Watch Lin-Manuel Miranda Sing a Lullaby For Kids Detained on the US Border
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In front of thousands at the Families Belong Together rally in Washington, D.C., Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator of the hit musical “Hamilton,” sang a lullaby for parents who have been separated from their children at the border. “We’re here because there’s parents right now who can’t sing lullabies to…
GM: Tariffs Are Bad for America and Bad for GM
Come on, Mary, tell us what you really think of Donald Trump.Kimberly P. Mitchell/TNS via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I mentioned a couple of days ago that Donald Trump’s strategy of attacking his enemies with every tool at his disposal has been working pretty well. Corporate America in…
My Adventures at a Camp for Transgender Men
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Randi strolls around the dining hall on the first day of camp wearing a worn leather holster on his belt, but no gun. Instead, he’s packing an STP (“stand to pee”) device that, in case it isn’t obvious, helps men without penises urinate while standing up.…
The Deepwater Horizon Spill Happened 8 Years Ago. The Ocean Still Hasn’t Recovered.
Researchers took sediment samples in 2014 from shipwrecks scattered up to 150 kilometers (93 miles) from the spill site to study how microbial communities on the wrecks have changed. On two shipwrecks close to the source of the outpouring of oil—a German U-Boat and a wooden 19th-century sailing vessel—scientists saw a visible oil residue. “At…
As California Burns Again, Survivors Return Home to Total Devastation
“We hadn’t even gotten off the ground yet,” he said. “Now it’s in the ground.” It’s not the expensive espresso machines, the cars, or the kitchenware that Harper is most upset about. It’s the items that can’t be replaced: snow globes his children made for him out of old peanut butter jars, and his wife’s…
Intel Community Says North Korea Is Deliberately Deceiving Us
Yonhap News/Newscom via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. After the summit in Singapore, reporters asked President Trump how fast we could expect progress on denuclearization. “It will go pretty quickly,” he said. “The timing will go quickly….it’s going to go very quickly. I really believe that it’s going to…