Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke Guilty of Murder in Laquan McDonald Shooting
Officer Jason Van Dyke listens to the prosecution’s closing statements at his murder trial.Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/AP/Pool Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A jury in Cook County, Illinois, has found white Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke, who shot and killed black 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in 2014, guilty of second-degree murder. The…
Impeaching Brett Kavanaugh Is a Liberal Fantasy. Give It Up.
Protesters demonstrate against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh outside the Supreme Court on October 3.Win McNamee/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. With Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh likely to be confirmed this weekend, Democrats have raised the possibility that they will try to impeach him if they retake the…
Old Constitutions Need Courts More Than New Constitutions
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I don’t know where this post came from anymore. It started when I was reading a Matt Bruenig piece about how social pressures are as important as market forces in bringing up minimum wages. I think someone on Twitter told me I should take a…
Brett Kavanaugh Tries to Make His Case in Wall Street Journal Op-Ed
Michael Reynolds/Pool/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal Thursday evening, defending his position as an “independent” and “impartial” judge ahead of a likely final confirmation vote this weekend. The editorial comes after a blistering and contentious hearing last Thursday—in…
Retired Justice John Paul Stevens Says Kavanaugh Should Not Be on Supreme Court
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens said on Thursday that Brett Kavanaugh should not be confirmed to the Supreme Court, citing the nominee’s behavior during last week’s hearing. “I thought [Kavanaugh] definitely had the qualifications to sit on the Supreme Court and should be…
A New Study Shows How Mushrooms Could Save Bees. Yes, Mushrooms.
Mint/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Over the past decade, the honeybee story has been the stuff of science fiction. Back in 2006, beekeepers first noticed their honeybees were mysteriously dying off in huge numbers, with no clear cause. For some, a whopping 30 to 90 percent of their colonies were…