With Trump’s Ban Looming, Transgender Service Members Talk About What the Military Has Meant to Them
Jacob Eleazer, Regan Kibby, Sheri Swokowski, Blake DremannWDRB 41 Louisville News, National Center for Lesbian Rights, Brian Ebner/Optic Nerve, Courtesy of Blake Dremann Sheri Swokowski Brian Ebner/Optic NerveFrom an early age, probably five, I thought I should be wearing my sister’s clothes. At times when I found myself home alone, I did. But I grew…
“Oh My God, Julia Roberts Is Going To Be in This Movie!”
The Portmans—Nate (Owen Wilson), Via (Izabela Vidovic), and Isabel (Julia Roberts), accompany Auggie (Jacob Tremblay) to his first day of school. Dale RobinetteWhen R.J. Palacio’s debut children’s novel about a boy with severe craniofacial deformities was optioned for film, she figured it would be an indie production with lesser-known actors. “Not Julia Roberts!” she says. Wonder,…
We Now Know Just How Bad the Flint Water Crisis Was for Pregnant Women
A Flint resident holds up a bottle of the city’s water along with hair pulled from her drain.Molly Riley/AP This story was originally published by The Atlantic and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When the city of Flint, Michigan, temporarily switched its water source to the Flint River in 2014, it didn’t treat the water…
Behold the Donald Trump Golf Course Tax Deduction
I have three new notes to offer about the Republican tax plan. You have to see them to believe them. The Republican plan eliminates deductions for student loan interest, alimony payments, moving expenses, major medical expenses, school supplies purchased by teachers, and tax credits for parents who adopt children. Sure this hurts some people, but…
There’s Something New About Obamacare: A Big Gender Divide
The LA Times today says that Obamacare has finally become a political winner for Democrats: In Maine, voters resoundingly backed a ballot measure to expand Medicaid through the federal healthcare law….And worries about healthcare in Virginia helped fuel a solid victory for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ralph Northam and Democratic legislative candidates across the state. That…
Let’s Watch Fox News Evolve on the Roy Moore Story
As long as we’re mocking Fox News today, let’s see how their response to the Roy Moore news is evolving through the day. Here it was shortly after the allegations were first published: The “Clinton Cult” stuff is still top and center. Moore is covered below that, and the headline is “Baseless Attack.” A few…