A Congressman Just Called Public Hearings “a Freak Show”
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., questions witness FBI Deputy Assistant Director Peter Strzok, during a joint hearing on “oversight of FBI and Department of Justice actions surrounding the 2016 election” on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 12, 2018. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free…
Even Nixon Supported This 100-Year-Old Law Protecting Migratory Birds. Now Trump Wants to Gut It.
SIPA Asia via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Reveal and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Legal wrangling over the future of a landmark conservation law signed 100 years ago centers on the question of whether “inadvertently” killing birds is illegal. Environmental groups…
These New Air Sensors Could Revolutionize Air Pollution Regulation
“The state does what they can with what they have to work with,” said Karen Sjoberg, the group’s leader. “They’ve got monitors in the best locations they can and they’ll do studies on that, but we need low-cost versions where we live.” Even in large cities, which tend to get more attention because of their…
New York State Officials Recommend Legalizing Marijuana
A man smokes marijuana at a protest on Parliament Hill in Ottawa in April 2015.Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As the United States faces a devastating opioid epidemic, New York State officials have offered up one potential alternative: marijuana. In a report released Friday by the New…
Scottish Police Search for an Anti-Trump Paraglider
A Greenpeace demonstrator flies over the Trump Turnberry golf resort.John Linton/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Scottish police are looking for information about the pilot of a Greenpeace paraglider who flew an anti-Trump banner within 100 yards of the president. Assistant Chief Constable Mark Williams of Scottish police told the…
There’s a Disturbing Element to Europe’s Long Postwar Peace
The future of Europe? Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. There is an ominous passage in Tony Judt’s Postwar that’s stayed with me ever since I first read it. It starts on page 27 in my edition, and since it’s near the beginning you can read the whole excerpt on Amazon…