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The Atlantic Democrats Are Short on Votes and Long on Irony The party’s signature election-reform bill faces long odds in Congress, in part because of the problems it seeks to address. 6:30 AM ET Alamy / Getty / Adam Maida / The Atlantic Call it a catch-535: Democrats in Congress are trying to pass a huge slate of voting-related reforms, under the name of the For the People Act, or H.R. 1, that could aggressively reshape U.S. elections, change the way Americans vote, and also go a long way to...

The country has the second highest death toll in the world

The Atlantic Why was the New York governor’s reckoning so long in coming? March 3, 2021 Updated at 12:00 p.m. ET on March 3, 2021. Cable-news shows treated Andrew Cuomo like a living legend this summer, thanks to his supposedly superlative handling of the coronavirus pandemic, yet his past few weeks really have been the stuff of myth. But which myth? Is he Icarus, flying too close to the sun in his premature attempt to claim credit for New York’s public-health prowess, only to have his wing...

The United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) has called for a two-day strike next month – March 15 and March 16 – to oppose the proposed privatisation of Public Sector Banks (PSBs) and other reform measures

Updated Feb 01, 2021 | 05:00 IST Five bosses from the real estate sector list out the potential announcements in the Union Budget 2021-22 that will help the sector recover from the pandemic Union Budget 2021: 5 real estate sector bosses list their expectations&nbsp | &nbspPhoto Credit:&nbspThinkstock Reeling under a sluggish economy after the demonetisation jolt and a subsequent knockout punch of the pandemic, industry bosses hope for a swathe of sops for the industry whe...

Real estate industry expects big measures from Union Budget 2021 ANI | Updated: Jan 28, 2021 19:03 IST New Delhi [India], January 28 (ANI/NewsVoir): The upcoming Union Budget slated to announce on 1st February 2021 has anticipated the announcements and reforms to augment the business activities across the sectors. The real estate sector is pinning hopes on the Union Budget that might push expediting the sectors growth to the pre-COVID level growth figures. ...

Not even a Biden-approved shotgun.

The Atlantic The Sound of Silence The quiet in the streets of D.C. today was a fitting end to the noisiest political era many Americans can remember. January 20, 2021 Photos of Vice President Kamala Harris hang outside a restaurant in Washington, D.C., on Inauguration Day.Todd Heisler / The New York Times / Redux Donald Trump’s presidency concluded not with mutiny in state capitals or an attempted attack on his successor, but with a calm, conventional ceremony in an otherwise quiet city. Walk...

The United States is currently in the throes of an incredible scenario, a slippery slope that is totally unexpected and makes scant sense. Actually, unless you have peanuts for brains, it would make sense to live in such a way that we would live cooperatively. But that’s not what is happening. The January 6 attacks on the Congressional Electoral College proceedings were beyond ridiculous. Incredibly, it is slowly coming out that the mobs were actually targeting members of Congress for the pur...

The Atlantic Demonstrations across the country after the Capitol riot were small, but more violence may soon come. Stephanie Keith / Getty This weekend, every mayor of an American state capital was trying to answer the same question: How do I keep my city safe? Steven Reed in Montgomery, Alabama, and Frank Scott, in Little Rock, Arkansas, increased police patrols. In Richmond, Mayor Levar Stoney declared a state of emergency. Governors in Virginia, Michigan, and Wisconsin placed the National G...