President Donald Trump’s proposed rollback of Obama-era fuel economy and emissions standards for passenger cars and trucks will force people to breathe dirtier air and dramatically increase greenhouse gas emissions, a pair of state attorneys general said Wednesday. “Any American who drives or breathes should oppose the administration’s actions,” Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan said on a […]
Members of the reportedly 7,000-strong migrant caravan making its way from Central America to the U.S.-Mexico border are grieving the loss of one of their own. Migrants woke up Tuesday morning to headlines in local newspapers that read, “Primer Muerto” — or “first death.” Local media covered the “first death” of the migrant caravan. Melvin […]
Members of the reportedly 7,000-strong migrant caravan making its way from Central America to the U.S.-Mexico border are grieving the loss of one of their own. Migrants woke up Tuesday morning to headlines in local newspapers that read, “Primer Muerto” — or “first death.” Local media covered the “first death” of the migrant caravan. Melvin […]
In an ongoing effort to atone for and absolve itself of recent claims of racial discrimination, Airbnb, the online home-sharing platform, announced earlier this week it would no longer allow rental hosts to request a guest’s photo before accepting a booking agreement. While Airbnb doesn’t currently require guest photos for the millions of individual and […]
Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, raised eyebrows when ThinkProgress first reported that he would be speaking alongside a sanctioned Russian official at a panel in Armenia on Tuesday. The confusion was only amplified by the actual content of Giuliani’s speech — prompting observers to question why the former New York City mayor would […]
The caravan of Central Americans heading to the U.S. border has, for President Donald Trump, become a polemic against immigration — and Democrats — in the lead-up to the midterm elections. He’s called on Mexico to stop the movement of around 7,000 people fleeing violence and poverty from countries such as Honduras and Guatemala. The […]
New York’s attorney general announced the state was suing fossil fuel giant Exxon Mobil on Wednesday, accusing the company of defrauding shareholders by downplaying the expected regulatory risk of climate change to its business. In the complaint, New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood argues that the alleged fraud reached the highest levels of the company. […]
New York’s attorney general announced the state was suing fossil fuel giant Exxon Mobil on Wednesday, accusing the company of defrauding shareholders by downplaying the expected regulatory risk of climate change to its business. In the complaint, New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood argues that the alleged fraud reached the highest levels of the company. […]
When news surfaced that multiple explosive devices were sent to media outlets, including CNN and the San Diego Union-Tribune, as well as the homes of the Clintons and Obamas Wednesday, a slew of Republican lawmakers quickly condemned the attempted attacks as un-American, imploring people not to allow political disagreements to lead to violence. But, rarely, if […]
When news surfaced that multiple explosive devices were sent to media outlets, including CNN and the San Diego Union-Tribune, as well as the homes of the Clintons and Obamas Wednesday, a slew of Republican lawmakers quickly condemned the attempted attacks as un-American, imploring people not to allow political disagreements to lead to violence. But, rarely, if […]
In the midst of the 2016 campaign, a bit of punditry was born: Take Trump seriously, not literally. Two years later, Trump has done — or tried to do — everything he literally promised on the campaign trail, and on Wednesday morning, there was more chilling evidence that words matter, and that people listening to the […]
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, President Trump said that his administration doesn’t “have tariffs anywhere.” That’s surprising news to the global economy and many American businesses which are already feeling the pinch from the tariffs Trump himself imposed. “We don’t even have tariffs. I’m using tariffs to negotiate,” Trump told the Wall […]
On the heels of reports that bombs had been sent to the Clintons, President Obama, CNN, and others on Wednesday morning, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) took to Twitter to denounce “incivility” in politics. “Violence is never OK. Reports of bombs being sent to the homes of Obama, Clinton, and Soros are deeply, deeply disturbing,” Cruz […]
The 2018 hurricane season still has a few weeks to go, but it has already been one for the record books. Warming-fueled waters led to some of the strongest, most rapidly-intensifying hurricanes ever recorded. Hurricane Michael was third-most intense Atlantic hurricane to make landfall in this country — and the most intense October hurricane to hit ever […]
On Wednesday morning, Fox News was forced to interrupt a segment breathlessly fear-mongering about “left-wing mobs” and protesters confronting Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) at a restaurant to cover news that bombs had been sent to the Clintons and Obamas. Just before Fox News shifted gears, James Freeman of the Wall Street Journal alluded […]
With the midterm elections two weeks away, President Trump is leading Republican candidates in outright lying to constituents. And one of the most popular lies, which Trump tweeted out Wednesday morning, actually tries to convince voters that Republicans hold one of Democrats’ positions on health care — and that Democrats don’t hold it. Republicans will […]
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA — Campaign posters occupy nearly every inch of exposed grass next to the parking lot of the Northeast Library in Wilmington. The library is one of five early voting locations in North Carolina’s New Hanover County, and there’s a steady trickle of voters coming in and out over their lunch break. Early […]
I was returning from a trip to Orlando, Florida over the weekend when I saw the news about the Trump administration’s plans to take away federal protections for trans and gender non-conforming people. It didn’t surprise me. Despite campaigning as an ally to the LGBTQ community, President Donald Trump has proved to be anything but. […]
As midterm elections draw near and President Donald Trump nears the halfway point of his term, he is devoting much of his time to campaign rallies for fellow Republicans — which often serve as rallies for the president himself. At these events, banners and professionally made identical signs are ubiquitous, claiming “Promises made, promises kept.” […]
Over the past year, Dr. Shanthi Ramesh performed abortions for seven sexual assault survivors and she recalls Medicaid insurance only paying for two. It didn’t matter that they were all technically eligible for Medicaid — meaning, they were all poor enough to receive public health insurance — or that a doctor, in her professional opinion, believed […]
Elected officials hungry to build new revenue-generating jails in far-flung corners of the country are expanding their use of an unlikely funding source to get the deals done: farm money. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) sponsoring of jail projects is not entirely new. But the agency charged with stewarding U.S. food-making efforts is cranking […]
Utah law enforcement officials are struggling to answer questions about their efforts to help a University of Utah student who was murdered by a man she’d reported for harassing her weeks earlier. Lauren McCluskey was shot and killed by Melvin Rowland on campus Monday night. Rowland killed himself later the same evening. McCluskey first reported […]
President Donald Trump announced late Monday that he intends to nominate a former agrochemical industry official to lead the Department of the Interior’s Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). The selection of Aurelia Skipwith, who worked at Monsanto for six years, to head FWS carries on a Trump administration trend of filling top environmental regulatory positions with […]
Nina Kouprianova, Richard Spencer’s wife, has filed for divorce from her white supremacist husband. First reported by BuzzFeed, the filing details Kouprianova’s allegations of emotional and physical abuse by Spencer, which include instances in which Spencer beat her while she was pregnant with one of their two children. At one point, Kouprianova said, Spencer “had me […]