Which Democratic Presidential Candidates Have Released Their Tax Returns?
Mother Jones illustration Has he released them this cycle? No. Does he plan to? Yes. When? Unclear. Booker has been a fiery critic of President Trump’s reluctance to share tax returns. During the first debate between Trump and Clinton in September 2016, Booker chastised the Republican nominee for “FAILING miserably” as Trump explained with “stammering…
A Man Suffered a Heart Attack on the Train. Another Passenger Rushed to Help Just In Time.
Avi Hatami and Brad Wieboldt.Screenshot via Newsday Welcome to Recharge, a weekly newsletter full of stories that will energize your inner hellraiser. See more editions and sign up here. Avi Hatami was on a commuter train outside New York, studying for a medical exam, when he heard something. Hatami, an aspiring doctor just 10 months…
This Video Shows What Happens After the Ice Melts
Yu Ruidong/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images This story was originally published by Wired and is shared here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Not enough people care enough about climate change. It’s too remote, too removed from everyday life. Even those who acknowledge its enormity often don’t see what it has to do with them personally. So maybe this…
Here’s Why Andrew Yang’s Alt-Right Supporters Think He’s the 2020 Candidate for White Nationalists
Mother Jones illustration; Drew Angerer/Getty Last Month, Andrew Yang’s 2020 Presidential bid careened from out of nearly nowhere onto the 2020 Democratic debate stage in a matter of days. Until March 4, the hashtag #YangGang had mostly been quietly floating around Twitter, only occasionally garnering a peak of just hundreds of daily mentions. But on…
Raw Data: The Rental Vacancy Rate in the US
This is, once again, only national data, but it still provides a useful big picture view of what the rental market looks like. When the rental vacancy rate is low, it means the market is tight and rents are likely to increase. Here’s the national vacancy rate for as long as we have data for:…
Tim Ryan’s Long, Weird History of Palling Around With Fluoride and Vaccine Skeptics
Jack Kurtz/ZUMA Wire At a 2018 question-and-answer session at a summit for wellness influencers in San Diego, an attendee wanted to talk to Tim Ryan about fluoride. Ryan, a Democratic congressman from Northeast Ohio, had co-sponsored a resolution in 2015 hailing water fluoridation as a public health triumph. But the woman told Ryan that water…