What a Stock Market Crash Could Mean for the Climate
Richard Drew/Associated Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Grist. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Let’s talk about the stock market. Pretty terrifying, huh? The big Christmas Eve dip plunged the US markets into “bear” territory—with declines of over 20 percent in the…
How to Hand Out Free Money
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On a gray afternoon in Juneau, 36-year-old Kristen Hemlock sat on her bed picking at a cold McDonald’s chicken sandwich, waiting for the checks to arrive. Her four-year-old son, Eli, chubby and dimpled, lay on his stomach on a bottom bunk two feet away, distracting…
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin Tries to Reassure Investors of “Strong Economic Growth”
Steven Mnuchin.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Just days after the stock market had one of its worst weeks since the 2008 financial crisis, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin released a letter stating that he had spoken to CEOs at the nation’s six largest banks and confirmed they had “ample liquidity” to…
It’s Been a Year Since Trump Enacted Sweeping Tax Cuts. Rich People Won.
Man hands sweeping money,business concept. Lucky man winning lots of us dollar from gambling,with smiling face and black background.cherrybeans/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. One year ago today, President Donald Trump signed into law the largest tax overhaul America had seen in 30 years. In an Oval Office signing ceremony…
How One Company Is Making Millions Off Trump’s War on the Poor
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Renaud VigourtOne night last March, Sue Fredericks ran into trouble. She had been watching snow accumulate for hours from her post at a 24-hour gas station. Busy stretches on her overnight shift were rare, on account of the size of the town in which she…
Trump Tries to Throw Gasoline on France’s Fuel Riots
Nicolas LiponnNurPhoto via Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A series of violent protests that have rattled France in recent weeks have caught the eye of Donald Trump. Earlier today, @realdonaldtrump retweeted a post from Charlie Kirk, the founder of conservative nonprofit Turning Point USA, which attributed the “riots in…