Sarah Jones
Staff writer, @Intelligencer/@NYmag. Member, @NYGuild. A literary wildcat from the backwoods. Tips: [email protected], [email protected]
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Bill de Blasio Is Picking a Fight He Might Not Be Able to Win
The mayor wants to reopen school buildings whether teachers like it or not.
Sarah Jones
people keep talking about New York's low positivity rate for COVID-19 tests, but there are other factors to consider when we're talking about reopening public schools
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Let it flow: Trump Administration eases showerhead rules
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump Administration wants to change the definition of a showerhead to let more water flow, addressing a pet peeve of the president who complains he isn't getting wet...
My Dark Journey Into the Soul of a Model Young Republican Candidate
Madison Cawthorn is a handsome guy, if your tastes run towards toothy, muscled blondes. In interviews, the 25-year-old Republican practically gleams with youthful vigor, his locks swept back and gelled à la Richard Spencer. Cawthorn’s age is his...
Sarah Jones
New entry: "Young right-winger named 'Madison Cawthorn' dropped out of Patrick Henry College after one semester"
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‘There’s a Need for Organizers Everywhere’
Representative Pramila Jayapal on sparring with Bill Barr, Jeff Bezos, and Joe Biden.
Sarah Jones
It was a pleasure to talk to @RepJayapal about her new book, her past work as an organizer, and the particularities of navigating the House when you're an outspoken progressive
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Sarah Jones
Here's what Pramila Jayapal told me earlier this summer about the path for the left now that Biden is the top of the ticket nymag.com/intelligencer/… pic.twitter.com/K0Iv5OwApl
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Dems Say Sexist Attacks Are Wrong. Someone Tell Sarah Palin!
Liberals are busy pre-butting expected sexist attacks on Biden’s vice-presidential choice. Gee, I remember a different time...
New York’s true nursing home death toll cloaked in secrecy
NEW YORK (AP) — Riverdale Nursing Home in the Bronx appears, on paper, to have escaped the worst of the coronavirus pandemic, with an official state count of just four deaths in its 146-bed...
Post-Gazette union overwhelmingly votes to strike, now awaits OK from union leaders
Today, members belonging to the union that represents journalists at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette overwhelmingly voted to call on their parent unions to authorize a strike...
40 million Americans are at risk of eviction without a stimulus bill
Up to 40 million Americans could be evicted by the end of this year, according to a new report published Friday by the Aspen Institute.
Federal agency to reopen 53 Native American schools despite coronavirus fears
"Life is what is important right now. I wouldn't take that risk. I just wouldn't," one Bureau of Indian Education educator told the agency in mid-July.
Two Cedarville board members resign over White reinstatement
President Thomas White directed to complete courses on victim prevention, victim advocacy, emphasize victim prevention, awareness
Sarah Jones
I have to give Liberty some credit here. The president of my alma mater knowingly hired a sexual predator, lied to faculty and staff about it, then came back as president after a brief investigation so 🤷♀️
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Over 300 DNC delegates, members urge Biden to pick Bass for VP
“We urge Vice President Biden to choose her to join the ticket," the announcement reads.
Cuomo Allows Courts To Continue Pausing Evictions, But Thousands Of Tenants May Still Be At Risk
More court guidance is expected soon.
What Cori Bush Means to the Left
Her upset win over a political dynasty demonstrates the left’s staying power.
Sarah Jones
I wrote about Cori Bush's victory and what it says about the maturing political power of the left
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As a plague sweeps the land, zealots see a gift from heaven
Extremist pastors are using the COVID-19 pandemic to push their conservative religious ideologies.
Jerry Falwell Apologizes For Pic Of Him With Unzipped Pants In Head-Scratching Interview
The influential evangelical leader said in a slurred voice, "I’ve apologized to everybody and I promised my kids, I’m gonna try to be a good boy from her...
Why Your Boomer Parents Are Obsessed With Sarah Cooper
Sarah Cooper has an outstanding résumé. Apart from her background as a standup comedian, she’s worked at Google, written for an animated series and published...
Paid Notice: Deaths <br> LIU, JOAN (BORN JOAN BROWN HARROP)
LIU--Joan (born Joan Brown Harrop), died peacefully in Chestnut Hill, MA, on August 28, 2008. Born in Manchester, England in 1923, she attended London University, and began working for the United Nations in 1945. Previously of New Rochelle and...
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Sarah Jones
the other very interesting thing about this piece is that it's written by the daughter of Scott McConnell, heir to the Avon fortune/co-founder of the American Conservative, and she could presumably hire as many carers and tutors as she pleases archive.nytimes.com/query.nytimes.… pic.twitter.com/5yhFhBkMiT
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Teachers Aren’t Sacrificial Lambs. No Essential Worker Is.
Don’t blame school workers for trying to protect themselves from danger.
Sarah Jones
Trump wants to pit essential workers against each other. Essential workers shouldn’t take the bait. (Especially not for a freelance check from the Atlantic! Have some dignity!)
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I wrote about the bad Atlantic piece because I think it debuts arguments we're going to be dealing with for a while
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Sarah Jones
anyway, don't blame teachers (or their unions) for the inadequacies of the American welfare state
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