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…
The Winners and Losers of Trump’s Tariff Bailout
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. About a month ago, the Trump administration announced its plans to spend up to $12 billion to help offset losses incurred by farmers as the president pursues a trade war against China and other major buyers of US agriculture goods. In a press call Monday,…
California Is About to Abolish Cash Bail. Criminal Justice Advocates Aren’t Happy.
Wavebreakmedia/iStock/Getty Images Plus Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Criminal justice activists have long said California’s bail system needs reforming. Earlier this year, a California appellate court agreed, declaring the state’s system unconstitutional and making change inevitable. Then last week, Democrats in the state Legislature passed a bill that would effectively abolish cash bail once and for all. …