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California Governor Gavin Newsom Allows Film and TV Production to Resume June 12

Which is…next week.
‘Rubber Bullets’ Are Not Rubber

They are palm-size and can result in death.
Last Month Was the Hottest Ever Recorded

And shuttering the global economy wasn’t sufficient to prevent the concentration of CO2 in the Earth’s atmosphere from hitting an all-time high.
Cops Season Premiere, Live PD Episodes Pulled in Light of Protests

It’s unclear whether Cops will return to Paramount.
Buffalo Police Officers Suspended for Shoving Elderly Protester to the Ground

57 officers later resigned from a special unit in protest of the suspensions.
Huge ‘Black Lives Matter’ Mural Painted on Street Leading to White House

Black Lives Matter D.C. called the move a “performative distraction from real policy changes” meant to appease “white liberals.”
Trump Tweets Letter From Ex-Lawyer That Calls Protesters ‘Terrorists’

John Dowd’s extreme take on the demonstrators massing near the White House is music to the president’s ears.
Prominent Study Showing Severe Hydroxychloroquine Risk Is Retracted

The influential medical journal The Lancet pulled its paper asserting that the drug was associated with higher mortality in coronavirus patients.
Republicans Relocate Convention, Seeking Freedom From Coronavirus Precautions

Turns out Trump wasn’t bluffing about ditching North Carolina, but it’s unclear where he can have the unrestricted convention of his dreams.
De Blasio: I Have Not Seen Videos of NYPD Attacking Protesters

The mayor praised the NYPD for showing “restraint” at protests, despite viral clips to the contrary. He was later booed at a George Floyd memorial.
Murkowski ‘Struggling’ With Decision to Vote for Trump

This isn’t the first time the Republican senator has asserted independence from her party. She could be a prospect for a party-switch after November.
Chait: Mattis Calls Trump Unfit. Trump Calls Mattis Yet Another of His Terrible Hires.

The president formally responds to the most serious charge yet made by a Cabinet official against a president.
A Catastrophic Oil Spill in Russia Has Turned a River Red

The 20,000 tons of oil could take a decade to clean up.
Protests of George Floyd’s Killing Have Gone Global

Demonstrators around the world are invoking the names of Americans killed by police and taking issue with police violence in their own countries.
Mayor Announces Plan for Expanded Outdoor Dining in NYC

Restaurant reopenings could begin in early July.
Over 10,000 Americans Have Been Arrested at George Floyd Protests: Live Updates

On Wednesday night, New York police cracked down on peaceful protesters who had defied the citywide curfew.
New York Times Writers Condemn Senator Tom Cotton’s Pro-Militarization Op-Ed

“As a black woman, as a journalist, as an American, I am deeply ashamed that we ran this.”
Dream Street Band Member Chris Trousdale Dead At 34

His former bandmate, Jesse McCartney, claimed on Instagram that Trousdale died due to complications from COVID-19.
Former Pentagon Chief Mattis Blasts Trump For Violating Constitution

It’s not a good sign when former subordinates trained for quiet discipline begin to call Trump a threat to the Constitution.
Minneapolis Police Sued Over Violent Protest Tactics

Two lawsuits allege that officers used excessive force against peaceful protesters and journalists.

