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As RNC Speakers Denounce Protests, Police Pepper Spray Activists Protesting RNC
Charlotte police bull-rushed protesters with their bikes and pepper-sprayed individuals in the face at close range.
Pandemic Could Disenfranchise Hundreds of Thousands of Nursing Home Residents
The looming mass disenfranchisement of the U.S.’s elderly and disabled is a hidden effect of the ongoing crisis.
Top Democrat Demands DeJoy Turn Over All Secret Trump Campaign Communications
DeJoy conceded that he has “spoken to people that are friends of mine that are associated with the campaign.”
Trump and Sen. Martha McSally Could Lose Arizona for GOP, Republicans Fear
Sagging poll numbers for Trump and McSally threaten to flip both chambers of the state legislature to Democrats.
People Who Live in Red States Die Younger. Conservative Policies Are to Blame.
A major new study has documented how differences in life expectancy correlate closely with many state policies.
Nearly 9,000 New COVID Cases Identified Among Florida Kids After Schools Reopen
A new study finds that asymptomatic children have likely played a bigger role in the spread of infections.
RNC Gave Prime Time to Vigilantes. The Next Day a Gunman Shot BLM Protesters.
The RNC illustrates the many links between explicit and implicit endorsements of white supremacy and authoritarianism.
Night Two of the RNC Was All About Mainstreaming the Extreme Right
The RNC’s shifting schedule highlights the party’s uneasy mix of conspiracy theorists and boilerplate GOP economics.
CDC’s New Testing Guidelines Appear to Follow Trump’s Call to “Slow the Testing”
The new guidelines fly in the face of the CDC’s own estimates that 40 percent of COVID carriers are asymptomatic.
Right-Wing Reporter With No Known Health Expertise Is Given Senior Post at FDA
Emily Miller has been known to peddle conspiracy theories and has made inaccurate COVID-19 claims.