Without Fox News, Republicans Would Be Toast
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. How much effect does Fox News have on presidential voting? Here’s a trip down memory lane: 2007: Stefano DellaVigna and Ethan Kaplan investigate the period between 1996 and 2000, when Fox News was being introduced. By 2000, some cities had it and some didn’t. The…
Senior Fraud Has Skyrocketed Since 2013
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. We are living longer and longer, and that’s especially true of those with higher incomes. It turns out there’s a big downside to that: As we get older, the likelihood of dementia increases, and that makes us perfect prey for financial scammers. The Wall Street…
Trump’s Shutdown Has Led to a “Slow Strangling” of American Science
Approximately 90 percent of NSF’s 2,100-person workforce is furloughed, an agency spokeswoman said. At least 250 postdoctoral research fellows have gone without their stipends. The agency has had to cancel job interviews for key positions, including head of the Office of Information and Resource Management. And it was unable to send staff to a number…
Unions Representing Air Traffic Controllers, Pilots, and Flight Attendants Just Issued an Incredibly Dire Warning
David J. Phillip/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Wednesday night, unions representing aviation workers—including air traffic controllers, pilots, and flight attendants—released an ominous statement warning that the ongoing government shutdown, now in its 33rd day, poses serious safety risks for its members and for the larger traveling public. “It…
It Took Nearly 50 Years, But New York Finally Just Decriminalized Abortion
A demonstrator holds up a banner saying “Keep Abortion Legal” in front of Trump International Hotel in New York City, on January 20, 2018. Ira L. Black/Corbis via Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. For decades, pro-choice activists have pushed to reform abortion access in one of the country’s…
BREAKING: Davos Billionaires Hate High Taxes
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Here is today’s least surprising headline: According to the Washington Post, Michael Dell was asked what he thought about a 70 percent tax rate on income over $10 million. However, the audience “burst into laughter” before he could answer. Eventually the answer turned out to…