Three of the Most Viral Claims About the Coronavirus Are Fake
A laboratory operator wearing a protective gear handles patients’ samples in a laboratory of the National Reference Center (CNR) for respiratory viruses—including coronavirus—at the Institut Pasteur in Paris on January 28, 2020.Thomas Samson/Getty Since it was first detected in December, in Wuhan, China, the number of known people infected with the coronavirus has ballooned to nearly 6,000,…
Yes in My Backyard: A Radical Approach to Improving Homeless Encampments
An Oakland, California, tent encampment similar to the one at 37th and Martin Luther King Jr. WayJane Tyska/Digital First Media/The East Bay Times via Getty Welcome to Recharge, a weekly newsletter full of stories that will energize your inner hellraiser. See more editions and sign up here. For a decade, she lived two doors down…
Trump’s Greatest Trick Was Convincing Voters That Women Can’t Win Elections
On November 5, New York Times polling savant Nate Cohn appeared as a guest on The Daily, the paper’s popular podcast, to shed light on the biggest question in the Democratic presidential primary. The episode’s title: “Who’s Actually Electable in 2020?” Cohn took to the microphone to deliver some real talk to millions of listeners:…
The Washington Post Leadership Devalued Jamal Khashoggi’s Legacy
A protester against the US involvement in Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen holds a sign demanding justice for murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.Ronen Tivony/Zuma The Washington Post’s decision to suspend reporter Felicia Sonmez for her factually true tweets about the credible rape allegation against Kobe Bryant, in the moments after his death, was explained…
Like All Building Projects, California’s Housing Bill Is Behind Schedule and Causing Headaches
Richard Vogel/AP images Earlier this month, it looked like California’s hotly contested housing legislation, Senate Bill 50, might fail yet again. As it was nearing a fatal deadline, bill author state Sen. Scott Wiener caught a break: Senate President Pro Tempore Toni Atkins moved the bill out of the Appropriations Committee, where it was held…
Trump Lawyer Says Bolton Should Testify
Consolidated News Photos/CNP via ZUMA Jay Sekulow makes the case that . . . something. You tell me: Sekulow read several statements denying Bolton’s allegation that Trump directly tied the withholding of military aid to Ukraine to investigations into his political rivals. Sekulow then sought to emphasize what remains unknown about Bolton’s still-unpublished book, calling…