Thanks to This Advocacy Group, the Trump Administration Believes a Little Radiation Is Good for You
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is considering formal proposals that would abandon current regulations that require licensees, such as the one pictured here, to keep human exposure to radiation as low as reasonably achievable. Nuclear Regulatory Commission/Creative Commons Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Since World War II, virtually every American business…
“Mom, When They Look at Me, They See Dollar Signs”
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Becki Sarnicky, who lost her son Nick, at her home in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in January Bryan Anselm/Redux for Mother JonesThe offer was too good to resist: Go to rehab for a week, get $1,000 in cash. It was early 2017, and Brianne, a 20-year-old…
Trump’s Former Acting Attorney General Agrees to Fix His Testimony About Trump Pressure
Matthew Whitaker testifies before the House Judiciary Committee on February 8, 2019.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Matthew Whitaker, the embattled former acting head of the Justice Department, agreed Tuesday to meet with members of the House Judiciary Committee to clarify testimony in which he denied that President…
Democrats Are Introducing Medicare for All With Actual Outside Support
Progressive Democrats of America holds a news conference to announce the launch of a Medicare for All Caucus at the Capitol on Thursday, July 19, 2018.Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via AP Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Wednesday, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) will introduce “The Medicare-For-All Act of 2019,”…
Justice Department Loses Antitrust Appeal to AT&T-Time Warner Deal
Spencer Platt/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. AT&T emerged triumphant after the Justice Department lost its second court challenge to the company’s $85.4 billion merger with Time Warner, a blockbuster deal that has the potential to shake up much of the media industry. The deal, and the DOJ’s long,…
Once Again, a New Book Debunks Some History I Never Knew In the First Place
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I am once again befuddled by history: The full role of white women in slavery has long been one of the “slave trade’s best-kept secrets.” “They Were Her Property,” a taut and cogent corrective, by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers, who teaches at the University of California,…