Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commission.By the time Pete Buttigieg arrived at the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, New Hampshire, on the night of April 5, the space was at capacity and the crowd had swelled to fill half the parking lot. It was drizzling, but word quickly spread that Buttigieg would speak before heading inside, so those denied admission stayed put, preparing to lift up their phones to document this moment in the twilight, when the suddenly famous mayor of a small city in a state they’d probably only ever visit by accident or under force would make...…Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commission.By the time Pete Buttigieg arrived at the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, New Hampshire, on the night of April 5, the space was at capacity and the crowd had swelled to fill half the parking lot. It was drizzling, but word quickly spread that Buttigieg would speak before heading inside, so those denied admission stayed put, preparing to lift up their phones to document this moment in the twilight, when the suddenly famous mayor of a small city in a state they’d probably only ever visit by accident or under force would make...WW…

Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commission.As the black SUV came to a stop on 33rd Street in Manhattan, its lights flashing, a pale hand stretched through the open window of the passenger door and gave a little wave. It was attached to Rudy Giuliani, who smiled from behind his tortoiseshell sunglasses. He apologized for being late. “Couldn’t go on sidewalks like I used to,” he said, mourning a perk of his past life as mayor.It was early in the afternoon on Sunday, December 8, and Giuliani had just returned from Ukraine, where he said he was looking for information to...…Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commission.As the black SUV came to a stop on 33rd Street in Manhattan, its lights flashing, a pale hand stretched through the open window of the passenger door and gave a little wave. It was attached to Rudy Giuliani, who smiled from behind his tortoiseshell sunglasses. He apologized for being late. “Couldn’t go on sidewalks like I used to,” he said, mourning a perk of his past life as mayor.It was early in the afternoon on Sunday, December 8, and Giuliani had just returned from Ukraine, where he said he was looking for information to...WW…

Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commission.Right now, on the outskirts of a hyper modern first world megapolis, at the end of a year in , a climate disaster of unimaginable horror has been unfolding for almost two full months, and the rest of the world is hardly paying attention.The New South Wales fires have been burning , destroying and remain almost entirely uncontrolled by the volunteer firefighting forces deployed to stop them; on November 12, greater Sydney declared an unprecedented “” fire warning. That was six weeks ago, and the blazes are almost certain to...…Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commission.Right now, on the outskirts of a hyper modern first world megapolis, at the end of a year in , a climate disaster of unimaginable horror has been unfolding for almost two full months, and the rest of the world is hardly paying attention.The New South Wales fires have been burning , destroying and remain almost entirely uncontrolled by the volunteer firefighting forces deployed to stop them; on November 12, greater Sydney declared an unprecedented “” fire warning. That was six weeks ago, and the blazes are almost certain to...WW…

Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commission.On May 7, Governor Brian Kemp of Georgia signed into law one of the most restrictive abortion bills in the country. If allowed to take effect, it will outlaw abortion once an ultrasound can detect electrical activity where a heart develops in an embryo; it’s known as a “fetal heartbeat” despite the technical absence, in many cases, of either a fetus or a heart. Not to be outdone, Governor Kay Ivey of Alabama signed an on May 15. House Bill 314 more directly flouts the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision by reclassifying...…Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commission.On May 7, Governor Brian Kemp of Georgia signed into law one of the most restrictive abortion bills in the country. If allowed to take effect, it will outlaw abortion once an ultrasound can detect electrical activity where a heart develops in an embryo; it’s known as a “fetal heartbeat” despite the technical absence, in many cases, of either a fetus or a heart. Not to be outdone, Governor Kay Ivey of Alabama signed an on May 15. House Bill 314 more directly flouts the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision by reclassifying...WW…

Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commission.It’s quite possible that Donald Trump would never have become president were it not for CNN. The network nurtured the reality star’s campaign in its infancy, , uninterrupted by correction or commentary. And it is likely that the president would be little more than a cultural artifact — a walking reminder of 1980s nihilism — were it not for the network’s president Jeffrey Zucker, who reintroduced Trump to the American public as a no-nonsense businessman in NBC’s The Apprentice.But CNN is a journalistic enterprise. Or, at least,...…Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commission.It’s quite possible that Donald Trump would never have become president were it not for CNN. The network nurtured the reality star’s campaign in its infancy, , uninterrupted by correction or commentary. And it is likely that the president would be little more than a cultural artifact — a walking reminder of 1980s nihilism — were it not for the network’s president Jeffrey Zucker, who reintroduced Trump to the American public as a no-nonsense businessman in NBC’s The Apprentice.But CNN is a journalistic enterprise. Or, at least,...WW…

Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commission.It became something of a running joke for years on end: Despite provoking on measures to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Republicans still did not have any sort of consensus plan for addressing such basic problems as the millions of Americans without health insurance or the insurance-company practice of denying coverage to those with preexisting health conditions. Yes, they could tell you what they opposed. (Basically any Democratic-supported effort to expand coverage via public or private means or a combination of the two,...…Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commission.It became something of a running joke for years on end: Despite provoking on measures to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Republicans still did not have any sort of consensus plan for addressing such basic problems as the millions of Americans without health insurance or the insurance-company practice of denying coverage to those with preexisting health conditions. Yes, they could tell you what they opposed. (Basically any Democratic-supported effort to expand coverage via public or private means or a combination of the two,...WW…

Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commission.The Trump administration has been torn between a faction that takes public-health concerns seriously, and one that wishes to disregard it. The pro-public-health faction has argued that the country cannot resume normal economic activity until the public has some reassurances of safety, which can only be achieved through a combination of widespread testing, tracing, and perhaps effective remedies. The anti-public-health faction either believes the dangers of the coronavirus have been exaggerated, or that the cost of...…Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commission.The Trump administration has been torn between a faction that takes public-health concerns seriously, and one that wishes to disregard it. The pro-public-health faction has argued that the country cannot resume normal economic activity until the public has some reassurances of safety, which can only be achieved through a combination of widespread testing, tracing, and perhaps effective remedies. The anti-public-health faction either believes the dangers of the coronavirus have been exaggerated, or that the cost of...WW…

Please read our updated and , effective on December 19, 2019.On Wednesday, a reporter asked a question no reporter would ever have bothered to ask a president before: “Win, lose or draw in this election, will you commit here today for a peaceful transferal of power after the election?”Trump would not commit. “We’re going to have to see what happens,” he said. “We want to get rid of the ballots, and we’ll have a very peaceful — there won’t be a transfer, frankly. There’ll be a continuation.”Reporter: "Win, lose or draw in this election, will you commit here today for a peaceful transferal of...…Please read our updated and , effective on December 19, 2019.On Wednesday, a reporter asked a question no reporter would ever have bothered to ask a president before: “Win, lose or draw in this election, will you commit here today for a peaceful transferal of power after the election?”Trump would not commit. “We’re going to have to see what happens,” he said. “We want to get rid of the ballots, and we’ll have a very peaceful — there won’t be a transfer, frankly. There’ll be a continuation.”Reporter: "Win, lose or draw in this election, will you commit here today for a peaceful transferal of...WW…

Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commission.President Trump has taken kindly to surrounding voter fraud for now, but on Monday he put forward three of his most brazen suppression efforts surrounding the practice of voting by mail:Because of MAIL-IN BALLOTS, 2020 will be the most RIGGED Election in our nations history - unless this stupidity is ended. We voted during World War One & World War Two with no problem, but now they are using Covid in order to cheat by using Mail-Ins!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)RIGGED 2020 ELECTION: MILLIONS OF MAIL-IN BALLOTS WILL...…Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commission.President Trump has taken kindly to surrounding voter fraud for now, but on Monday he put forward three of his most brazen suppression efforts surrounding the practice of voting by mail:Because of MAIL-IN BALLOTS, 2020 will be the most RIGGED Election in our nations history - unless this stupidity is ended. We voted during World War One & World War Two with no problem, but now they are using Covid in order to cheat by using Mail-Ins!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)RIGGED 2020 ELECTION: MILLIONS OF MAIL-IN BALLOTS WILL...WW…

Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commission.In what are supposed to be the final days of his presidency, Donald Trump has been discussing and seizing supposedly fraudulent voting machines that — according to a wild conspiracy theory being pushed by people Trump invited to the Oval Office to discuss the matter — were used to rob him of a second term. This is merely the most extreme example, so far, of Trump’s post-election behavior, which grows to our democracy by the day. His supporters have now even while Congress .There is a way to stop him, though.More than 50 years...…Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commission.In what are supposed to be the final days of his presidency, Donald Trump has been discussing and seizing supposedly fraudulent voting machines that — according to a wild conspiracy theory being pushed by people Trump invited to the Oval Office to discuss the matter — were used to rob him of a second term. This is merely the most extreme example, so far, of Trump’s post-election behavior, which grows to our democracy by the day. His supporters have now even while Congress .There is a way to stop him, though.More than 50 years...WW…