Climate Change Will Ravage US National Parks
Most of Joshua Tree national park could become uninhabitable due to climate change.Education Images/UIG via Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by the Guardian. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. America’s national parks have warmed twice as fast as the US average and could see…
Gun Control Groups Are Pouring Serious Money Into House Races
A screenshot from one of gun control group Giffords’ ads targeting Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.).Giffords PAC Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Since the February school shooting in Parkland, Florida, that ignited a national outcry for stricter gun laws, gun safety-aligned candidates and gun safety advocates have been hellbent on translating that outrage…
New Trump Administration Rule Could Cause Fearful Immigrants to Forgo Public Benefits
Marina Alejandre, an immigrant from Mexico, waits for her country to be called at a naturalization ceremony in Tampa, Florida, in December 2017.Monica Herndon/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When the Trump administration’s draft guidelines for reinterpreting who is eligible for green cards leaked earlier this year, one provision looked…
Bill Cosby Sent to Prison
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Bill Cosby sentenced to 3 to 10 years in state prison. — Montgomery County DA (@MontcopaDA) September 25, 2018 Bill Cosby was just sentenced to between 3 and 10 years in prison after being found guilty earlier this year of drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea…
Chart of the Day: The Brent Premium Is Nearly $10 Right Now
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I’ve got no special reason for posting this, but if you’d like a 30-second break from the insane tawdriness of the Kavanaugh affair, here’s a chart about oil prices: The two most widely traded grades of oil are Brent Crude and West Texas Intermediate. Most…
Calls to the National Sexual Assault Hotline Spiked Last Weekend While More Kavanaugh News Broke
Protesters gather in front of the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Sept. 24.Carolyn Kaster/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The National Sexual Assault Hotline saw a surge in calls—a 57 percent increase from an average weekend—from Friday September 21 through Sunday September 23. A higher volume of calls…