The Washington Postflipped into OpinionsJared Kushner How lucky we are to have Jared Kushner! The Washington Post - Alexandra PetriInto every age there comes this epoch-defining human being. The 19th century had Napoleon, the 18th, George Washington, the 20th, Einstein and Franklin Delano Roosevelt both. How lucky for the 21st century
The Washington Postflipped into SportsKevin Garnett Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett elected to Basketball Hall of Fame The Washington Post - Ben GolliverThe Hall of Fame’s annual announcement of inductees was scheduled to be made at the NCAA’s Final Four weekend in Atlanta, but the novel coronavirus pandemic prompted the tournament’s cancellation. Despite
The Washington Postflipped into LifestyleFood & Dining Restaurants step up to feed hospital workers on the pandemic’s front lines The Washington Post - By Jane BlackOn March 19, Taylor Lanzet got a text from a number she didn’t know. “I hear you are delivering food. Can we talk?” The text was from a friend of her sister, who also happens to be a nurse in the coronavirus
The Washington Postflipped into LocalWashington (D.C.) Ed Farmer, White Sox reliever-turned-broadcaster, dies at 70 The Washington Post - Andrew SeligmanMr. Farmer was an All Star relief pitcher with the White Sox in 1980, when he had a career-high 30 saves, setting what was then a club record. Where he really made his mark, however, was in the White radio
The Washington Postflipped into PoliticsU.S. Politics Democrats are outraged at Trump’s late night firing of intelligence community watchdog The Washington Post - Colby ItkowitzSince the news of Michael Atkinson’s firing broke, there’s been no reaction from top Republicans like Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.), Senate
The Washington Postflipped into BusinessBusiness Ford and GM are undertaking a warlike effort to produce ventilators. It may fall short and come too late The Washington Post - Reed AlbergottiScrambling to get production underway, the workers took apart a ventilator and 3-D scanned each of the roughly 300 parts, creating computer simulations of how the device could be assembled efficiently.
The Washington Postflipped into HealthDementia For Alzheimer’s researchers, a long and frustrating struggle to find a drug The Washington Post - Christie AschwandenIn March 2019, Biogen announced that it had halted two clinical trials of the drug early after an interim analysis showed they weren’t working, but the company has since changed course, saying it intends
The Washington Postflipped into LocalWashington (D.C.) Live updates: 93,000 could become infected in D.C., mayor says, as DMV cases rise to 6,442, deaths to 126 The Washington Post - Lori ArataniHere are some of the most significant and recent developments as the region responds to the pandemic of the novel coronavirus, which causes the disease covid-19: • Mayor Muriel E. Bowser said Friday that
The Washington Postflipped into WorldKeir Starmer Britain’s battered Labour Party picks Keir Starmer to succeed Jeremy Corbyn The Washington Post - William BoothThe votes were cast by party members, registered Labour supporters and trade unionists, and together they signaled a desire for unity and moderation. Under Corbyn, Labour was beset by factionalism and
The Washington Postflipped into PoliticsU.S. Politics Trump is trying to undermine the government’s independent watchdogs — again The Washington Post - Joe DavidsonThis action comes one week after Trump’s claim of “presidential supervision” over the Treasury Department’s pandemic recovery watchdog, an ominous attempt to limit independent oversight of administration
The Washington Postflipped into FoodFood & Dining 8 chickpea recipes that prove this legume is a do-it-all pantry star The Washington Post - By Becky KrystalIf I had to eat only one bean for the rest of my days, it would be the chickpea. Versatile, creamy, nutritious and cheap: This star has it all. And with so many of us stocking up and cooking with beans
The Washington Postflipped into PoliticsU.S. Politics Trump fires yet another official who played a key role in investigating Trump The Washington Post - Aaron BlakeThe move is merely the latest example of Trump pushing out someone with a degree of oversight over him personally or whose actions impacted investigations of him: The first big one was FBI Director James.
The Washington Postflipped into SportsNew York City Marathon A New York ultra runner ran 100 miles in a single day to raise money for coronavirus relief The Washington Post - Cindy Boren“With everything being called off and me also being an athlete as well as working for On, I have a lot of races and, I was trying to think of a way to still stay positive and challenge myself,” he told
The Washington Postflipped into HealthDisability How a student with his 800-pound iron lung pioneered disability rights, changed U.S. law The Washington Post - Erin BlakemoreParalyzed from the neck down, Ed Roberts needed an iron lung to help him breathe. But when officials at the University of California at Berkeley learned he planned to bring his 800-pound breathing device
The Washington Postflipped into HealthEmergency Medicine I’m single and live alone. And on many forms, I can’t fill in the line for ‘In case of emergency.’ The Washington Post - Elana RabinowitzIn my thirties, I had my first panic attack. It struck out of nowhere in the middle of teaching. One minute I was doing an animated read aloud — the next I couldn’t breathe. My face turned red; my elementary
The Washington Postflipped into HealthMental Health Is social isolation getting to you? Here’s how to know — and what experts say to do. The Washington Post - Lateshia BeachumMany have a simmering unease that they are unprepared for the long haul — or may not have realized the struggle has arrived. We talked with mental health professionals about how you can take an honest
The Washington Postflipped into EntertainmentEntertainment Eliza Hittman’s new film shows a side of the abortion debate we rarely see on screen The Washington Post - Sonia Rao“I really wanted to punctuate how a small gesture could seem innocent, but could be violating,” director Eliza Hittman recently told The Washington Post. “There is a complexity to even a small gesture."
