Call centers have never been more important, or more strapped. | Getty Images Call centers have never been more important — or more strapped. The Nevada unemployment office was about to close, and Shanay, a 26-year-old Las Vegas resident, had been on hold for nearly 11 hours. More than five weeks earlier, she was laid … Read more
People wait to vote at a voting station for the special election between Democratic state assemblywoman Christy Smith and Republican businessman and ex-Navy pilot Mike Garcia to replace former Democratic Congresswoman Katie Hill in the state’s 25th Congressional District, in Santa Clarita, California, on May 12, 2020. | MARK RALSTON/AFP via Getty Images The race … Read more
Everything we know so far about coronavirus antibody tests, according to experts About two months ago, my partner and I got sick. We experienced high fevers and chills that lasted days, exhaustion, general malaise, and loss of appetite. I even—unfortunately and unmistakably—temporarily lost my senses of taste and smell. But out of fear and misinformation … Read more
Fauci testifies remotely on Tuesday. | Win McNamee/Getty Images Fauci didn’t even say Trump’s name. He didn’t have to. Dr. Anthony Fauci was careful not to directly rebuke President Donald Trump during Tuesday’s Senate hearing on the coronavirus pandemic. Even so, the totality of his testimony undermined talking points Trump has used to downplay the … Read more
Elon Musk has long been critical of the government’s reaction to the coronavirus pandemic. | Ringo H.W. Chiu / AP Photo Elon Musk thinks it’s okay for his Tesla factory to break the rules on reopening. Local officials disagree. Elon Musk has reopened Tesla’s factory in Fremont, California, pushing back against local public health officials … Read more
Transgender activist Aimee Stephens outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on October 8, 2019. | Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images The Court heard her case in October; she didn’t live long enough to hear the decision. Aimee Stephens, the trans woman at the center of the first trans rights case to be fully … Read more
President Donald Trump shakes hands with Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts before the State of the Union address in the House chamber on February 4, 2020 in Washington, DC. | Photo by Leah Millis-Pool/Getty Images This should be a slam dunk case, but the House’s lawyer seemed evasive and unprepared. Trump v. Mazars and … Read more
The products and services mentioned below were selected independent of sales and advertising. However, Simplemost may receive a small commission from the purchase of any products or services through an affiliate link to the retailer’s website. Stay-at-home food trends are moving too fast for slow-food folks like me. To keep up, I’m going to have … Read more
President Donald Trump did not wear a face mask while touring a Honeywell International Inc. factory on May 5, 2020, in Phoenix. | Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images What Trump’s refusal to wear a mask says about white masculinity in this country. When reporter BrieAnna Frank showed up to a Honeywell plant last week in … Read more
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) briefs members of the press at the US Capitol on May 7, 2020, in Washington, DC. | Alex Wong/Getty Images Democrats are eyeing another ambitious stimulus bill with more direct payments and state funding. They still need to negotiate with Republicans. House Democrats have released a more than $3 trillion … Read more