Curious How Bernie Sanders Went From ’60s Radical to Democratic Front-Runner? Read On.
Donna Light/Associated Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Bernie Sanders launched his second bid for president with about as much pomp as he did his first one. In other words, not much. In April 2015, Sanders announced his candidacy via Twitter then walked outside his Capitol Hill office and held…
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Who is Not In a Coma, Returns to Supreme Court
Kevin Dietsch/CNP via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg made her return to the Supreme Court for oral arguments on Monday for the first time since announcing she underwent surgery in December for cancer. Her public appearance comes after false conspiracy theories about her health…
Donald Trump Has a Cash Problem
AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Donald Trump’s sons announced Thursday that they were shelving plans to open two chains of lower-end hotels and motels, blaming Democrats and journalists on their failure to get the new brands off the ground. But there’s a likelier explanation for their struggles, and…
For Cops, Stress May Be the Biggest Danger. This City Is Trying New Ways to Improve Their Mental Health.
Mother Jones illustration; Jupiterimages/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On the dimly lit second floor of Stockton, California’s police headquarters, Lieutenant Brad Burrell addressed a room full of recent cadets: “Please come into this with a very open mind,” he told the seated officers, who had just signed up to…
What Should a Climate Change “Plan” Look Like?
NASA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. David Roberts has a point here: Adding to this: a list of your favored policies is not a “plan.” A plan involves a way of inspiring thousands of people to organize & take action & drive your policies onto the national political agenda &…
Who Is Your Favorite Movie President?
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I don’t want to think about real presidents today. So instead let’s have a fun survey of fake presidents! Someday, perhaps, Hollywood will make a few movies that star women as president of the United States.