Obamacare Continues Not to Fail in 2018
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. So how is Obamacare doing? We already know that it ended the 2018 enrollment period with only slightly fewer signups than 2017. That’s not bad considering the relentless campaign of sabotage that Donald Trump engaged in. But how about insurers? They didn’t abandon the Obamacare…
“This Is Devastating”: a Top Reproductive Health Researcher Talks About Kennedy’s Retirement
A large crowd on the sidewalk at the steps in front of the Supreme Court Building as the Court’s decision on Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt was about to be announced. Evan Golub/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Now that Justice Anthony Kennedy has announced his retirement from the Supreme Court, vacating…
Internal Watchdog Just Dinged the Park Service Director for “Inappropriate” Workplace Conduct
Mother Jones illustration; Department of the Interior; Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Interior Department’s internal watchdog released a report Thursday describing an inappropriate gesture made by the National Park Service director in department headquarters. While Paul Daniel Smith is unlikely to be punished over the incident, the case…
Here’s a Tiny Little Case Study of Political Misinformation
Helmut Fohringer/APA Picturedesk via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I had lunch with a friend yesterday. I’ve known him for a long time, and he’s a smart, politically engaged, moderate conservative. He’s not a big Donald Trump fan and certainly not a Fox News drone. Just an ordinary center-right…
Lice, Bedbugs, Chickenpox—Doctors Fear Migrant Children Aren’t Getting Any Health Care
Miguel Juarez Lugo 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. As thousands of migrant children have been taken from their parents and sent to facilities across the country, questions are growing about the medical care they…
During This Week From Hell, Enjoy Some Good News About Pandas
Young777/Ge Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Believe it or not, there’s a battle happening among conservationists over the Giant Panda. Though an undoubtably iconic species for environmentalists—and the highly recognizable symbol of the World Wildlife Fund for half a century—some argue that all the dollars funneling into panda conservation are, simply put,…