Sarah Jones
Staff writer, @Intelligencer/@NYmag. Member, @NYGuild. A literary wildcat from the backwoods. Tips: [email protected], [email protected]
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AOC’s Next Four Years
The history-making congresswoman addresses her biggest critics, the challenges that loom no matter who wins, and what she’s taking on next.
Why Reopening Schools Has Become the Most Fraught Debate of the Pandemic
Popular writers and academics have dismissed words of caution from epidemiologists about coronavirus transmission among children.
Amy Coney Barrett’s Confirmation Is Proof That Norms Are Dead
Even if he loses next week, Trump got his third justice. The only question is: What are Democrats going to do about it if they gain power?
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Jared Kushner Told the Truth About Republicans and Black People
The president’s son-in-law said what a lot of conservatives really believe.
She taught fourth graders about Black Lives Matter. Parents demanded her firing.
She wanted her fourth grade class to understand systemic racism. Parents said she was indoctrinating their children and wanted her fired.
OBITUARY: Coal magnate Bob Murray dies at 80
Robert "Bob" Murray, an Appalachian coal baron and prominent Republican donor, died yesterday in his St. Clairsville, Ohio, home.
Analysis: U.S. Supreme Court nominee Barrett often rules for police in excessive force cases
In her three years as a federal appeals court judge, U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett has consistently sided with police or prison guards accused of using excessive force, a Reuters review of cases she was involved in shows.
The Bernie Organizers Who Want to Elect Biden—Then Defeat Him
A grassroots coalition is fighting like hell to build power for the left. Securing a Democratic win this presidential election is a necessary detour on that path.
Inside the campaign to 'pizzagate' Hunter Biden
Pizzagate-style rumors in 2016 were largely confined to far-right message boards. This year, they are reaching the mainstream with help from a website boosted by Trump.
Madison Cawthorn’s Racist Website - The Bulwark
A new attack website put up by the Madison Cawthorn campaign includes an explicitly racist broadside against his opponent, Moe Davis (D-NC), for associating himself with people who want to “ruin white males.” For real. The website, MoeTaxes.com...
Democratic Upstart Jaime Harrison on What He Really Thinks of Lindsey Graham
The South Carolina politician began as a long shot to upset a GOP Senate fixture. Now he’s breaking fundraising records.
How New York’s mis-steps let Covid-19 overwhelm the US
City leaders saw the threat but did not act: why arguments and rivalries among politicians and power groups allowed disaster to unfold
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reading this and thinking about the fact that a rep from the health department back home in southwest VA told me that the virus was probably introduced to the area by locals who'd traveled to New York
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COVID outbreaks in Michigan schools rise 25 percent in a week
There are outbreaks in 84 Michigan schools in 31 counties, and college cases top 5,000, says a state report released Monday.
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Brings Back Borat, With His Daughter in Tow
Sacha Baron Cohen reprises his most famous role, heckling Mike Pence and pranking Rudy Giuliani alongside excellent new sidekick Maria Bakalova.
Editorial: Barrett's moral relativism is cause for rejection from the bench
The United States Senate should reject the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.
We believed it was wrong for the Senate to consider this nomination in the first place given the...
Systemic Risk in the Broad Economy
After the 2008 financial crisis, research and policy focused on the risk that heavily interconnected networks could fuel the spread of economic crises—a problem known as systemic risk. A new analysis considers systemic risk in other sectors like...
9. Domination Ecosystem
Cold open: TMK x SoftBank
Main show: Sure you might know all about Amazon’s extensive network of hellish warehouses, its horrendously exploitative labor conditions, its cynical partnerships with the
Irl: Finding Realness, Meaning, and Belonging in Our Digital Lives
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happy book-day to @ChrisDStedman, one of the best people I know! IRL is a beautiful, honest book, a true balm for my Twitter-addled brain
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Attica Scott: Dems Didn’t Have My Back After Protest Arrest
The only Black woman in the Kentucky legislature is ready for change, especially after Breonna Taylor. Is her party?
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I talked to @atticascott4ky about her recent arrest, the state of her party, and what it's like being the only Black woman in the Kentucky legislature
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A Tale Of Two Kinds of Media Workers
If Zoom Dick has reinforced anything about journalism, it’s the reminder of a stark stratification in the industry.
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"You’re a figurative Toobin, or you’re writing 7 posts a day, wondering if you’ll be allowed back in the office to collect the stuff on your desk if you get let go in the looming next round of layoffs."
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