get into the November election.Credit…Brunner…

The British band known for blending politics with personal passion is releasing a new album, “Ultra Mono,” that takes aim at faux patriotism, class inequality and sexism.Idles, from left: Adam Devonshire, Jon Beavis, Mark Bowen, Joe Talbot and Lee Kiernan. The British band plays high-octane shows that are still filled with plenty of love.Credit…Suzie Howell…

Sep 19th 2020Suga Yoshihide became Japan’s 99th prime minister. He won the leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party with 377 votes of a possible 535, following Abe Shinzo’s resignation due to ill health in August. Mr Suga, who served as Mr Abe’s chief cabinet secretary, has promised continuity. But his background and stated priorities suggest…

Sep 24th 2020Donald Trump marshalled enough Republican votes in the Senate to consider a replacement for Ruth Bader Ginsburg before the election on November 3rd. Ms Ginsburg’s death gives the party a window to fill her seat on the Supreme Court with a conservative, further tipping its ideological balance to the right. Ms Ginsburg, appointed…

(CNN)On Monday night in Ohio, Lt. Gov. Jon Husted was warming up the crowd for President Donald Trump — and trying to sell some campaign merchandise.”I’m trying to make masks in America great again and I’ve got President Trump’s masks,” Husted, a Republican, told the audience gathered in an airplane hangar in Vandalia.That’s when the…

(CNN)On Tuesday, President Donald Trump pledged to spend “whatever it takes” of his own money to win a second term amid increasing questions about the financial health of his campaign heading into the post-Labor Day sprint.There’s ample reason to be skeptical of that boast. Mostly because Trump has said it before and, well, he didn’t…

Quite apart from the politics surrounding Justice Ginsburg’s death and the fight over her replacement, women of all ages are feeling the loss of a role model.Women dancing after a memorial for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday. For many women, her death was a deeply personal loss.Credit…Gabriela Bhaskar for The New…

ImageCredit…Posters by Kennedy PrintsBy Theodore R. JohnsonWith posters by Kennedy PrintsSept. 16, 2020In the autumn of 2008, just a few weeks after my 33rd birthday, I cast a ballot for the first time. Up to that point, serving in the military seemed like more than sufficient civic engagement and provided a ready excuse for voluntarily…

And what else you need to know today.Sept. 18, 2020Updated 6:52 a.m. ETWant to get The Morning by email? Here’s the sign-up.Good morning. New Jersey moves toward a millionaires tax. New polls show Democrats leading Senate races. And the president continues to enjoy significant Latino support.ImagePreparing for a Trump caravan in Los Angeles last week.Credit…Apu…

On Politics With Lisa LererGrowing numbers of Americans say they wouldn’t take a coronavirus vaccine if it were available today. If you’ve been watching the presidential campaign, that’s not surprising.Sept. 17, 2020, 7:00 p.m. ETHi. Welcome to On Politics, your guide to the day in national politics. I’m Lisa Lerer, your host.Sign up here to…

It’s a cautionary tale about the messy process of citizen-led ballot initiatives and how a dominant political party can exert its power.Jeff Gruver was planning to vote for Joseph R. Biden Jr. in November until he found out on Friday he would not be voting at all.Credit…Octavio Jones for The New York TimesSept. 17, 2020Updated…

Here’s what you need to know:Trump scorns his own scientists over coronavirus data.Here’s where the candidates will be today.Trump’s ‘secret’ health plan is a promise voters have heard before.Obama is publishing the first half of his memoir right after the election.Does Biden need a higher gear? Some Democrats think so.Warning of Russian disinformation, Senate Democrats…

Hurricane Sally swamps Gulf Coast with ‘historic’ flooding Hurricane Sally uprooted trees, flooded streets and cut power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses as it brought what the U.S. National Hurricane Center called “historic and catastrophic” flooding to the Alabama-Florida coast. Heavy rains to dampen fuel demand Photos of the destruction Over 510,000…

Hurricane Sally swamps Gulf Coast with ‘historic’ flooding Hurricane Sally uprooted trees, flooded streets and cut power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses as it brought what the U.S. National Hurricane Center called “historic and catastrophic” flooding to the Alabama-Florida coast. Heavy rains to dampen fuel demand Photos of the destruction Over 510,000…

