I Didn’t Know My Father Until I Read His Love Letters to My Mother

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Mike Bloomberg Is Hacking Your Attention

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McConnell reacts to Barr's criticism of Trump tweets: 'I think the president should listen to his advice'

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After 13 days at sea and refusal by 5 ports, passengers aboard the Westerdam cruise ship are slated to disembark in Cambodia

Passenger Christina Kerby said people were "elated that we have a destination" and "dancing and celebrating" on their last night on the Westerdam.

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U.S. reports 15th coronavirus case; White House bashes China's response

A patient who was among the Americans evacuated from the Chinese city of Wuhan - the epicenter of the outbreak - and placed under quarantine at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, became the latest U.S. case, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said. The person was the third evacuee and first at Lackland to test positive for the virus, the CDC said.

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A Professor Told His Students 'OK Boomer' Is as Offensive as the N-Word. His Employer Disagrees

The professor allegedly uttered the racial slur during class, sparking outrage

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Alternate History: What If Nixon Didn't Help to Break up China and the Soviet Union?

No historic trip to China?

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This Cruise Ship Has the Highest COVID-19 Infection Rate in the World

Passengers on the Diamond Princess cruise ship, docked at Japan's Yokohama Bay, are halfway through their 14-day quarantine

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Joe Biden would show selfless patriotism by quitting the 2020 Democratic nomination race

Why not let the voters decide? Because Biden's campaign isn't going to work, and other Democrats need a chance to draw minority and centrist support.

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Prominent Elizabeth Warren supporter says 'she's done' after poor N.H. results

A high-profile supporter of Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren was point-blank with criticism as the candidate’s disappointing results rolled in primary night in New Hampshire.

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This Is How Scandinavia Got Great

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At First Yankees Workout, Gerrit Cole Defends His Past With the Astros

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The Parkland Massacre Isn’t an ‘Anniversary’

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Review: A Long Night as Tony Kushner Revisits ‘The Visit’

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U.S. Senate rebukes Trump, votes to limit Iran war making ability

The U.S. Senate passed legislation on Thursday to limit President Donald Trump's ability to wage war against Iran, rebuking him weeks after a strike against an Iranian military commander and Tehran's retaliation raised fears of broader regional conflict.

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Klobuchar's 'big tent' stance on abortion could appeal to Southern Democrats

Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s inclusive views on the issue of abortion may serve her well in the upcoming contests in Nevada and South Carolina.

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The Littoral Combat Ship Is Getting A Makeover Into The Navy's Secret Weapon

With over-the-horizon missile weapons.

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'We can't change the rules midstream': DNC Chair Tom Perez defends commitment to diversity despite lack of it in Iowa debate

"I take a back seat to no one in my commitment to diversity and inclusion," said Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez.

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A photographer captured how eerily empty Shanghai's normally bustling streets are amid the coronavirus outbreak

Shanghai-based photographer Nicoco captured the haunting difference between the crowds at Chinese New Year in 2014, and in 2020.

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Marie Yovanovitch: Ousted Ukraine ambassador slams Trump administration and gets standing ovation at award ceremony

Marie Yovanovitch received a standing ovation from a crowd of diplomats while accepting an award at Georgetown University, where the ousted ambassador delivered a speech warning the State Department was “in trouble” under Donald Trump.The former US ambassador to Ukraine was removed from her post in April 2019 following a covert effort by the president’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, and others to have her taken out of the State Department.

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Blood evidence at forefront of Iowa cold case murder trial

A prosecutor told jurors on the opening day of a cold case murder trial that they were going on a journey back in time to learn about an Iowa high school girl who was slain more than 40 years ago. Testimony began Wednesday in the trial of Jerry Burns, 66, of Manchester, Iowa. In his opening statement, prosecutor Nick Maybanks revealed a few more details about the crime.

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The US says Huawei has been spying through 'back doors' designed for law enforcement — which is what the US has been pressuring tech companies to do for years

This is the first time the US has given any details about how it thinks Huawei spies on people though mobile telecoms.

