You Don’t Need a President to Know Which Way the Wind Blows
Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post/Getty This story was originally published by Slate and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Official warnings about Hurricane Dorian, which continues on its tight-spinning crawl along the Southeastern US coast, have now been supplemented, underscored, and bungled by the nation’s president. Amid the chaotic weather reports emanating from his mouth and Twitter feed, Trump has already mistakenly declared…
This Apple Might Be the Most Anticipated Piece of Produce in History
Aysia Stieb/The California Sunday Magazine After two decades of research and development, it’s no wonder the Cosmic Crisp, a new variety of apple, is causing such a stir even before it hits supermarket shelves: There have been launch parties, press conferences, Instagram Influencers, and a $10.5 million marketing budget. On this week’s episode of Bite,…
Trump to Ukraine: No Aid Unless You Smear Joe Biden
Unfortunately, Fred Hiatt is right: this is astonishing. I shouldn’t be astonished, but this is astonishing: The Trump administration withholding military aid from an important ally–apparently for one reason only: to corruptly pressure it to interfere in the 2020 election @postopinions @jacksondiehl https://t.co/vpoUVh4izE — Fred Hiatt (@hiattf) September 6, 2019 We already knew that Donald…
This Entire Week Has Been Incredibly Depressing. But Then Today in New York I Saw a Young Woman Give People Hope.
Alexandria Villaseñor, a 14-year-old climate activist from New YorkSam Van Pykeren Outside the United Nations headquarters in New York, a group of about 25 students braced themselves against strong winds from Hurricane Dorian on Friday. Ranging in age from elementary to college students, they held signs that read “As the oceans rise, so will we” and…
Hurricane Dorian Could Slam 67 Toxic Sites. But Hundreds More Are at Risk.
A Superfund site in North Carolina in 2014.Chuck Burton/AP Ten days before Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas on August 25, 2017, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that reversed an Obama administration directive that required infrastructure projects using federal funding—like roadways and stormwater infrastructure—to be designed to accommodate the rising sea levels associated…
Here’s a Better Look at Blue-Collar Wage Growth
Earlier today I noted that weekly blue-collar wages had increased a lot in August. Unfortunately, this is a series I don’t look at routinely, and I made a mistake I’ve criticized in others: looking at annualized monthly growth, which is often very noisy: On an annualized basis, blue-collar wages in August did indeed grow 7.7…