Hurricane Sally swamps Gulf Coast with ‘historic’ flooding Hurricane Sally uprooted trees, flooded streets and cut power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses as it brought what the U.S. National Hurricane Center called “historic and catastrophic” flooding to the Alabama-Florida coast. Heavy rains to dampen fuel demand Photos of the destruction Over 510,000…

Hurricane Sally swamps Gulf Coast with ‘historic’ flooding Hurricane Sally uprooted trees, flooded streets and cut power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses as it brought what the U.S. National Hurricane Center called “historic and catastrophic” flooding to the Alabama-Florida coast. Heavy rains to dampen fuel demand Photos of the destruction Over 510,000…

Hurricane Sally swamps Gulf Coast with ‘historic’ flooding Hurricane Sally uprooted trees, flooded streets and cut power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses as it brought what the U.S. National Hurricane Center called “historic and catastrophic” flooding to the Alabama-Florida coast. Heavy rains to dampen fuel demand Photos of the destruction Over 510,000…

He was in Dubai for a meeting, then reappeared in Rwanda, where authorities said the famed hotelier was arrested on charges including terrorism, arson and murder.Paul Rusesabagina emerged on Monday in handcuffs at the headquarters of the Rwanda Investigation Bureau in Kigali.Credit…Clement Uwiringiyimana/ReutersPublished Sept. 1, 2020Updated Sept. 15, 2020NAIROBI, Kenya — When Paul Rusesabagina, the…

Image copyright Getty Images Abortion is arguably the most divisive issue in US politics – and with the presidential candidates promising to either revoke national rights to abortion or take extra steps to safeguard it, the stakes have never been higher.With President Trump in the White House, anti-abortion activists are energised and Republican-controlled states have…

in her words“It’s like basketball: Preparation shows, and we’ve been prepared for this moment,” says New York Liberty guard Layshia Clarendon.The Washington Mystics wore white T-shirts that spelled out Jacob Blake on the front and featured illustrations of seven bullet holes on the back. The team was protesting the police shooting of a Black man…

The police and protesters in Australia clashed at a rally calling for an easing of restrictions. And politics delayed efforts by U.S.A.I.D. to help communities around in the world.Right NowA college student in Britain was fined £10,000 after organizing a party for more than 50 people in violation of pandemic restrictions.ImageChecking a customer’s temperature in…

College sports leaders aren’t thrilled to see football assume a role in the presidential campaign, but they’re not surprised.Credit…Michelle KondrichSept. 12, 2020Updated 12:25 p.m. ETKevin Warren, the commissioner of the Big Ten Conference, was at his home near Minneapolis one morning this month when President Trump made a hastily arranged call to him.Warren’s league had…

News AnalysisPresenting himself as a warrior against identity politics, the president has increasingly made appeals to the grievances of white supporters a centerpiece of his re-election campaign.President Trump greeted law enforcement officers at a high school in Kenosha, Wis., last week. He has staunchly defended the police and repeatedly criticized protesters who have called for…

They used to arrive before dawn. Hundreds of them came to scream and leap and wave posters scrawled with the names of their hometowns as they vied to be caught on camera among the “Today” show crowd. “People dream about coming to 30 Rockefeller Plaza,” Hoda Kotb, the show’s co-anchor, told me recently over Zoom…

For all that narratives about crime shape American politics, survivors are rarely at the center of the conversation, if they are heard at all. A campaign called #HealTheVote is trying to change that.Over the next nine weeks, a campaign will train local organizers to ensure that crime survivors know where and how to vote.Credit…Lauren Justice…

Four years ago, many designers said they wouldn’t dress Melania Trump. This election, designers and retailers have another message: Vote.Clockwise from top left: Victor Glemaud, Brandon Maxwell, Tanya Taylor, Liya Kebede, Fe Noel and Prabal Gurung created designs for the Fashion Our Future 2020 voter awareness and registration project.Sept. 2, 2020Updated 1:48 p.m. ETAround this…

