Students across the nation will walk out of their schools on Wednesday to honor the victims of the Parkland shooting last month and to demand lawmakers to take action on gun control. But many schools are working to either forbid their activism or direct it in a way that they find appropriate — ignoring the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following the deadly shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida last month, organizers laid 7,000 pairs of shoes at the foot of the Capitol building Tuesday to memorialize the 7,000 children killed by gun violence since the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in 2012. Volunteers with Avaaz— a civic activism campaigning […]
Hours after being fired on Twitter by President Trump, Rex Tillerson gave a farewell speech in which he never said the word “Trump” — and yet still managed to throw plenty of shade at the commander in chief he once reportedly called a “moron.” Tillerson dwelled on themes like “treating each other with honesty and […]
Documents show that Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Director Scott Angelle has spent more than 98 hours meeting with oil and gas lobbyists and executives since he began the role last May. In contrast, during this same time he only spent 1.75 hours with NGOs. According to an analysis of Angelle’s calendar released […]
By Jeremy Deaton The Eastern Seaboard is enduring its third nor’easter in 10 days. Winter Storm Skylar is expected to blanket New England in more than a foot of snow. The National Weather Service has warned of “near-blizzard conditions.” The rapid succession of storms may seem unusual, but mounting evidence suggests that climate change is making nor’easters more frequent […]
President Donald Trump’s longtime personal aide, John McEntee, was fired and escorted from the White House on Tuesday after it was revealed that he was under investigation by the Department of Homeland Security for serious financial crimes — but he was then immediately hired by the Trump re-election campaign. McEntee had been one of Trump’s […]
President Donald Trump’s longtime personal aide, John McEntee, was fired and escorted from the White House on Tuesday after it was revealed that he was under investigation by the Department of Homeland Security for serious financial crimes — but he was then immediately hired by the Trump re-election campaign. McEntee had been one of Trump’s […]
Two weeks ago, six survivors of sexual abuse at the hands of Larry Nassar — a former USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University doctor who abused more than 250 people under the guise of medical treatment over the past few decades — spoke to legislators in Michigan and unveiled a package of ten bills specifically […]
MT. LEBANON, PENNSYLVANIA — Maria O’Matz got to skip school Tuesday. The high school sophomore instead spent the day knocking on doors in a last minute push for Democrat Conor Lamb, who is on the ballot in Tuesday’s special election to replace Rep. Tim Murphy (R). It’s O’Matz’s first time volunteering for a political campaign, […]
MT. LEBANON, PENNSYLVANIA — Maria O’Matz got to skip school Tuesday. The high school sophomore instead spent the day knocking on doors in a last minute push for Democrat Conor Lamb, who is on the ballot in Tuesday’s special election to replace Rep. Tim Murphy (R). It’s O’Matz’s first time volunteering for a political campaign, […]
Like the proverbial bad penny, Louis Farrakhan turns up in the news with cyclical regularity, typically drawing negative attention to himself and distracting media attention from more glaring and serious national affairs. At the end of February, Farrakhan once again became the magnet for such controversy. The Nation of Islam leader hasn’t inflamed the national […]
Whether or not Trump, his campaign or his allies colluded with Russia in the country’s effort to interfere with the 2016 presidential election depends on who knew what. One key piece of information is whether anyone in the Trump orbit knew about Democratic emails which, according to U.S. intelligence, were hacked by Russia and later […]
As Frances McDormand accepted her Oscar for best actress just over one week ago, she left the audience with two words: “Inclusion rider.” Curiosities were piqued; Google searches spiked. On the Merrian-Webster site, “inclusion” was the most-searched word of the night, with “rider” not far behind. Soon the masses were fluent in some potentially profoundly […]
Kentucky is moving closer to banning at least one abortion procedure after 11 weeks, part of a wider movement to curb access to reproductive care across a number of states. The Kentucky House of Representatives voted 71-11 on Monday to ban the “dilation and evacuation” procedure, or D&E, the most commonly-used method for second trimester abortions. Approximately […]
It’s been a tough few weeks for white supremacists in the U.S. First, the so-called “sword and shield” of young white supremacists — the Foundation for the Marketplace of Ideas, a legal organization dedicated to protecting white nationalists’ speech — folded. Along the way, Richard Spencer admitted that his college tour was a resounding bust, attracting […]
During a brief Q-and-A with reporters at the White House on Tuesday, President Trump was asked to respond to British Prime Minister Theresa May’s claim that Russia was responsible for the poisoning and attempted murder of a former spy and his daughter on British soil. Trump went to great lengths to avoid pinning blame on […]
President Donald Trump has officially fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and intends to nominate current CIA director Mike Pompeo in his place. Tillerson was the former CEO of ExxonMobil, which for decades was the number one funder of climate science disinformation until they were surpassed by the Koch brothers starting in 2005. But before […]
President Donald Trump on Tuesday fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, and nominated CIA Director Mike Pompeo for the position. Now, the person who could head the top diplomatic post in the country doesn’t even seem to be a fan of diplomacy. Pompeo supported the torture program before he suddenly opposed it, is hawkish on North Korea, […]
The NRA spent at least $7,868 in support of Republican congressional candidate Rick Saccone ahead of Tuesday’s special election in Pennsylvania, according to FEC filings reported this week by ABC News. The expenditures mark the first time the NRA has directed funding to a federal political campaign since a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas […]
The Idaho House on Monday passed an anti-abortion measure that is based on shoddy and unscientific research, aiming to place yet another barrier between women and gender minorities who seek abortions. SB 1243 would require the state Department of Health and Welfare to provide individuals seeking abortions with information about reversing a medication-induced abortion. It would […]
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s visit to a small town south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, less than three weeks before a special election, is drawing scrutiny to determine whether the official trip was really an opportunity to throw his support behind the Republican hoping to fill the open congressional seat. Several politicians were on hand for the […]
Florida voters may get the chance to vote on two sweeping gun control proposals during the upcoming midterm election. State legislators submitted two proposals over the weekend that would fill the gaps left by a gun bill signed into law by Gov. Rick Scott (R) on Friday. One of the proposals would classify nearly any semi-automatic weapon as […]
During an interview on Tuesday’s edition of Fox & Friends, House Intelligence Committee Chair Devin Nunes (R-CA) justified the decision made by Republicans on the committee to end its probe into the Trump campaign for possible collusion with Russia with a Trump talking point that was debunked eight months ago. “If you look at the […]
President Trump announced Tuesday morning that Rex Tillerson is out as Secretary of State. The White House claimed it informed Tillerson he was being asked to step down on Friday, which may explain why he broke from the White House Monday when he condemned Russia for the poisoning of a British spy. Conversely, CNN also […]
President Trump announced Tuesday morning that Rex Tillerson is out as Secretary of State. The White House claimed it informed Tillerson he was being asked to step down on Friday, which may explain why he broke from the White House Monday when he condemned Russia for the poisoning of a British spy. Conversely, CNN also […]