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‘I’ll Be a Very Happy Man.’ Will the Coronavirus Outbreak Turn Andrew Yang’s $1,000 Promise Into Reality? By Abby Vesoulis TIME magazine March 19, 2020 When entrepreneur Andrew Yang announced he was running for President, many considered him to be an unorthodox candidate. As a successful entrepreneur who attended an Ivy League law school and […]

Biden’s Top 12 Running Mates, Ranked He says he’s going to pick a woman. So which woman should it be? Drew Angerer/Getty Images By BILL SCHER POLITICO March 18, 2020 Joe Biden’s unequivocal declaration that his running mate will be a woman began the 2020 veepstakes with a brutal cut. There will be no consolation […]

Horse Racing Is One of the Last Sports Standing in US Santa Anita held races over the weekend without any fans in attendance Jockey Victor Espinoza wins the Beholder Mile at Santa Anita. Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty By Evan Bleier MEDIA NEWS GROUP March 18, 2020 With nearly every sport in the United […]

By León Krauze SLATEST March 15, 2020 A word of advice to Joe Biden after Sunday night’s debate: Call AOC. In the two weeks that have seen Biden take back his position as the front-runner for the Democratic nomination, one voice has emerged as the progressive movement’s beacon of clarity. It’s not Bernie Sanders, who […]

SAY YOUR PRAYERS AND TAKE YOUR CHANCES by Clark Whelton March 13, 2020 Health Care Surrounded by amulets of the coronavirus crisis, I stare out my window at a city that may or may not be on the verge of disaster. To my right is a case of canned pasta. To my left are cartons […]

Michigan primary elections famous for surprises by Francis X. Donnelly and Melissa Nann Burke, The Detroit News March 11, 2020 When Hillary Clinton lost the Michigan primary in 2016, some analysts described it as one of the biggest upsets in the annals of modern political history. Michiganians yawned. After all, this is the state where […]