There’s a large partisan divide in parents’ views on whether it’s safe for students and teachers to return to school, several new surveys find.Brittany Goddard, a teacher, at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City this month. The question of whether and how in-person instruction should proceed has often divided teachers, administrators and parents…

Poll WatchAlthough most voters complain about President Trump’s often abrasive personality, Americans over all are actually far more likely to say they’re bothered by his personal foibles than by his politics.ImageThroughout his first run for the Republican presidential nomination, Donald J. Trump derided teleprompters as a silly stamp of political insiderism. “I say we should…

Roxanne Jones, a founding editor of ESPN Magazine and former vice president at ESPN, has been a producer, reporter and editor at the New York Daily News and The Philadelphia Inquirer. Jones is co-author of “Say it Loud: An Illustrated History of the Black Athlete.” She talks politics, sports and culture weekly on Philadelphia’s 900AM…

T PresentsThe artistic polymath has pushed the limits of genre, exploring ideas about gender and politics in nearly every form imaginable.The artist Juliana Huxtable photographed in her Berlin apartment.Credit…Florian ThossJuliana Huxtable is not one to sit idle. Since graduating from Bard College in 2010, she has leapt between various corners of the New York arts…

Universities have had mixed messages, competing agendas and a lack of transparency as they consider whether to hold college football in the fall, with billions of dollars at stake.Ohio State is part of the Big Ten Conference, which postponed its fall football season, meaning its teams will not play until January at the earliest.Credit…Megan Jelinger/ReutersAs…

Corruption scandals in Ohio and Illinois reveal an unsavory underside to the politics of energy.By Justin GillisMr. Gillis is a contributing Opinion writer and a former environmental reporter for The Times.Aug. 2, 2020Credit…Adam McCauleyThe billion-dollar bailout of one of Ohio’s biggest utilities seemed suspicious from the start. It turns out the F.B.I. was paying attention,…

In her new podcast, the former first lady connected her experience with the effects of quarantine and news about civil unrest and politics.Michelle Obama said she had benefited from keeping a routine, including exercise, getting fresh air and having a regular dinner time.Credit…Vincent Thian/Associated PressPublished Aug. 6, 2020Updated Aug. 18, 2020Michelle Obama said this week…

Joe Biden’s selection of Kamala Harris reaffirmed progressives’ fears of a Biden administration rooted in establishment politics. But rather than revolt, many snuffed out their criticisms.In choosing Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate, Joseph R. Biden Jr. opted for a moderate ideological ally. Credit…Erin Schaff/The New York TimesPublished Aug. 12, 2020Updated Aug. 19, 2020From the…

(CNN)In politics, there is no such thing as a coincidence.Politics is a game of timing, calculation and appearances, and it’s very, very rare that anything happens entirely by chance.As in, when an ambitious politician books a trip to Iowa or New Hampshire, it’s not by accident, or as a long-promised favor for a good friend.…

In Missouri, Cori Bush, a progressive activist, upset the 10-term incumbent William Lacy Clay Jr., marking another major step forward for the progressive movement in its bid to threaten centrist officials.Representative Roger Marshall speaking with reporters near Pawnee Rock, Kan., on Tuesday. Mr. Marshall had been seen by establishment Republicans as the stronger general election…

News AnalysisGeorge Wallace’s speeches and interviews from his 1968 campaign feature language and appeals that sound familiar again as the “law and order” president sends federal forces into the streets.VideotranscripttranscriptTrump and George Wallace Share a Speaking StylePresident Trump’s statements about demonstrations across the country have much in common with George Wallace’s infamously inflammatory rhetoric, echoing…

Here’s what you need to know: Republicans have intensified their unrest-focused message, with Kenosha as a backdrop. Richard Grenell, a former diplomat and intelligence official, revives an unsubstantiated wiretap claim. We fact-checked the Republican National Convention. Clarence Henderson, a civil rights pioneer, makes a case for ‘peaceful’ protests. Lara Trump says her ‘preconceived notion’ about…

Officials project optimism. But a chorus of experts says the pandemic and politics could lead to a deeply flawed count.A volunteer holding up a census sign in Perris, Calif., in August.Credit…Christian Monterrosa for The New York TimesWASHINGTON — With the 2020 census into its final stage, more than one in three people hired as census…

