Cory Booker Has a Betsy DeVos Problem
Newark Mayor Cory A. Booker speaks during groundbreaking ceremonies for a mixed-use complex of charter schools and teachers housing on Feb. 9, 2012.Mel Evans/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In the spring of 2012, Cory Booker delivered the keynote address at the third annual School Choice Policy Summit at a…
Trump Might Have Actually Announced One Realistic, Good Idea in His State of the Union Speech
Doug Mills/CNP/ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In the State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Trump made at least one bold pledge that should garner bipartisan support: to end the transmission of HIV by 2030. While ambitious, both advocates and experts believe the goal is largely achievable, in theory, due to great…
“Somebody in Washington” Wanted the US-Mexico Border Covered in Razor Wire, and This Mayor is Pissed
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Back when President Donald Trump sent thousands of soldiers to the US-Mexico border in the fall, his critics pointed out that the military’s presence was useless, that they couldn’t do much to secure the border. There was one thing, however, that they could do: Put…
“I Suffered Deep Humiliation”: Woman Accusing Virginia Lt. Governor of Sexual Assault Speaks Out
Bob Brown/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Vanessa Tyson, the woman who has accused Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of sexually assaulting her in 2004, released a statement on Wednesday detailing her allegations. “I cannot believe, given my obvious distress, that Mr. Fairfax thought this forced sexual act was consensual,” Tyson,…
Did Drug Prices Really Decline By a Record Amount in 2018?
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Last night President Trump said this: Already, as a result of my Administration’s efforts, in 2018 drug prices experienced their single largest decline in 46 years. I’ve been puzzling over this ever since he said it. What does he mean? I assume he means prescription…
What It Was Like to Watch Stacey Abrams’ SOTU Response With Her Biggest Fans
Associated Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When I profiled Stacey Abrams for Mother Jones last year, before she won the Democratic primary for governor, she seemed like Georgia’s best kept secret. Now, in her home base of Atlanta, on the eve of arguably the most important speech of her political…