These Giant Rodents Are Eating Louisiana’s Coast
Stockbyte via Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Undark. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig made an oil-soaked pelican the prevailing symbol of the precarious relationship between industry and the environment on Louisiana’s Gulf Coast.…
Beto O’Rourke Blasts Trump’s Immigration Policies in Campaign Kickoff
Beto O’Rourke greets supporters at his campaign kickoff in El Paso, Texas, Saturday.Gerald Herbert/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Beto O’Rourke officially kicked off his campaign for the Democratic nomination for president at a rally on Saturday in his hometown of El Paso, Texas, on the street that connects the…
Warren and Sanders are Talking Tough About Corporate Control of Food
Sen. Elizabeth Warren says she’s ready to take on Big Ag interests. Steven Senne/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Food and farm policy rarely plays a major role in US presidential elections. But Democratic hopefuls Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders may be about to change that. In a Medium post…
Elizabeth Warren Responds to Biden Allegations: “I Believe Lucy Flores”
Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the Biden Courage Awards Tuesday, March 26, 2019, in New York. Frank Franklin II/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Former Nevada State Rep. Lucy Flores (D) accused former Vice President Joe Biden of touching her inappropriately when he campaigned for her in 2014.…
Trump Intervenes in War Crimes Case After Watching Fox & Friends Segment
Earlier this month, 18 House Republicans, including Norman, wrote to Navy Secretary Richard Spencer to raise concerns about Gallagher’s detention. They alleged that Gallagher had insufficient access to his defense counsel and was being deprived of adequate food and medical care. They also complained that Gallagher and other pre-trial detainees were being improperly intermingled with…
The Best Way to Fight Climate Change Comes From an Unlikely Place
Aurora Samperio/NurPhoto via Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by High Country News. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Imagine a Walmart semi-truck rolling down the interstate with its back doors open, plasma-screen televisions tumbling out onto the highway, crashing through windshields and…