The Latest Coronavirus Victim: The Mona Lisa
January 28, 2020, Paris, France: Chinese tourists wear face mask as they kiss each other near the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, on January 28, 2020. Apaydin Alain/Abaca via ZUMA Press If you hadn’t already, you might want to rethink your European vacation this year. The coronavirus outbreak has led to the closure of any…
Bernie Sanders Lost the Black Vote. That’s Probably a Problem Going Forward.
Bernie Sanders speaks during a campaign event in Spartanburg, South Carolina, on Thursday, February 27.Matt Rourke/AP In the ballroom of a convention center in Columbia, South Carolina, Bernie Sanders campaign co-chair Nina Turner stared out at the crowd of supporters that had gathered for what they’d hoped would be another victory party. The group was…
Mike Pence Refuses to Push Back on Don Jr.’s Claim That Dems Are Rooting for Millions to Die of Coronavirus
/CNN On Sunday, coronavirus task force head Vice President Mike Pence went out on the morning talk shows to promote the administration’s response to the epidemic. Instead of reassuring the country that everything was under control, he ended up having to defend the president’s son, Don Jr. It didn’t go well. On Friday, Donald Trump…
Bernie Sanders Makes His Pitch to Virginia Ahead of Super Tuesday
Susan Walsh/AP Hours after billionaire politician Michael Bloomberg tried to convince a posh Northern Virginia hotel conference room full of women to vote for him, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders held his own rally a few miles down the road. Upwards of 10,000 people attended Sanders’ event, held at sports complex in Springfield, compared to the…
When Climate Change Drove All the Men Away
A woman removes weeds from a family farm plot of corn and beans in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.Bill Lambrecht/Zuma This piece was originally published in the National Observer and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. Miles short of the Mexico-US border, rough hands yanked Javier Hernandez from the trunk. They beat him,…
South Carolina Was Supposed to Give Black Issues a Spotlight. The Primary Failed Them.
Joe Biden arrives for a campaign rally Thursday at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina. Scott Olson/Getty Images The Forest Lake Country Club, a white facade on a picturesque lake just north of Columbia, South Carolina, has welcomed the state capital’s white elite for nearly 100 years. Among the members of this bastion of…