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Bill De Blasio Is Not Anti-Semitic. But His Dumb Tweet Feeds A Dangerous Idea.

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New York City’s mayor has a long history with the city's Jews. His tweet after a funeral still fuels an image that can linger.


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Rudy Giuliani, The Right-Wing Media, And Conspiracy Theorists Are Using American Grants To Chinese Labs To Undermine Anthony Fauci. Here's What They Are Missing.

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The National Institutes of Health has given millions of dollars to scientists studying coronaviruses. That funding didn't cause the COVID-19 pandemic.


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Sen. Kamala Harris Is Introducing A Bill To Address The Racial Disparity In Coronavirus Cases

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Harris's bill would establish a task force to gather data and provide recommendations on coronavirus response for people of color who have been disproportionately affected by the disease.


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Sen. Kamala Harris Is Introducing A Bill To Address The Racial Disparity In Coronavirus Cases

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Harris's bill would establish a task force to gather data and provide recommendations on coronavirus response for people of color who have been disproportionately affected by the disease.


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Congress Is Ratcheting Up Its Efforts To Force The Trump Administration To Publicly Reveal Who Ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s Killing

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The effort would be similar to a successful push years ago to get the Obama administration to declassify a 9/11 report about Saudi Arabia, an official says.


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A US Senator Wants To Know Which Federal Authorities Are Using Clearview AI To Track The Coronavirus

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“Technology has an important role to play in mitigating the COVID-19 pandemic, but this health crisis cannot justify using unreliable surveillance tools that could undermine our privacy rights,” said Sen. Ed Markey.


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Tara Reade Knows She Has A Difficult Allegation. And She’s Had A Difficult Time Getting A Hearing.

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Reade, who has alleged Joe Biden assaulted her in 1993, believes the media is applying a double standard to her story and Democrats aren’t taking her seriously.


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Joe Biden Says Tara Reade’s Account Of Sexual Assault "Never Happened"

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Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, also called on the National Archives to release to the media “any record” of a complaint against him.


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The FDA Has Approved Emergency Use Of Remdesivir To Treat COVID-19

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The drug's approval comes days after a preliminary study showed a four-day decrease in hospital stays following treatment.


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Black Americans Don’t Trust Medicine Because Of Racism. That’s Bad In A Pandemic.

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A legacy of racism has left a dangerous divide between the medical establishment and black Americans, who are now dying at high rates in the coronavirus pandemic.


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US Citizens Kids Of Undocumented Immigrants Sued The Trump Administration For Denying Them Coronavirus Stimulus Checks

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Families can get up to $500 per child under the CARES Act, but a lawsuit accuses the government of unconstitutionally denying those benefits to the children of undocumented immigrants.


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What It's Like For Muslim Essential Workers To Fast During The Coronavirus

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Nearly 40 people around the world told BuzzFeed News that Ramadan is hammering home their isolation during the pandemic: They miss friends, family, and their mosques.


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Obama Privately Blasted A Republican Investigation Into Joe Biden And Ukraine, Calling It An Effort To Boost “Russian Disinformation”

Waiting For A Sense Of Time In The Coronavirus Pandemic

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What five novels from the quarantine lists have to say about living through COVID-19 and the surreal aspects of 2020 — from waiting to isolation to loneliness.


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The Coronavirus Is Killing People Of Color At Outsized Rates. Local Lawmakers Want The Justice Department To Investigate Who Is To Blame.

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Nearly three dozen local lawmakers are sending a letter asking DOJ to look at possible civil rights violations in how governments have responded to the coronavirus.


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The Supreme Court Heard Arguments Over Whether Trump Can Let Employers Deny Birth Control Coverage For Moral Reasons

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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who was hospitalized with a gallstone infection, participated in the remote arguments from her hospital bed.


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A Nominee For A Powerful Appeals Court Defended His Embrace Of “Brett Kavanaugh’s America”

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Judge Justin Walker, nominated for the DC Circuit, is set to become one of the youngest federal appeals judges in the country.


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The Coronavirus Is Keeping Addiction Counselors From Their Patients. So The Industry Has Transformed.

This Is What We Know About The Wuhan Lab That Trump Blames For COVID-19

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The Wuhan Institute of Virology previously conducted controversial experiments to test what could make coronaviruses more dangerous to humans, but scientists have ruled out that SARS-CoV-2 is a product of genetic engineering.


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A Top Democrat Says The State Department Has Sent Republicans Thousands Of Pages For Their Biden Investigation While Ignoring Democratic Requests

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“It is wholly inappropriate for the State Department to dedicate its limited resources to voluntarily complying with Republican requests,” Sen. Ron Wyden wrote.


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