Fri, Jul 31 2020

The Washington Post – Adam Taylor – Jul 31, 2020, 3:05 AM

PORTLAND, Ore. — After President Trump ordered federal law enforcement officers into Portland, Ore. earlier this month, the protests largely ended the same way for days: with tear gas, rubber bullets and arrests. On Thursday, the first…

For several years, it has been the stuff of his opponents' nightmares: that President Trump, facing the prospect of defeat in the 2020 election, would declare by presidential edict that the vote had been delayed or canceled. Never mind that no…

On March 31, three weeks after the World Health Organization designated the coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic, a DHL truck rattled up to the gray stone embassy of the United Arab Emirates in Washington, D.C., delivering precious cargo: 1…

The Washington Post – Michelle Lee, Jacob Bogage – Jul 30, 2020, 4:57 PM

As President Trump ramps up his unfounded attacks on mail balloting as susceptible to widespread fraud, postal employees and union officials say the changes implemented by the Trump fundraiser-turned-postmaster general Louis DeJoy are contributing…

I have voted Republican in every presidential election since 1980, including voting for Donald Trump in 2016. I wrote op-eds and a law review article protesting what I believe was an unconstitutional investigation by Robert Mueller. I also wrote an…

James wrote to the believers, “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be…

I recently took a drive-through COVID-19 test at the University of North Carolina. Everything was well organized and efficient: I was swabbed for 15 uncomfortable seconds and sent home with two pages of instructions on what to do if I were to test…

The Washington Post – Margaret Sullivan – Jul 30, 2020, 8:47 AM

Given this, and a few other hideous developments, it's time to acknowledge the painfully obvious: America has waved the white flag and surrendered. With 150,000 dead from Covid-19, we've not only lost the public-health war, we've lost the war for…

Nearly two-thirds of Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump 's handling of three major challenges facing the country -- the coronavirus pandemic, nationwide unrest over racial inequality and relations with Russia -- in a new ABC News/Ipsos…

In late June, The New York Times published an article by Noam Scheiber detailing discomfort staffers at The Ringer feel about managers' commitment to racial diversity and inclusion. K. Austin Collins, a former Ringer employee, was one of four Black…