While the surge in oil and natural gas pipeline construction over the past decade has been met with increasing resistance from residents and environmentalists, several key state officials have been steadfast in their support for fossil fuel infrastructure. State regulators from Pennsylvania to Virginia in particular have served as cheerleaders for pipeline development, regardless of […]
Hundreds of West Boca High School students walked out of their classes Tuesday morning in a show of solidarity with the 17 students and faculty killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School during last week’s school shooting. The students walked to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, 10 miles south of West Boca High School, to […]
The deaths of 65 passengers and crew aboard an Iranian commercial flight that crashed on Sunday are the latest in Iran’s longstanding ordeal over the safety of its airplanes — referred to by some Iranians as “flying coffins.” The Aseman Airlines plane was headed to the southwestern city of Yasuj from Tehran, when it disappeared […]
Last week’s mammoth indictment, identifying 13 Russians and a trio of Russian companies for leading a social media interference campaign in the U.S., revealed several details of the operation that would each be newsworthy on their own: The fact that Russian operatives communicated with unidentified Americans in Texas and took trips through Nevada, Colorado, and […]
As of Friday, Alaskan businesses will no longer be allowed to pay disabled workers less than the minimum wage, which is currently $9.84 an hour. “Workers who experience disabilities are valued members of Alaska’s workforce,” said the state’s Department of Labor and Workforce Development Acting Commissioner Greg Cashen, in a press release. “They deserve minimum wage […]
As the National Rifle Association grows increasingly out of touch with most American gun owners, the organization still claims “more than five million members.” A number of corporations are making membership to the group, which opposes nearly all gun safety legislation, more enticing by partnering with the NRA. After paying the gun lobby’s $40 annual […]
The U.N. organization dedicated to protecting children issued a completely blank “statement” regarding the current status of Syrian children on Tuesday, indicating that the situation is beyond description. “No words will do justice to the children killed, their mothers, their fathers and their loved ones,” United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) regional director Geert […]
Donald Trump Jr. expressed his approval on Tuesday morning for a far-right smear campaign against students who survived last week’s massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Since the shooting, which killed 17 people at their school, the students have become outspoken advocates for gun control and fierce critics of the NRA. On his Twitter account, Trump […]
A man previously featured on the home page of a dating site geared toward supporters of President Trump has a 1995 child sex conviction on his record, a report by WRAL found this weekend. Barrett Riddleberger was convicted of indecent liberties with a minor in 1995, after videotaping himself having sex with a 15-year-old when he was […]
Tuesday is the Supreme Court’s first day in session since a gunman walked into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida and murdered 17 people. It’s also the day Justice Clarence Thomas picked to deliver a 14-page rant about the fact that it isn’t easier to buy guns in the United States. California law requires most […]
Appearing on CNN on Tuesday morning, Kansas Republican congressional candidate Tyler Tannahill (R) tried to defend his plan to hold an AR-15 giveaway on the heels of yet another deadly mass shooting in Parkland, Florida — a shooting perpetrated by a gunman who legally obtained an AR-15. Tannahill’s defense did not go well. Although Tannahill has vowed […]
A group of South Carolina state lawmakers have proposed a new bill to try to circumvent marriage equality and allow discrimination against gay, lesbian, and bi people. It would dub same-sex couples’ marriages “parody marriages,” and its reasoning is incomprehensibly bizarre. According to H. 4949, a “parody marriage” is “any form of marriage that does not […]
One of Michigan’s largest public utilities — which provides power for more than 60 percent of the state’s residents — has promised to stop burning coal completely by 2040 in an effort to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. Consumers Energy president and CEO told the Associated Press that the utility accepts the consensus science on […]
Former Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) has joined a growing far-right smear campaign against the students who survived last week’s massacre in a Parkland, Florida high school. Since the shooting, which killed 17 people, the students have become outspoken advocates for gun control to prevent future acts of violence. Kingston attacked the students as mere stooges […]
On Tuesday morning, President Trump urged Pennsylvania Republicans to challenge a new map of the state’s congressional districts issued by the state supreme court after justices determined the previous map drawn by Republican lawmakers was unconstitutionally gerrymandered. “Hope Republicans in the Great State of Pennsylvania challenge the new ‘pushed’ Congressional Map, all the way to […]
Students who survived the gun massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School have emerged as powerful advocates of gun control and fierce critics of the NRA. Now they are being targeted by a right-wing smear campaign. David Hogg, a senior at the school, was one of the first to appear on national television and demand action. […]