1:00 P.M. Is This What a Recovery Looks Like? The economic data is brightening. But it’s still hard to reconcile Wall Street’s euphoria with Main Street’s boarded-up (and/or broken) windows.
9:00 A.M. This Will Not Be Contained Two weeks in George Floyd’s America.
9:00 A.M. To Trumpers, the Shared Street Is an Unprivatized Threat It’s just [waves hands] that dirty area between the car and the front door, right?
8:00 A.M. Trump Has Gone Full Authoritarian His first term reaches a violent crescendo.
June 5, 2020 Who Will You Believe, de Blasio or Your Lying Eyes? The mayor would like you to believe the NYPD has “shown a lot of restraint” in cracking down on peaceful protests.
June 5, 2020 Buffalo Police Suspended for Shoving Protester to the Ground Video shows the man lying motionless on the pavement and bleeding from the ear as several officers walk by. He is in “stable but serious” condition.
June 5, 2020 Last Month Was the Hottest Ever Recorded And shuttering the global economy wasn’t sufficient to prevent the concentration of CO2 in the Earth’s atmosphere from hitting an all-time high.
June 5, 2020 ‘I Probably Would Have Marched’: On Being Black and NYPD A black NYPD officer discusses fear, tokenism, and what police and George Floyd protesters have in common.
June 5, 2020 Mark Zuckerberg Doesn’t Care About the First Amendment Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway discuss Facebook’s refusal to censor President Trump and its CEO’s motivations.
June 5, 2020 In Minneapolis, a Former Sheraton Hotel Now Houses Hundreds “This isn’t temporary,” an organizer said.
June 5, 2020 ‘Black Lives Matter’ Mural Painted on Street to White House Black Lives Matter D.C. called the move a “performative distraction from real policy changes” meant to appease “white liberals.”
June 5, 2020 Trump Declares Victory Over Everything After Jobs Report A surprisingly good jobs report leads Trump to suggest that even George Floyd is posthumously enjoying his self-congratulations.
June 5, 2020 Why the Security Establishment’s Revolting Against Trump Now Maybe they weren’t just worried he would undercut the neocon war machine.
June 5, 2020 See George Floyd Protest Photos From Around the U.S. Scenes from demonstrations in cities around the country. gallery
June 5, 2020 Why the Shockingly Good Jobs Report Might Be Bad News The report indicates that unemployment is higher than its own official rate suggests. If Congress misses that caveat, it could undermine the recovery.
June 5, 2020 It’s Time to Do Away With Rush Hour When the pandemic ends, let’s consider what we learned about shuffled work times and staggered shifts and keep the good parts.
June 4, 2020 Trump Tweets Letter That Calls Protesters ‘Terrorists’ John Dowd’s extreme take on the demonstrators massing near the White House is music to the president’s ears.
June 4, 2020 Prominent Study Showing Hydroxychloroquine Risk Is Retracted The influential medical journal The Lancet pulled its paper asserting that the drug was associated with higher mortality in coronavirus patients.
June 4, 2020 Republican Convention Relocating to Avoid COVID Precautions Turns out Trump wasn’t bluffing about ditching North Carolina, but it’s unclear where he can have the unrestricted convention of his dreams.
June 4, 2020 Murkowski ‘Struggling’ With Decision to Vote for Trump She could be a prospect for a party-switch after November, particularly now that Trump is vowing to oppose her reelection.

June 5, 2020 ‘Rubber Bullets’ Are Not Rubber They are palm-size and can result in death.
June 5, 2020 ‘We’ve Seen Our City Set Ablaze’ Ilhan Omar on the fight against structural racism and injustice, and how the Congressional Black Caucus can move us forward.
June 5, 2020 When Will Schools Reopen? Everything we know about when it will be safe for schools to resume in-person classes — and what it will look like when they do.
June 5, 2020 A Mother’s Birthday Tribute to Breonna Taylor “It’s hard to breathe without her.”
June 5, 2020 22 Things On Sale You’ll Want to Buy: From Superga to Dyson Including lots of things that’ll make great Father’s Day gifts.
June 5, 2020 Vanderpump Rules Stars Once Called Cops on Black Cast Member Faith says Stassi and Kristen bragged about reporting her to the police in 2018. “It didn’t work, so they were upset about that.”
June 5, 2020 How Two Foodies Get Married “The first time I remember him getting my attention, he burned me with a sheet tray.” gallery
June 5, 2020 ‘The Bronx Is Not Going to Let This Bookstore Close’ We can’t all be out here just for ourselves.
June 5, 2020 Everything to Know About the Coronavirus in the U.S. More than 108,000 Americans have now died from COVID-19.
June 5, 2020 Breonna Taylor Was Shot and Killed by Police in Her Own Home Breonna Taylor would have been 27 on June 5.
June 5, 2020 Tear Gas Is a Chemical Weapon So why aren’t police banned from using it during protests?
June 5, 2020 I Don’t Need Your Check In Texts Whatever you think I might be feeling because of the news right now, it’s not new for me this week.
June 4, 2020 How to Support the Struggle Against Police Brutality Organizations to donate to, and other actions to take to help demand justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and other victims of police violence.
June 4, 2020 Someone Found Ben Affleck’s Secret Instagram His private account’s username is “positiveattitudehunting.”
June 4, 2020 Everything We Know About the Killing of George Floyd All four officers involved in Floyd’s death have now been charged.
June 4, 2020 How to Protest Safely During a Pandemic If you plan to join a protest for the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor, here’s everything you need to know.
June 4, 2020 Black Birding Is About Hope Talking to Corina Newsome, co-organizer of the first-ever Black Birders Week.
June 4, 2020 An Artist Reimagines What Home Looks Like for Black Families Malene Barnett, founder of Black Artists and Designers Guild, is building a virtual concept house that highlights the work of black designers.
June 4, 2020 The K-Pop Stans Are Mobilizing They’re spamming police surveillance forms and taking over racist hashtags with “fan cams” of their idols.
June 4, 2020 A Catastrophic Oil Spill in Russia Has Turned a River Red The 20,000 tons of oil could take a decade to clean up.

