Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commissionIs it a news item about a sitting United States congressman, or a plot from the early works of Seth Rogan? Unfortunately, it’s the former — yet another twist in the Matt Gaetz news cycle that alleges even more gross and disturbing behavior from the Florida representative, famous for calling Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “attractive” at their workplace.Gaetz is reportedly the into whether he and another Florida political figure provided cash or others things of value to women they had sex with after connecting with them on the website...…Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commissionIs it a news item about a sitting United States congressman, or a plot from the early works of Seth Rogan? Unfortunately, it’s the former — yet another twist in the Matt Gaetz news cycle that alleges even more gross and disturbing behavior from the Florida representative, famous for calling Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “attractive” at their workplace.Gaetz is reportedly the into whether he and another Florida political figure provided cash or others things of value to women they had sex with after connecting with them on the website...WW…

Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commissionNew York representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spent much of her last night criticizing the “completely inhumane and unacceptable, horrifying conditions” at the U.S.-Mexico border, taking both political parties to task for a crisis with many long-standing roots and systemic failures. Currently being detained by Customs and Border Protection are 5,767 children, the ever since the department began recording. And there are a staggering 17,650 children in the custody of the federal government overall, including shelter facilities...…Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commissionNew York representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spent much of her last night criticizing the “completely inhumane and unacceptable, horrifying conditions” at the U.S.-Mexico border, taking both political parties to task for a crisis with many long-standing roots and systemic failures. Currently being detained by Customs and Border Protection are 5,767 children, the ever since the department began recording. And there are a staggering 17,650 children in the custody of the federal government overall, including shelter facilities...WW…

Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commissionA Joe Biden quote I have trouble getting out of my head is this one: He reportedly said it to a bunch of wealthy donors at an event in New York in June 2019 in an attempt to reassure them that he would not “demonize” the rich. “No one’s standard of living will change,” he said. A few days prior, he had appeared at a Poor People’s Campaign presidential forum, where he said poverty was the No. 1 issue that could “bring the country down” and promised to enact policies to alleviate inequality. So which was it? Which vision would he...…Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commissionA Joe Biden quote I have trouble getting out of my head is this one: He reportedly said it to a bunch of wealthy donors at an event in New York in June 2019 in an attempt to reassure them that he would not “demonize” the rich. “No one’s standard of living will change,” he said. A few days prior, he had appeared at a Poor People’s Campaign presidential forum, where he said poverty was the No. 1 issue that could “bring the country down” and promised to enact policies to alleviate inequality. So which was it? Which vision would he...WW…

Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commissionThis article was featured in , New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. to get it nightly.As it goes in New York City, the apartment was small, it was expensive, but it was theirs. Heidi Russell and Valentina Bajada owned an 860-square-foot second-floor walk-up, and they loved its single living-room window, cramped kitchen, and two little bedrooms. Their building was on a quiet, tree-lined block of Barrow Street close to the Hudson River. Neighbors kept libraries of free books and walked their dogs in leafy, open...…Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commissionThis article was featured in , New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. to get it nightly.As it goes in New York City, the apartment was small, it was expensive, but it was theirs. Heidi Russell and Valentina Bajada owned an 860-square-foot second-floor walk-up, and they loved its single living-room window, cramped kitchen, and two little bedrooms. Their building was on a quiet, tree-lined block of Barrow Street close to the Hudson River. Neighbors kept libraries of free books and walked their dogs in leafy, open...WW…

Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commissionQuawan “Bobby” Charles, a quiet 15-year-old who loved the outdoors and his dog, “My Baby,” in rural Louisiana on October 30. His body was discovered days later in a sugarcane field, 20 miles from his home; the sheriff’s department told his family that the boy had drowned.Charles’s family calls the claim “bogus,” and says that photos show Quawan’s face was horribly disfigured when he was found. They believe his death could have been racially motivated, and that law enforcement failed to act in the hours after they reported their...…Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commissionQuawan “Bobby” Charles, a quiet 15-year-old who loved the outdoors and his dog, “My Baby,” in rural Louisiana on October 30. His body was discovered days later in a sugarcane field, 20 miles from his home; the sheriff’s department told his family that the boy had drowned.Charles’s family calls the claim “bogus,” and says that photos show Quawan’s face was horribly disfigured when he was found. They believe his death could have been racially motivated, and that law enforcement failed to act in the hours after they reported their...WW…

Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commissionFirst it was Hope Hicks. Then . Then Senator Mike Lee from Utah. Then Notre Dame University president Father John Jenkins, Chris Christie, North Carolina senator Thom Tillis, and Kellyanne Conway.These are all prominent Republicans and members of Trump’s inner circle who attended SCOTUS pick Amy Coney Barrett’s , September 26, who now have tested positive for COVID-19. Given that the virus can incubate for up to two weeks before showing up in testing, it’s possible that any number of them could have been sick at the event, even...…Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commissionFirst it was Hope Hicks. Then . Then Senator Mike Lee from Utah. Then Notre Dame University president Father John Jenkins, Chris Christie, North Carolina senator Thom Tillis, and Kellyanne Conway.These are all prominent Republicans and members of Trump’s inner circle who attended SCOTUS pick Amy Coney Barrett’s , September 26, who now have tested positive for COVID-19. Given that the virus can incubate for up to two weeks before showing up in testing, it’s possible that any number of them could have been sick at the event, even...WW…

Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commissionWhen the news broke on Friday that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had at age 87, leaving her seat open on the Supreme Court, millions of women across the country barely had time to process their grief before a panicked question set in: What happens to abortion rights now? As Trump moves to nominate a conservative replacement, the fate of Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that made abortion legal throughout the U.S., has never been so tenuous.The terror of a post-Roe America is something Robin Marty has spent years preparing for. She’s...…Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commissionWhen the news broke on Friday that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had at age 87, leaving her seat open on the Supreme Court, millions of women across the country barely had time to process their grief before a panicked question set in: What happens to abortion rights now? As Trump moves to nominate a conservative replacement, the fate of Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that made abortion legal throughout the U.S., has never been so tenuous.The terror of a post-Roe America is something Robin Marty has spent years preparing for. She’s...WW…

Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commissionJust as the coronavirus reaches what health officials are calling a “new phase” of being “extraordinarily widespread” throughout the United States, with reported in July alone, it’s time for back-to-school season.With no federal guidance on what to do, aside from a few from Donald Trump insisting that “SCHOOLS MUST REOPEN,” states, counties, and cities are implementing a patchwork of different plans for the start of the school year, some online and some in person.For those that have reopened with students physically in school...…Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commissionJust as the coronavirus reaches what health officials are calling a “new phase” of being “extraordinarily widespread” throughout the United States, with reported in July alone, it’s time for back-to-school season.With no federal guidance on what to do, aside from a few from Donald Trump insisting that “SCHOOLS MUST REOPEN,” states, counties, and cities are implementing a patchwork of different plans for the start of the school year, some online and some in person.For those that have reopened with students physically in school...WW…