Online Voting is a Really, Really Bad Idea
Miguel Candela/SOPA Images via ZUMA Wire Casting votes over the internet—at least for anything more important than a Twitter poll—is not secure. “This level of secrecy hardly inspires confidence.”This is not a controversial position. In September 2018, the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, alongside some of the foremost election and information security experts…
Most Republicans Think Pressuring Foreign Countries to Investigate Political Rivals is Normal
AP Photo/John Bazemore A new poll on how Americans feel about impeachment shows that most of those surveyed—of all political stripes—think impeachment is a necessary tool, and presidential abuse of power is a legitimate reason for using it. But a majority of Republicans say they think that a president trying to use the full weight…
Wisconsin’s Statehouse Is at War Over Its Dairy Crisis
In April 2019, Ryan Dunham sold the 50 dairy cows on his farm in Westby, Wis. Dunham, due to the challenging finances he faced from low milk prices.Peter Thomson/AP Photo/La Crosse Tribune In Wisconsin, one of the nation’s key battleground states for the 2020 presidential election, dairy is big business. But low milk prices and…
Amazon Spent a Ton of Money on Seattle Elections. It Probably Wasn’t Worth It.
Ted S. Warren / AP When Amazon pumped $1.5 million into influencing Seattle’s City Council elections in its final weeks—a rather startling bump on the $25,000 spent four years ago, according to Reuters—it begged the question: Can Amazon buy an election? (And, uh, is Prime delivery worth your complicity?) Jeff Bezos and Amazon think they can buy elections. They spent…
Methane Detectives: Can a Wave of Technology Slash Natural Gas Leaks?
A rig drills for natural gas, framed by the cliffs of the Roan Plateau. Steven D Starr/Getty This story was originally published by Yale Environment360 and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Driving along County Road 28 south of Platteville, the signs of Colorado’s oil and gas boom are everywhere you look. Storage tanks…
Jim Jordan Joins the Intelligence Committee as a New Lawsuit Says He Shrugged Off Sexual Misconduct Claim at Ohio State
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, speaks to media after Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Laura Cooper arrived to testify as part of the House impeachment inquiry.Patrick Semansky/AP Ardent Trump defender Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is joining the House Intelligence Committee tasked with marshaling the impeachment inquiry. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Cali.) delivered the news on…