The Trump Administration Just Made it Even Harder for Private Insurance Companies to Cover Abortion
A demonstrator shouts slogans during a rally in support of abortion rights, Tuesday, May 21st, in Los Angeles. Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP The Trump administration is adding an extra bureaucratic hassle for insurance companies providing coverage for abortions—a move critics say will discourage insurers from covering abortions and make it harder for people to obtain them. The…
“Go After the Truth No Matter Who It Benefits”
It’s easy to feel lonely right now—this time of year, this moment in history. You might be surrounded by people you love but who no longer seem to share your core values. You might be separated from loved ones by a border or wall. Or you might just be following the news, watching journalists calmly…
A Christian Magazine Called for Trump’s Removal. Top Evangelicals Say It’s A Liberal Plot.
Evan Vucci/AP President Donald Trump made history this week when the House voted to impeach him on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, making him the third president in US history to be impeached. The president still has fervent support from Republicans and high-profile conservatives, but this week he has taken a…
Virginia Could Take the Lead in Tackling the Housing Crisis
A neighborhood of single-family homes in Fairfax County, Virginia, outside Washington, DC.krblokhin/Getty For a case study in what’s wrong with housing in America, you could do a lot worse than Arlington County, Virginia. Located right next to Washington, DC, the county has a huge demand for housing that has pushed the average home price to…
How California’s Uber Law Became an Excuse to Fire Freelance Journalists
Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, speaks at a rally about her measure to limit how companies labeling workers as independent contractors.Rich Pedroncelli/AP On Monday, the sports blog SB Nation, owned by Vox Media, announced it was reorganizing its model in California and would be laying off most of its staff of two hundred freelance writers…
The Clinton Impeachment Was Nonpartisan? Please.
Jeff Malet/Newscom via ZUMA Rep. James Sensenbrenner, one of the House managers in the impeachment of Bill Clinton, explains how it was different from the impeachment of President Trump: Earlier this Congress, Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the House, and Jerrold Nadler, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, set forth criteria for undertaking an…