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At the start of the pandemic, Bev Veals, a three-time cancer survivor and Carolina Beach resident, found herself in a very American predicament: Her husband had been furloughed, which put his employer-provided insurance—and her family’s continued access to medical care—in jeopardy. Having already faced medical bankruptcy before, and reaching a point where she said she would likely need to dip into retirement funds to stay insured, Veals called the offices of North Carolina’s elected representatives... Читать дальше...

Campaign leaks about Joe Biden’s intentions as president so far seem to follow two completely incompatible paths. On one track, Biden has been reinvigorated by the scale of the coronavirus pandemic and is gearing up for an “FDR-size” presidency to not just patch up the cracks that have appeared since March but attempt broad, systemic changes to fix the underlying problems that were exposed. On the other, Biden is wedded to bipartisanship, keeping the filibuster, reassuring big donors, and not... Читать дальше...

Last week, seizing upon a slightly better-than-expected jobs report as proof of an economic recovery underway, Republicans once again pushed a stimulus deal to the back burner. States, whose budgets have been hollowed out by the pandemic, are now inching that much closer to fiscal collapse. As The New York Times reported on Monday, state and local governments have been forced to cut funding for public programs, schools, and cultural institutions. Without significant federal aid, those revenue... Читать дальше...

On Tuesday, the Bureau of Land Management auctioned off oil and gas leases to 11 parcels of land totaling around 15,000 acres in Nevada. It’s the latest event in a troubling trend in the Trump administration: Much as the Environmental Protection Agency has been in a mad dash to peel back environmental regulations in the lead-up to November’s election, the Department of Interior now seems to be embarking on a fire sale of public lands to oil and gas drillers in advance of a potential Democratic administration. Читать дальше...

Hari Kunzru’s Red Pill is a ghost story. It’s different, though, from Kunzru’s previous book, 2017’s White Tears, a parable of race in America with a (genuinely frightening) supernatural dimension. I mean more that the author’s new novel is haunted—as every cultural product of our time seems destined to be—by the specter of Donald Trump. While Red Pill isn’t overly preoccupied with his persona (it concludes on the night he wins the 2016 election), it aims to comprehend the culture that gave rise to him. Читать дальше...

“What are we hearing, my friend?” asks Fox News host Neil Cavuto. He is speaking from a bright Fox studio. On the other side of the split screen is Peter Doocy, a Fox reporter, live from Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Doocy is wearing a very bright, almost reflective striped shirt, as if he fears venturing too far from Fox headquarters without the protective armor of Fox’s extraordinary, garish palate of kindergarten colors. He is reporting on Joe Biden’s decision to name a running mate.