Some of it is familiar, after almost 50 years in politics. Some of it, like delivering such a momentous address to a virtual crowd, will be new.Joseph R. Biden Jr. will give the most important — and probably most surreal — address of his career.Credit…Courtland Wells for The New York TimesPublished Aug. 20, 2020Updated Aug.…

A directive orders experts to find ways to tally undocumented residents. Some fear the end result will be a skewed allotment of seats in the House of Representatives.A census rally outside the Supreme Court last year. Experts inside and outside the Census Bureau fear that the Trump administration wants to tailor population figures for maximum…

Listen to This ArticleAudio Recording by AudmTo hear more audio stories from publishers like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.A case can be made that the apex of Donald Trump’s presidency occurred early this year, around the time of the State of the Union address. The Feb. 4 speech to a…

There were surprises this week that weren’t entirely shocking: Ms. Harris joined Joe Biden’s ticket and President Trump resurrected birtherism. Here’s what to make of the last week in politics.Senator Kamala Harris with Joseph R. Biden Jr., signing documents to receive the Democratic nomination for vice president and president.Credit…Michelle V. Agins/The New York TimesPublished Aug.…

Vague allegations against the Massachusetts congressional candidate offer a case study in how progressives navigate issues of sex and power in politics when judgment is often swift and unforgiving.Alex Morse, the 31-year-old, gay mayor of Holyoke, Mass., says the allegations have only helped his campaign to unseat a Democratic incumbent in Congress.Credit…Tony Luong for The…

(CNN)Joe Biden formally accepted the nomination of his party Thursday night, arguing that America will choose hope over fear, facts over fiction and fairness over privilege as he cast President Donald Trump as a failed leader who has shirked responsibility while stoking hate and division.The former vice president said the United States has faced an…

Aug 22nd 2020Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus, continued to cling to power despite large demonstrations and strikes, after he fraudulently claimed victory in an election on August 9th. The European Union’s leaders have refused to recognise the result, and vowed to enact sanctions against officials involved in ballot fraud and in brutal attacks on…

FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn (left), Vice President Mike Pence, and Dr. Ella Grach, CEO of Wake Research, at the NC Biotechnology Center in July, where Phase 3 trials for a coronavirus vaccine candidate are underway. Gerry Broome/AP hide caption toggle caption Gerry Broome/AP FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn (left), Vice President Mike Pence, and Dr. Ella…

VideotranscripttranscriptN.Y. Attorney General Sues to Dissolve N.R.A. Over CorruptionThe New York attorney general, Letitia James, alleged that years of corruption by National Rifle Association executives undermined its ability to operate as a nonprofit.Just a few minutes ago, my office filed the lawsuit against the National Rifle Association to dissolve the organization in its entirety for…

Had she, in the throes of segregation and suffrage, cast a hard-won vote? I needed to know.Susie Jones in 1920. She moved to Greensboro, N.C., in 1926 and helped her husband at Bennett College.Credit…Martha S. JonesPublished Aug. 14, 2020Updated Aug. 19, 2020I was looking for my grandmother. That meant spending a warm fall day in…

VideotranscripttranscriptN.Y. Attorney General Sues to Dissolve N.R.A. Over CorruptionThe New York attorney general, Letitia James, alleged that years of corruption by National Rifle Association executives undermined its ability to operate as a nonprofit.Just a few minutes ago, my office filed the lawsuit against the National Rifle Association to dissolve the organization in its entirety for…

michelle goldbergI’m Michelle Goldberg.michelle cottleI’m Michelle Cottle.jamelle bouieI’m Jamelle Bouie.frank bruniAnd I’m Frank Bruni, and this is “The Argument.”The Democratic convention is finally here, if you can even call it a convention. Like all else about a presidential campaign conducted in the shadow of a pandemic, it’s nothing like what happened in years past. Does…

Agree with her politics or not, the California Senator’s rise to the VP ticket is something every disrupter can be inspired by. Grow Your Business, Not Your Inbox Stay informed and join our daily newsletter now! August 26, 2020 5 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Adversity. That is the foundation…