5:00 P.M. The 40 Best Horror Movies on Amazon Prime Hereditary, Suspiria, The Ring, and more.
3:54 P.M. Rachel Lindsay Might Leave Bachelor Franchise Due to Issues “It’s ridiculous. It’s embarrassing. At this point it’s embarrassing to be affiliated with it.”
1:36 P.M. Ana de Armas Wages War Against Paparazzi With Cardboard Strike that pose.
12:19 P.M. Josh Trank Says Fantastic 4 Refused to Cast Black Sue Storm “I should have just walked when that realization hit me.”
11:00 A.M. Who Wants to Teach Ellen Degeneres How to Be Better Person? Because she wants to learn how to be one.
11:00 A.M. The 30 Best Movies for Kids on Netflix Spider-Man, E.T., Casper, and more.
9:30 A.M. Netflix’s Last Days of American Crime Is a Ghastly Mess The relentless action orgy is somehow both too much and not enough.
9:00 A.M. Shaina Taub Describes Being Arrested on Her Stoop She said the officer was “snarling intense verbal intimidation.”
12:37 A.M. Band Behind Tiger King Tunes Drops New Carole Baskin Song They presumably had it just lion around.
June 5, 2020 Second City CEO Resigns After Claims of Institutional Racism “I am sorry for my many failures as the steward of an important cultural institution.”
June 5, 2020 RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars Recap: Jeff Probst’s Drag Race That’s right, henny, we’re doing Survivor now.
June 5, 2020 California Allows Film and TV Production to Resume June 12 Which is…next week.
June 5, 2020 Cate Blanchett Cut Her Head In Quarantine Chainsaw Accident It was just a “little nick.” Nothing to worry about.
June 5, 2020 Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story: Beginning of the End What if Betty had just walked away when Dan was late for the movies? Could all of this have been avoided?
June 5, 2020 SVU Showrunner Says Cop TV Is ‘Miscontributing’ to Society He has also spoken against police brutality on Twitter this week.
June 5, 2020 Cops Premiere, Live PD Episodes Pulled in Light of Protests It’s unclear whether Cops will return to Paramount.
June 5, 2020 The 50 Best Action Movies on Netflix Right Now Triple Frontier, Snowpiercer, Escape From New York, and more.
June 5, 2020 Priyanka Mattoo’s Advice Is a Bright Light in Dark Times Taylor Garron’s Instagram Live chat with our comedy advice columnist will make you feel good. We promise.
June 5, 2020 Yvonne Orji Can Turn Punchlines Into Choruses Momma, I Made It! works best when Orji’s material speaks for itself.
June 5, 2020 Vanderpump Rules Stars Once Called Cops on Black Cast Member Faith says Stassi and Kristen bragged about reporting her to the police in 2018. “It didn’t work, so they were upset about that.”

