Environmentalists Didn’t Expect This Would Happen When They Busted Up Dams
Julie Jacobson/Associated Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This post was originally published by Grist. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Dam busting is a grand tradition of American environmentalism. In 1966, when the Sierra Club and allies got Congress to prohibit new dams in the Grand Canyon it…
Oakland Teachers Reach Tentative Deal to End Strike
Educators, students and supporters rally at Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, California during a seven-day teachers strike. Jeff Chiu/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Friday, after a week of protest, the Oakland teachers’ union has announced a tentative agreement with the Oakland Unified School District to end the city’s longest such…
Atlanta Fed’s Robot Gets Suddenly Skittish About the Economy
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Every few days the Atlanta Fed releases an estimate of GDP growth as of that moment. It’s normally in rough agreement with the blue-chip consensus, but not always. Take today, for example: Two weeks ago, the GDPNow forecast dropped dramatically when the retail trade report…
The Release of “When I Come Home” Was a Huge Surprise. Solange’s Talent Isn’t.
Daniel DeSlover/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This week: When I Get Home by Solange (Columbia Records, 2019) Why we’re into it: Look, it’s Solange. We had to. We’re sure you’ve already seen it plastered all over the music sites, and on your friends’ Instagram stories, and trending on…
Next in the Congressional Hot Seat: Donald Trump Jr.?
Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Donald Trump Jr. has a new investigation to worry about. House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) says that Michael Cohen’s blockbuster testimony this week will fuel new investigative efforts by the panel—and those likely will target the president’s son. “All…
The 2020 Race Has Its First Climate Candidate
AP Photo/Mary Schwalm Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Washington Governor Jay Inslee joined the Democratic primary frenzy on Friday, launching a campaign with climate change as its central focus, an issue that conventional political wisdom, pointing to the polling, dismisses as a lower priority for voters than healthcare and stagnating…