Why Is Teen Suicide Up?
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Over on Twitter, I was in a conversation that mentioned the notion that Facebook (or social media in general) has contributed to a rise in teen suicide. This got me curious about what the teen suicide rate really is. Here are the numbers from the…
Arkansas Tried to Restrict the Use of This Controversial Pesticide. Monsanto Fought Back and Won.
Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Arkansas regulators voted last Wednesday to relax restrictions on the controversial weedkiller dicamba, despite testimony from top scientists and scores of concerned citizens who urged them to reject the move in a public hearing. As reported last year by FERN and Reveal, dicamba…
Trump Campaign Manager: New Mexico Is Flippable in 2020 Because Latinos Love Trump
Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale speaks in Topeka, Kansas, in October. Mark Reinstein/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. He wasn’t on the official schedule, but President Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign manager, Brad Parscale, made a three-minute cameo at the Conservative Political Action Conference outside Washington, DC, on Thursday to tout…
After the Michael Cohen Hearing, Congress Has Some Big Questions for Trump’s Tax Lawyer
AP Photo/Evan Vucci Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In 2016, under fire for his refusal to release his tax returns, President Donald Trump contended that an ongoing audit by the Internal Revenue Service prevented him from disclosing these financial records, as every presidential contender had done since 1980. To back…
Andrew Wheeler Was Just Confirmed as the Nation’s 15th EPA Administrator
The Senate voted 52-47 to confirm the former coal lobbyist, who has served as acting EPA chief since former Administrator Scott Pruitt resigned amid ethics scandals last July. In a statement posted to Twitter, Wheeler said he was “deeply honored” and looking forward to carrying out President Donald Trump’s agenda. I am deeply honored, and…
Stop Freaking Out About the Future of Climate Change and Start Worrying About the Present
VCG/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. While there are a lot of alarm bells sounding over how climate change will affect marine ecosystems and the world’s seafood supply in the future, there’s been much less attention paid to the effects it’s already had on them. In fact, the National Oceanic…