Monthly Archives: جولای 2020

July 28, 2020 The conservative intelligentsia keeps returning to authoritarianism. Back in June of last year, I wrote a column about how the intellectual right was talking itself into tearing down American democracy. The occasion was a debate between David French, a social-conservative defender of the right to religious freedom enshrined in the First Amendment,Continue reading “When conservatives become revolutionaries”

President Donald Trump plans to announce a decision ordering China’s ByteDance Ltd. to divest its ownership of the popular U.S.-based music-video app TikTok, according to people familiar with the matter. The U.S. has been investigating potential national security risks due to the company’s control of the app, and Trump’s decision could be announced as soonContinue reading “Trump Expected to Order China’s ByteDance to Sell TikTok in U.S.”

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said talks with the White House on a new coronavirus aid bill were not yet on a path toward reaching a deal Friday, hours before the expiration of a federal unemployment benefit that has been an essential lifeline for millions of Americans. Asked why she rejected a proposalContinue reading “U.S. unemployment benefit increase from coronavirus relief bill expires today”

Beyoncé is making Disney look bad. Not because there is anything wrong with her second visual album, Black Is King, which debuted on Disney+ on Friday — actually, quite the opposite. Using the music from The Gift, her tie-in soundtrack to 2019’s photorealistic remake of The Lion King, Beyoncé re-centers the story of a youngContinue reading “4 truths about America’s rapidly shrinking economy”

Now that we’re deep into the dog days of summer, nearly five months into a quarantine that could go on for much longer and, following the launch of Peacock a few weeks ago, swimming in more streaming content than ever, platforms are getting creative about how they fill their schedules. In many cases, that meansContinue reading “The 5 Best New TV Shows Our Critic Watched in July 2020”

Infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci resisted efforts by Republicans to criticize recent protests against racial injustice while pushing back on their continued promotion of hydroxycholoroquine as a possible coronavirus remedy in Congress on Friday. Fauci’s testimony at a hearing of the U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on the coronavirus crisis came at the end ofContinue reading “Fauci rebuts Republican claims about hydroxychloroquine in Capitol Hill session”

Beyoncé is making Disney look bad. Not because there is anything wrong with her second visual album, Black Is King, which debuted on Disney+ on Friday — actually, quite the opposite. Using the music from The Gift, her tie-in soundtrack to 2019’s photorealistic remake of The Lion King, Beyoncé re-centers the story of a youngContinue reading “CDC’s Atlanta-area antibody study ‘freaked out’ residents after community outreach failure”

When Barack Obama strode to the front of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s one-time church in Atlanta to eulogize Civil Rights icon and Congressman John Lewis, few expected the take-away to be his call for changes to arcane Senate procedures. But when the histories of Civil Rights in the twenty-first century are written,Continue reading “The Best Way to Honor John Lewis? Ditch the Filibuster, Barack Obama Says”

Negotiations over another coronavirus relief bill continue, the No. 2 Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives said as a federal jobless benefit was set to expire on Friday with no sign of a deal between the White House and Democrats. “We’re going to be negotiating every minute that is possible,” despite the Republican-led Senate’sContinue reading “U.S. coronavirus bill unemployment relief runs out today”

The body of the late Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) was returned to Washington, D.C., to lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda on Monday. The civil rights icon is the first African-American lawmaker to receive the honor. “It is fitting that John Lewis joins this pantheon of patriots, resting upon the same catafalque as PresidentContinue reading “10 things you need to know today: July 28, 2020”