(CNN)The contrast was jarring. In the space of 30 minutes at the Republican National Convention on Monday night, Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of the current President, and Tim Scott, the first African American Republican elected to the Senate from South Carolina, presented radically different views of what it means to be a Republican…

Close games, social justice protests and a principal role for Rudy Gobert, again.The New Orleans Pelicans and Utah Jazz during the national anthem on the first night of the N.B.A.’s return.Credit…Ashley Landis/USA Today Sports, via ReutersPublished July 31, 2020Updated Aug. 27, 2020LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — When his postgame Zoom interview was over, before making…

Immediately after Kamala Harris was announced as Joe Biden’s Vice Presidential nominee, the race was on to define her. For millions of voters who didn’t know much about the junior Senator from California, first impressions would matter. GOP pundits, led by the president, threw a lot of contradictory mud to see what would stick: She’s…

(The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters.) * U.S. Imports of Canadian aluminium: tmsnrt.rs/2YTWhbE * U.S. Midwest Premium: tmsnrt.rs/2Y2p6TJ By Andy Home LONDON, Aug 14 (Reuters) – The United States will reinstate tariffs on imports of Canadian primary aluminium this weekend. This is not unexpected despite a ferocious rearguard…

(CNN)President Donald Trump was up bright and early Thursday morning — calling in to Maria Bartiromo’s show on the Fox Business Network to riff on everything from Kamala Harris to Bill Barr to cows. (Yes, cows.)I went through the transcript of the interview and pulled out the lines you need to see.1. “Well, she’s radical…

Aug 13th 2020Joe Biden named Kamala Harris, a senator from California, as his running-mate. The daughter of a Jamaican-American economist and an Indian-American cancer researcher, she is the first black woman or Asian-American on a major-party presidential ticket. Democrats largely praised her as a safe, charismatic choice, though some queried her respect for civil liberties,…

KARACHI, Aug 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Craftsman Mohammad Zakir, 35, who lives in a low-lying area of Karachi’s Orangi Town, does not recall the authorities ever cleaning out the stormwater drain serving his neighbourhood. Thorani Goth in West District was flooded during the fourth bout of monsoon rain this season from Aug. 6-8. During…

Bill Gates on June 24, 2020 in Washington.Screenshot: Getty Images for All In WA (Getty Images)Billionaire tech legend Bill Gates says testing for coronavirus in the U.S. has been a “screw-job” that’s providing very little value because test results aren’t coming back quickly enough. Most Americans are waiting several days and sometimes weeks to get…

When Karen Bass, a Congresswoman from Los Angeles, emerged in late July as a serious contender to be Joe Biden’s running mate, interest in her Wikipedia page exploded. By that time, the entry had grown to 4,000 words, been worked over by more than 50 different editors, and drew a weekly readership of 360,000. During…

The co-founder and CEO of the 19th*, a nonprofit newsroom focused on women and politics, talks about diversity in journalism, activism and entrepreneurship. Grow Your Business, Not Your Inbox Stay informed and join our daily newsletter now! August 7, 2020 6 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. During Emily Ramshaw’s maternity…

Aug 8th 2020A state of emergency was declared in Lebanon, after a huge explosion at Beirut’s port. The blast was felt in Cyprus, 240km away. It killed at least 135 people, injured 5,000 and left 300,000 homeless. The cause was a fire in a warehouse holding 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate, a chemical used in…

Seth Rogen is a man of many occupations: actor, writer, director, freelance ceramicist. But he’s never been his own costar, until now; his latest, An American Pickle (premiering Thursday on HBO Max), which he also produced, finds the actor playing both a (literally) pickled Old World immigrant named Herschel Greenbaum and his own millennial great…

A new report from Pew Research makes an attempt to better understand U.S. adults who get their news largely from social media platforms, and compare their understanding of current events and political knowledge to those who use other sources, like TV, radio, and news publications. The top-level finding, according to Pew, is that social media…

Jul 30th 2020There were fears in Europe of a resurgence of covid-19. Catalonia returned to a form of lockdown. Britain announced that people arriving from Spain, including British tourists coming back from the beach, should quarantine for 14 days. The Spanish government was irked. Croatia, Germany, Luxembourg and Romania all saw localised spikes of coronavirus.…

