Here’s a Middle Class Index™ for Chuck Schumer
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Sens. Chuck Schumer and Martin Heinrich think that GDP is a pretty imperfect measure of economic growth. So they want some new statistics: The idea, they say, is to shed light on where economic prosperity is showing up across different income groups — and, potentially,…
Obamacare Still Working, Uninsured Rate Drops Again
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. According to the latest CDC survey, the uninsured rate declined during the first quarter of 2018: This may seem puzzling since enrollment rates for Obamacare went down during signups for this year. But if fewer people signed up for Obamacare, how did the uninsured rate…
Scientists Discover Giant Deep-Sea Coral Reef Off Atlantic Coast
This story was originally published by HuffPost and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As the research vessel Atlantis made its way out to sea from Woods Hole, Massachusetts, last week, expedition chief scientist Erik Cordes predicted the team would discover something no one has ever seen before. It didn’t take long. Some 160 miles off the…
A Little Bit of Lime Won’t Make This New Water-Sucking Corona Factory Go Down Any Easier
Adam McCauley Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Best enjoyed ice cold, the beers of Mexico are red-hot in the United States. Between 2013 and 2017, sales of brews from south of the border surged 44 percent, even as domestic beer sales dipped 3.5 percent. A single company benefits most from…
A Chicago Cop Is Going on Trial for the “Execution” of Laquan McDonald. This Could Be Big.
OfficerJason Van Dyke in court in March 2016.Nancy Stone/Pool Chicago Tribune/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Jury selection begins September 5 in the highly anticipated trial of Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke, who stands accused of first-degree murder, among other charges, in the shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald,…
If Only Harvard Had Awarded Trump an Honorary Doctorate…
Donald Trump striking a pose of mature statesmanship when asked for a comment following John McCain’s death.White House pool Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Here is Jon Chait on the not-very-surprising revelation that Donald Trump is contemptuous of people with accents and state university degrees: Deep in a Politico report…