The Washington Postflipped into OpinionsOpinion Mitch McConnell: Master of the Senate 2.0 The Washington Post - Hugh HewittGingrich is right. McConnell is the equal of Lyndon B. Johnson, the former president who was known as the “master of the Senate” for the power he wielded as majority leader. The complexity of our time,
The Washington Postflipped into LocalWashington (D.C.) He spent 24 years in prison. He came out to a new kind of confinement. The Washington Post - Rachel Weiner“I was ready. I was ready physically and mentally for this,” said Redd, who was convicted in 1997 of holding up three banks in Prince William County and attempting to rob a fourth. “Being locked down,
The Washington Postflipped into OpinionsOpinion Foot-dragging GOP governors are imperiling the whole country The Washington Post - Editorial BoardMessaging is critical in this crisis. By telling people in the strongest terms to stay at home, even with certain exceptions, most governors have conveyed the gravity of the spreading threat; that is to
The Washington Postflipped into HealthCoronavirus (Covid-19) Love and medicine in the time of covid-19 The Washington Post - Sarah StumbarWe are living separately this year — one of the many sacrifices we’ve made in pursuing our medical training over the past 12 years. Since August, he and I have been traveling back and forth to see each
The Washington Postflipped into OpinionsOpinion In a bleak year, the natural world stirs hope The Washington Post - Wendy PaulsonAfter one of those outings only a few days after the attack, I returned to our high-rise apartment. I looked out the window and spotted a kestrel, then a couple more, flying by as they hawked green darner
The Washington Postflipped into Personal financePersonal Finance Rent, mortgage, car loans, utilities and child support. The other bills can wait. The Washington Post - Michelle SingletaryEven before the outbreak, 59 percent of credit card holders were carrying a balance, according to a recent survey by CreditCards.com. Of those who didn’t pay off their credit card debt every month, 25
The Washington Postflipped into OpinionsOpinion Privacy amid a pandemic may look a little different The Washington Post - Editorial BoardAny privacy-infringing policies put in place mid-pandemic should be essential to quelling the crisis and genuinely effective. Health officials say that anonymized and aggregated data could aid in understanding
The Washington Postflipped into EducationCollege & University How to navigate the college admissions process during the coronavirus crisis The Washington Post - Valerie StraussThis post offers advice to those students who have to approach the college admissions process in a way they hadn’t expected. It was written by Stacey Kostell, chief executive officer of the Coalition College.
The Washington Postflipped into WorldNews Coronavirus chills protests from Chile to Hong Kong to Iraq, forces activists to innovate The Washington Post - Lindzi Wessel“The virus is just what the government needed,” said Antonio Cueto, a volunteer rescue worker who provided medical assistance to protesters. “It’s saved them for a bit.” Across the globe, the coronavirus
The Washington Postflipped into LifestyleLifestyle The Cuomo brothers put on quite a show. Should the journalism-ethics police shut it down? The Washington Post - Margaret SullivanCNN’s Chris, 49, is infected with coronavirus but continued to broadcast his evening show from the basement of his home, where he is quarantined and sometimes feverish. Together on the air their pointed-but-affectionate
The Washington Postflipped into LifestyleLifestyle What’s ‘essential,’ anyway? Roses, guns, manicures, your job — it all depends on who’s deciding. The Washington Post - Karen HellerLiquor stores are essential businesses almost everywhere — almost because of Pennsylvania, where they’re not. We’re in the middle of an “essential” crisis. The definition of that word dictates how we live
The Washington Postflipped into EducationEducation These Washington University faculty had rejected online classes -- until coronavirus. Here’s how they made the switch. The Washington Post - Valerie StraussThis post looks at how the History Department of 26 faculty members made the switch to online education. It was written by department Chairman Peter Kastor. The department’s geographic range extends across
The Washington Postflipped into Global OpinionsOpinion The pandemic threatens imprisoned dissidents and journalists everywhere. They must be freed. The Washington Post - Editorial BoardJournalist Afgan Mukhtarli, recently released from prison in Azerbaijan, where President Ilham Aliyev has systematically imprisoned those critical of his regime, told the Committee to Protect Journalists