Jul 23rd 2020After intense wrangling, the heads of government in the European Union agreed to a €750bn ($869bn) stimulus package. The negotiations were even more tricky than usual, though the outcome was hailed as a breakthrough. It is the first time the EU as a bloc will issue bonds on a huge scale to back…

Jul 25th 2020After intense wrangling, the heads of government in the European Union agreed to a €750bn ($869bn) stimulus package. The negotiations were even more tricky than usual, though the outcome was hailed as a breakthrough. It is the first time the EU as a bloc will issue bonds on a huge scale to back…

In early February, Taiwan had a mask supply problem. Howard Wu, a 35-year-old software engineer, watched as Covid-19-induced stress levels rose in his social media feeds. Friends and family were swamping LINE, Taiwan’s most popular messaging app, with up-to-the-minute reports saying which local convenience stores still had masks in stock—or were completely out. So Wu…

Coronavirus latest news: Care home visits can resume in England, Government announces ​Labour agrees to pay ‘substantial damages’ to Panorama film’s anti-Semitism whistleblowers Jeremy Corbyn deserves to lose the whip, but it would plunge Labour into its worst civil war yet Revealed: The parts of Portugal where we could get regional air bridges from Monday Russia…

Image copyright EPA Singapore may be one of the world’s wealthiest and “smartest” countries, but there’s one thing it has never had, until now – an official opposition party. After a recent surprising election, change is in the air, writes the BBC’s Sharanjit Leyl. On 10 July, voters wearing masks stood in socially distanced queues…

Up until a few years ago, Abigail Reed’s politics were in line with those of her parents. She understood their point of view, and she followed it. Then Reed, a recent high school graduate from Indianapolis who is headed to college in a few weeks, started thinking for herself. She started having conversations with people…

Libreria Acqua Alta is Instagram famous. More than 30,000 people have tagged themselves visiting the enchanting bookstore, but unlike other popular buildings in Venice, Libreria Acqua Alta isn’t a church or canalside palazzo. It’s quintessentially Venice in another way: It’s designed to outsmart the floods that have plagued the city for centuries.Inside you’ll find books…

When Ricardo Alvarado went grocery shopping this week, he had a list of items to buy, but he steered clear of anything from Goya Foods. “I was using their beans, but I found a different brand,” he said. “I switched olive oil, too, and I bought my own spices, not theirs.”A performing artist based in…

Jul 18th 2020Donald Trump signed an executive order ending Hong Kong’s privileged trading status with America, in response to China’s imposition of a crushing national-security law. Under new legislation, banks aiding officials who implement the law may face sanctions, as may the officials. See article.Separately, China announced sanctions against American officials, including Marco Rubio and…

(CNN)”I leave elective office with my integrity in tact,” Jeff Sessions said Tuesday night following his rout at the hands of former Auburn University football coach Tommy Tuberville in a runoff for the Alabama Republican Senate nomination. “This chapter of my life is closed.”Sessions didn’t name the chapter that had just closed but, if he…

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks at McGregor Industries on July 09, 2020 in Dunmore, Pennsylvania.Photo: Spencer Platt (Getty Images)On Tuesday, Democratic presidential challenger Joe Biden released a major update to his climate plan. It has a big splashy number—$2 trillion over four years—and some solid policies. It shows, definitively, that progressives are winning…

Roxanne Jones, a founding editor of ESPN Magazine and former vice president at ESPN, has been a producer, reporter and editor at the New York Daily News and The Philadelphia Inquirer. Jones is co-author of “Say it Loud: An Illustrated History of the Black Athlete.” She talks politics, sports and culture weekly on Philadelphia’s 900AM…

Jul 11th 2020Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, who has downplayed the threat of covid-19, flouted social-distancing guidelines and said that his “athletic history” would protect him, tested positive for the coronavirus.Luis Abinader, a businessman from the centre-left Modern Revolutionary Party, won the Dominican Republic’s presidential election. His victory ends 16 years of rule by the Dominican…