By the End of the Century 44,000 People Will Die Every Year From Wildfire Smoke
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Wildfire smoke is creating a public health crisis. Last year, nearly every county in Montana was declared a disaster area. As wildfires raged, respiratory-related visits to emergency rooms spiked. In Lolo, Montana, officials installed new air filters in schools to improve air…
New Duncan Hunter Ad Claims His Opponent Is Backed by the Muslim Brotherhood
Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) arrives for the House Republican Conference meeting on September 26. Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/Newscom/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Wednesday, a spokesman for California Rep. Duncan Hunter told the Los Angeles Times that Hunter had never suggested his opponent, Palestinian Mexican American Ammar Campa-Najjar, is a Muslim…
Rep. Duncan Hunter Suggests His Opponent Is Part of “Islamist” Plot to Infiltrate the Government
Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) arrives for the House Republican Conference meeting on Wednesday, September 26.Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/AP Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Speaking at a meeting of a Republican women’s club on Monday, Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter of California, the recently-indicted incumbent who is running for reelection in…
Tons of Promises Were Made at Jerry Brown’s Climate Summit, But Only One Requires Rockets
California Gov. Jerry Brown speaks as Michael Bloomberg, left, listens during a news conference at the Global Action Climate Summit Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018.Eric Risberg/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. California’s Governor Jerry Brown, once nicknamed “Governor Moonbeam,” announced on Friday that the state was launching its own satellite, a…
Too Young to Vote—But Too Riled Up to Stay Quiet
Students from the Arizona March for our Lives group at a rally in March. Courtesy of Jordan Harb High schoolers across the country are leading voter registration efforts—even though some are too young to head to the polls themselves. Some of these new organizers, like 17-year-old Jordan Harb of Arizona, were energized to call for tighter gun…
Kids With Cognitive Problems Can Be Locked Up for Years Without a Trial
holwichaikawee/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. By the time he turned 15, Jesus G. was hearing voices and having suicidal thoughts. It was early 2013, and he’d been living at the Central Juvenile Hall in Los Angeles for more than a year, though he’d never been tried or found guilty…