June 5, 2020 Delivery Workers Are Doing Their Jobs. The Police Aren’t. A video shows one Caviar courier being arrested by six officers.
June 5, 2020 Artist Stephanie H. Shih’s Grub Street Diet “I knew it was going to be bad, but it was a lot worse than I expected.”
June 4, 2020 Mayor Announces Plan for Expanded Outdoor Dining in NYC Restaurant reopenings could begin in early July.
June 4, 2020 Street Vendors Share Support for Blacks Live Matter “We condemn the violence and brutality police are using against those fighting for the right to exist.”
June 4, 2020 How a Restaurant Critic Inspired Me to Become a Chef An excerpt from the new memoir Rebel Chef.
June 3, 2020 Fast-Food Companies Still Don’t Care Empty messages don’t change a rotten system.
June 3, 2020 Food Delivery Under Curfew Restaurant owners are moving quickly to keep their workers as safe as possible.
June 2, 2020 How the Food World Can Help A list of restaurants, food justice organizations, and other resources to donate to.
June 1, 2020 Where Can Food Travel Shows Take Us Now? Episodes shot even a few months ago feel like artifacts from another time.
June 1, 2020 As Protests Continue, Chefs Pledge Solidarity “Our window can be replaced. George Floyd can’t”
May 29, 2020 Owner of Minneapolis Restaurant: ‘Let My Building Burn’ In a Facebook post, the family behind Gandhi Mahal offered solidarity to protesters.
May 29, 2020 Author Bill Buford’s Grub Street Diet “It was now officially a school night but for some reason it was 10 p.m. before dinner was served.”
May 28, 2020 I Want to Eat in the Weird French Lampshades In fact, I am desperate to eat in the weird French lampshades.
May 28, 2020 How to Wear a Mask to a Bar or Restaurant A handy guide if for some reason this is difficult for you.
May 28, 2020 Restaurant Owners Are Pushing Back Against Reopenings “Many places are trying to normalize all the reminders of a pandemic situation, but I cannot get behind that.”
May 28, 2020 Diner Breakfast Is the Perfect Meal to Dream About Right Now It’s unfussy, it’s delicious, and it’s impossible to make at home.
May 27, 2020 Here Are the Winners of the 2020 James Beard Media Awards Congrats to all.
May 27, 2020 In Praise of the Walking Coffee Walking doesn’t improve the taste of coffee, but coffee improves the experience of being in the world.
May 26, 2020 New York City Caps Delivery Fees at 15 Percent The law is one of seven meant to provide relief for restaurants and other commercial establishments.
May 26, 2020 What If Nobody Wants to Save New York’s Restaurants? Two months into the government-mandated shutdown, any real “help” seems even less likely to arrive than it did at the outset.

June 5, 2020 What I Tell People Who Ask Me What Smart Plug to Buy There’s a smart plug for everything — your lamp, your TV, even your pool pump.
June 5, 2020 How To Keep Your Apartment Cool (With or Without AC) Eight experts on the products and methods they use to keep their energy bills down.
June 5, 2020 7 Books About Race to Read to Your Kids A reading list for parents committed to raising anti-racist children.
June 5, 2020 The Best 25-Year Wedding Anniversary Gifts Silver gifts for your silver anniversary.
June 5, 2020 125 Black-Owned Businesses to Support Right Now From a bookstore in the Bronx to a winery in Vermont.
June 5, 2020 Items That Give Money to Organizations Fighting Racism From a sustainably made swimsuit to a queer, black artist’s book, (mostly) all of the money from these items goes to organizations fighting racism.
June 5, 2020 22 Things On Sale You’ll Want to Buy: From Superga to Dyson Including lots of things that’ll make great Father’s Day gifts.
June 5, 2020 7 Anti-Racist Books Recommended by Educators and Activists Becoming anti-racist is a lifelong commitment, these books are a good place to start.
June 5, 2020 What Singer Jhené Aiko Can’t Live Without “I’ve washed my hair with it. I’ve washed dishes with it. I’ve washed my crystals in it too.”
June 5, 2020 One of Our Favorite Digital Picture Frames Is On Sale Today Sync up to five frames so that the entire family can share and enjoy photos.
June 4, 2020 In-Stock Hand Sanitizer, From Unlikely Sources With hand sanitizer from the usual suspects scarce, lots of unconventional brands have adjusted their production to meet demands.
June 4, 2020 The Fabric Face Masks Our Editors and Writers Are Wearing “I even wore one on a six-mile walk with no complaints.”
June 4, 2020 The Best Cell-Phone Signal Boosters, According to Experts This is how you fix the “Can you hear me now?” problem.
June 4, 2020 9 Things On Sale You’ll Want: From Nespresso to Madewell A crowd-pleasing Nespresso machine for dad and a summery straw sunhat for you.
June 4, 2020 115 Ways to Donate in Support of Black Lives and Communities Including victim memorial funds, bail funds, mental health organizations, policy reform organizations, black LGBTQ organizations, and more.
June 4, 2020 A Gift for Every Type of Dad Including wine gadgets, razors, a nice notebook, a simple watch, and a silver pen.
June 4, 2020 Highly-Recommended Beauty Gems From Black-Owned Businesses An intensely vibrant, high-pigment eyeshadow palette, a turmeric-rich vitamin C serum, and a frankincense-infused face oil.
June 4, 2020 Madewell’s Structured (But Elastic-Waisted) Shorts Are $28 Part put-together, part lounge short.
June 3, 2020 The Best Gifts for Dad (That Do Good, Too) Charitable presents that are perfect for Father’s Day.
June 3, 2020 10 Things on Sale You’ll Want: From Cuisinart to Carhartt Including our favorite wireless headphones and a summer-approved pair of wooden clogs.

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