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Hey Democrats, it's okay to vote for Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders won the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday — with 90 percent of precincts counted, he had 26 percent of the vote, and networks declared him the victor. Sanders has won the popular vote in each of the first two contests in the Democratic primary and now has a lead in national polls. He is unquestionably the frontrunner for the nomination.The win in New Hampshire, however, wasn't as big as many polls had predicted. Sen. Amy Klobuchar in particular drastically beat expectations, coming in at nearly 20 percent against a pre-election polling average of about 11 percent, while Pete Buttigieg also gained a couple points to 24 percent. Meanwhile, former Vice President Joe Biden got absolutely destroyed, just like in Iowa. He came in fifth with just 9 percent, compared to a polling average of 11 percent — and a total collapse from 23 percent just a month ago. It appears there is a significant population of voters who are just looking for any kind of moderate candidate who seems halfway plausible.But the odd thing here is that a big number of these voters are almost certainly fine with Sanders — they have just talked themselves into thinking that he can't possibly win. Hey Democrats! You can just vote for Bernie Sanders if you want. It'll be okay.It can be hard to see this if you watch too much of the hysterically anti-Sanders coverage on supposedly-liberal MSNBC — Chris Matthews recently spoke of his fear that Sanders is a secret communist who might execute him in Central Park — but the fact is most rank-and-file Democrats like Sanders just fine. Indeed, the Morning Consult poll found that his favorability rating among that group is 74 percent — the highest of any of the candidates, even better than Biden.This isn't hard to understand. While Sanders isn't technically a Democrat, he has been a loyal soldier for all the causes the party supports (rhetorically at least) — universal healthcare, higher wages, more and better jobs, racial justice, LGBTQ rights, criminal justice reform, and so on — for decades. Neither is he some loopy extremist. While he has always held uncompromising egalitarian views, he is a savvy legislative tactician who has negotiated dozens of compromises through Congress over the years, from community health center funding in ObamaCare to a bipartisan bill to end support for the Saudi war in Yemen. Sanders has been widely covered by the media since 2016, and most Democrats plainly like what he is saying.The difference is that Sanders insists the Democratic compromises of the 1980s and 1990s are no longer necessary, if they ever were. In his view, the party does not have to bow to either the corporate class or to white reaction (as Bill Clinton did) to win. Instead, following the trail blazed by Jesse Jackson in the '80s, he proposes to assemble a multiracial coalition of working- and middle-class voters, united mainly on economic grounds, to defeat the oligarchs that have a hammerlock on the Republican Party and still cling to influence at the top of the Democratic establishment.That Democratic elite has spent decades hammering their electorate with the idea that radicals always lose, and that a corporate- and big money-friendly moderate is the way to go. Every election is 1972, and everyone to the left of Jimmy Carter is George McGovern — despite the fact that 1972 is as distant from today as 1924 was from that year, and the fact that moderates lost in 1980, 1984, 1988, 2000, 2004, and 2016.As we see with the panicked switching between Biden, Klobuchar, and Buttigieg, this argument still clearly resonates with a lot of Democratic voters. But the truth is that you just can't know with any kind of certainty who would be the best candidate.A Sanders nomination would be a risk to be sure, but so would nominating anybody else. Trump really might win no matter who is nominated. Biden has tons of baggage and is plainly terrible at campaigning. Mike Bloomberg has even more baggage. Buttigieg has no experience. Klobuchar is infamous for abusing her staff. And even while both the corporate media and the right-wing agitprop machine attack Sanders as a deranged socialist, he still polls well ahead of Trump in general election matchups — within 1 point of Biden and ahead of everyone else. And let's not forget that in the most recent election, the moderate candidate lost to the biggest buffoon in the history of presidential politics.America is in a terrible fix, and there is no easy way out. As Alex Pareene writes in The New Republic, the Democratic electorate must "be given license to support what it supports." A Sanders nomination would bring along his increasingly good margins among non-white voters and his zealous base of small donors and activists. And in a crisis, gritty determination and commitment are surely more useful than timid hesitation. Who knows what dirty tricks the Trump campaign might try, or how inscrutable swing voters might react? Best to just go with a clearly good candidate and gear up for an all-out general election effort.Want more essential commentary and analysis like this delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up for The Week's "Today's best articles" newsletter here.More stories from theweek.com Late night hosts try to find some humor in Trump's newly unleashed, vindictive banana republicanism In Twitter rampage, Trump attacks federal judge set to sentence Roger Stone 8 Republicans join Democrats in vote to limit Trump's military powers in Iran

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