A Radical Approach to Helping Former Prisoners Start Over: Let Them Into Your Home
Sabina Crocette and London Croudy in the backyard of Crocette’s West Oakland townhouse. Cayce CliffordWhen she first got out, little things like crossing the street were difficult for London Croudy. “When you’re in prison, the only thing you’re thinking about is going home. You plan all these things in your mind, and then all of…
Even a Small Nuclear War Could Trigger a Global Apocalypse
Climate science, though, is not. “I don’t like the term exchange,” says Alan Robock, a climate resesarcher at Rutgers who’s been studying nukes for three decades. “It’s jargon that nuclear war planners use to not think about the horror they’re planning.” Robock and a few colleagues have, for years, been running the numbers on what…
Trump Trades Prisoners for Turkish Invasion of Syria
Here’s a helluva statement from the White House tonight: BREAKING: In an extraordinary Sunday night statement, the White House announces that the US “will no longer be in the immediate area” of Northern Syria, allow Turkey to launch an invasion in the region and give Turkey responsibility for captured ISIS fighters in the area. pic.twitter.com/Ytu8t3BLUg…
Columnist at the Center of Ukraine Scandal Joins Fox News
Conservative columnist John Solomon appearing on Sean Hannity’s Fox News show on August 20, 2019.Fox News For months, opinion columnist John Solomon has played a central role in stoking right-wing conspiracies about Ukraine’s role in the 2016 election and Joe Biden’s involvement with the country as vice president. Now, Solomon is making his alliance with…
Trump Ally Sen. Ron Johnson Had a Meltdown on “Meet the Press”
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) talks with reporters in the Capitol on September 25.Caroline Brehman/Congressional Quarterly via ZUMA Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) gave a wild performance on “Meet the Press” Sunday, refusing to answer questions posed by host Chuck Todd, instead peddling unfounded conspiracy theories about the 2016 election. The bizarre interview is a demonstration of…
A Second Whistleblower Is Coming Forward in Ukraine Scandal, Attorneys Say
President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the Young Black Leadership Summit 2019 at the White House on Friday. Tasos Katopodis/CNP via ZUMA The lawyers representing the first whistleblower, whose complaint about Donald Trump’s behavior provoked an impeachment inquiry, said Sunday that they now representing another whistleblower with knowledge of the Ukraine scandal. The second whistleblower…