August 10, 2020 Archive August 2020
America’s obesity epidemic threatens the effectiveness of any COVID vaccine
Trump allies now fear that their promotion of Kanye West's 2020 bid could backfire: report
Trump blasted for naming "war criminal" and Iran-Contra convict Elliott Abrams as Iran envoy
From café au lait to cocktails, David Lebovitz offers a master class in French drinking culture
Watchdog reports evidence the State Dept. IG may have been fired in a cover-up for Trump’s friend
Fauci remains unfazed as scientists rely on unproven methods to create COVID vaccines
Trump’s long history of racism laid bare in damning "Morning Joe" supercut video
Greed wins as labor loses leverage: A lesson from Depression history echoes in D.C. today
Bill Barr and Donald Trump are trying to torch the "Ancient Constitution" that governed kings
How a peace conference’s failures a century ago set the stage for today’s anti-racist uprisings
The Pentagon confronts the pandemic
Art of the tantrum: Trump's bewildering, doomed attempt to play savior
White House asked South Dakota governor about adding Trump’s face to Mount Rushmore: report
"Such a shock to me": "Fox & Friends" host tells doctor she's surprised so many kids get coronavirus
Trump asks New York judge to block grand jury from seeing his tax filings
Jared Kushner and Chris Christie are helping Trump prepare for his debates with Biden: report
Here we go again: Trump's BS executive orders sucker the media on coronavirus relief
US Postal Service officials push proposal to nearly triple cost of sending mail-in ballots: report
Eric Trump tells supporters to "mail in your ballot" amid dad's continued attacks on mail-in voting
From mansplainers to sexual assaulters, Kate Manne explains how society empowers men to harm women
More than 97,000 US children tested positive for coronavirus in the last two weeks of July
The incredible saga of Baltimore's worst gang: an elite police squad gone bad
Self-published zines are back as artists respond to our reality in quarantine
Aides walk back Trump’s vow to "permanently" cut Social Security tax if he’s re-elected
Therapy app Talkspace allegedly data-mined patients' private conversations with therapists
Scientists issue a forecast for Jupiter: Lightning with a chance of mushballs
GOP Sen. Ron Johnson expresses "hope" that pandemic stimulus talks fail: "It’s very good news"