Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant (R) signed the country’s most restrictive abortion bill into law Monday, banning abortion after 15 weeks gestation. The law will take effect immediately, and makes exceptions only for cases of fetal abnormality or medical emergencies, but not for rape or incest. The governor has said his “goal is to end abortions in […]
In a strange Monday afternoon speech on opioid policy, President Donald Trump dedicated the bulk of his time to ideas that would be likely to worsen the crisis. Reporters who had been briefed on the administration’s plans ahead of time wrote that the White House seeks to put force behind a 12-point guideline for the […]
Cynthia Nixon is a woman of the people, according to the video she released on her Twitter account Monday afternoon. She might have an Emmy, but she takes the subway just like you. She makes lunches for her kids, and she’s got some things to say. The video Nixon released Monday confirmed rumors that have […]
The data firm that helped propel Trump to the presidency used sex workers and bribes to entrap political opponents in compromising situations, according to an investigation by Channel 4 News in the U.K. Alexander Nix, the CEO of Cambridge Analytica, told undercover reporters that it could “send some girls around to the candidate’s house,” adding […]
For Richard Spencer, the nominal ideologue of the most recent iteration of white supremacy in America, there is only one platform that will allow him to continue his work. Known as MakerSupport, the site, according to Spencer, remains the last bastion for him to raise funds — and to regain the relevance he once knew. […]
Almost half of the world’s population — some 3.6 billion people — currently live in areas vulnerable to water scarcity. By 2050, this is expected to increase to around 5 billion people, a new United Nations report warns. Water quality issues and increased demand for water due to a growing global population will combine to […]
In 2016, as Hillary Clinton beat Donald Trump 48 percent to 46 percent of the popular vote nationwide, she held him to just 30 percent of the vote in Hawaii. Now, President Trump’s current approval rating in the Aloha State might be even lower than that. And with the administration pursuing nativist, anti-immigrant, racist policies […]
An American professor’s legal claim against Cambridge Analytica to find out just how they build their profiles of voters has been given new importance by the revelations that the data analytics firm harvested private information from millions of Facebook users without their permission. David Carroll, an associate professor at Parsons School of Design in New […]
Over the weekend, President Trump launched a sustained attack on Robert Mueller and his investigation into Russia’s potential collaboration with the Trump campaign. Now, Trump is also working overtime to discredit former FBI Director James Comey. The recent attack on Mueller represented a notable shift for Trump — who, until this weekend, had not tweeted the […]
In the waning days of the Obama administration, the Labor Department handed down its “fiduciary rule,” which was intended to modernize regulation of investment advisers and protect workers’ retirement savings. Last week, however, a divided panel of a conservative federal appeals court struck down this rule. Both of the judges in the majority are Republicans. […]
Business consultants and institutional investors have been warning corporations of the perils of a warming planet. For years, these experts have been saying corporate leaders can no longer ignore the risks of climate change on their companies’ bottom lines. The message is getting through easier to corporate boards of directors in some countries but not […]
Business consultants and institutional investors have been warning corporations of the perils of a warming planet. For years, these experts have been saying corporate leaders can no longer ignore the risks of climate change on their companies’ bottom lines. The message is getting through easier to corporate boards of directors in some countries but not […]
This post contains spoilers for Season 9, Episode 14 of Will & Grace. Will & Grace has always been known for its social commentary, especially on gay rights, and the new season — back after 11 years — is unapologetically political. The latest episode, however, attempts to respond to high-profile cases of bakeries refusing to serve […]
This post contains spoilers for Season 9, Episode 14 of Will & Grace. Will & Grace has always been known for its social commentary, especially on gay rights, and the new season — back after 11 years — is unapologetically political. The latest episode, however, attempts to respond to high-profile cases of bakeries refusing to serve […]
A dad in the process of applying for his green card was recently released from immigration detention after a federal judge rejected a Department of Justice request to deport him to El Salvador, according to The Daily Item, a daily newspaper based in Lynn, Massachusetts. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents detained Edgar “Lupe” Mendoza […]
A dad in the process of applying for his green card was recently released from immigration detention after a federal judge rejected a Department of Justice request to deport him to El Salvador, according to The Daily Item, a daily newspaper based in Lynn, Massachusetts. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents detained Edgar “Lupe” Mendoza […]
During an interview on TODAY Monday morning, Christopher Wylie, a former employee of U.K.-based data analytics company Cambridge Analytica, revealed the company worked with two key Trump campaign aides prior to President Donald Trump’s candidacy. “Cambridge Analytica was meeting with Corey Lewandowski in 2015 before Trump had even announced and offering the services that I’m talking about […]
In 2007, Wimbledon became the final of tennis’s four major tournaments to offer equal prize money to its men’s and women’s champions. But more than a decade later, pay equality is still a long way off in the broadcast booth. In an interview for BBC Panorama: Britain’s Equal Pay Scandal, Martina Navratilova — who won […]
Teens at a Pennsylvania high school used their punishment from last week’s student walkout to stage another anti-gun violence protest over the weekend. At least 225 Pennridge High School students were given detention last week after they left their classes and staged a mass walkout in support of National School Walkout Day, a country-wide protest to […]
A fourth explosion in Austin, Texas injured two people on Sunday night, sparking fears of an ongoing and increasingly erratic, deadly trend in the city. At around 8:32 p.m., two unidentified men in their 20s were walking their bicycles on the 4800 block of Dawn Song Drive in the Travis County neighborhood when they appeared to […]
President Trump started his Monday by promoting Sean Hannity’s interview on his favorite show, Fox & Friends — and then used it to attack special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into his campaign. Hannity’s interview came on the heels of a weekend in which one of the key witnesses in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, former […]
On Sunday in Pyeongchang, the U.S. sled hockey team defeated Canada in a thrilling overtime game to earn Team USA’s third straight Paralympics gold. But for 20-year-old Kelsey DiClaudio, one of the best sled hockey players in the world, watching this triumph was bittersweet. “I’m very happy for them, I’ve played alongside those guys, I […]
Just a few years ago, Benisek v. Lamone, one of two partisan gerrymandering cases the Supreme Court is considering during its current term, looked like an extraordinarily clever lawsuit. For one thing, it challenges Maryland’s gerrymander — a Democratic state where Democrats drew the congressional maps — and a majority of the Supreme Court is controlled […]
Extreme heat and years of ongoing drought — both linked to climate change — are increasing wildfire risk throughout California. If the state’s fire liability rules don’t change, California’s destructive wildfires of 2017 could land a devastating blow to the finances of the state’s electric utilities, leaving the companies on the hook for billions of dollars in […]