How Football Shaped Indigenous Identity
Carlisle Indian School players surround head coach Glenn “Pop” Warner in Carlisle, Penn., circa 1900s.AP Photo/Pro Football Hall of Fame This Sunday, when the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers meet on the field for Super Bowl LIV, at least some headdress-adorned Chiefs fans in the stadium will be chanting and tomahawk-chopping their…
Weathercasters Are Talking About Climate Change—and How We Can Solve It
A meteorologist in Victoria, Texas.Matthew Westmoreland/AP This piece was originally published in Grist and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. For many years, as the science of human-caused climate change grew ever clearer, TV meteorologists avoided discussing the topic on air. Today, many weathercasters bring up climate change regularly. By embracing the…
After the Boos, Bernie Sanders Takes a Softer Approach
Sen. Bernie Sanders in Indianola, Iowa.Pablo Martinez Monsivais Bernie Sanders’ allies railed against the DNC and corporate Democrats out to get him, and Vampire Weekend was in Iowa to open up for the senator. That was what I saw reporting from the state four years ago as caucus-goers faced choosing between Sanders and Hillary Clinton. And over…
Do We Shortchange Our Kids on School Spending?
Bob Somerby complains today about an op-ed in the New York Times arguing that lots of poor schools get less funding than rich schools. The issue, it turns out, isn’t money per se; it’s the fact that poor schools attract lots of new teachers who are paid less than more experienced teachers. This disparity in…
Internal Emails Confirm that Trump’s Hurricane Map Was “Doctored”
Trump in the Oval Office with the doctored mapEvan Vucci/AP Last September, as powerful Hurricane Dorian barreled towards the Bahamas, Donald Trump tweeted that several southern states, including Alabama, would be in its path. This was directly contradicted by the National Weather Service’s latest maps, which showed Alabama outside storm’s cone of uncertainty. Instead of…
Wildfires Threaten Australia’s Capital
Rick Rycroft/AP The historic and deadly wildfires that have engulfed Australia since September continue to rage, with residents living in and around the national capital city of Canberra bracing for more devastation. Local officials have declared a state of emergency, the first in 17 years, for the entire capital territory. So far, the Australian bush…