He Spent Every Day Handing Out a Free Newspaper. When the Paper Shut Down, His Community Stepped Up.
Hassan Nezhadessivandi, 65, used to distribute the Express newspaper in Washington, DC, before it ceased publication, leaving him jobless but not without support.Bobby King Sr. Welcome to Recharge, a weekly newsletter full of stories that will energize your inner hellraiser. See more editions and sign up here. For five years, Hassan Nezhadessivandi had stood in…
A Formal Impeachment Investigation Is Underway. Now What?
AP Photo/Evan Vucci It’s happening: On Tuesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the launch of a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump following reports last week that Trump attempted to bully Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky into investigating former vice president and Democratic presidential frontrunner Joe Biden’s son. But the process for impeaching a president…
A New Memoir Details How the Criminal Justice System Puts Sexual Assault Survivors Through Hell
Mariah Tiffany After Chanel Miller was sexually assaulted by Brock Turner on the Stanford University campus in January 2015, she tried to keep the attack secret from most of her family and friends. As details of the crime were reported—two grad students on bikes had spotted Turner on top of the unconscious Miller behind a…
Rising Seas Aren’t Even the Scariest Part of Climate Change in the Oceans
Mlenny, Getty Climate change has already taken an irreversible toll on our oceans and frozen places, warns a major new report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Much of the carbon pollution we’ve pumped into the air has gone directly into the world’s seas: They have absorbed 90 percent of the excess heat from the…
Trump Says He Will Release Ukraine Phone Call
Phase 7 coming right up! I am currently at the United Nations representing our Country, but have authorized the release tomorrow of the complete, fully declassified and unredacted transcript of my phone conversation with President Zelensky of Ukraine…. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 24, 2019 I have no doubt that this call will not…
Trump Impeachment Liveblog: Pelosi To Announce Formal Impeachment Inquiry?
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to address the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters Tuesday.AP Photo/Mary Altaffer The calls to impeach President Donald Trump are growing louder after he admitted to discussing former Vice President and current presidential candidate Joe Biden on a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.…