In 6 Western States, Voters Have a Chance to Fight Trump’s Environmental Rollbacks
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by the Center for Public Integrity and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Voters in six Western states—Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Montana, Nevada and Washington—will head to the polls Nov. 6 with the chance to decide on hotly contested,…
The Role Harassment Plays in Climate Change Denial
Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Before Tom Steyer was a high-profile figure calling for the president’s impeachment, before the attacks directed at him escalated from name-calling to threats and violence, and before the president demeaned him as a “crazed & stumbling lunatic,” the Democratic donor was familiar with being a target for the…
A Black Woman Running for Boston DA Is Out to Change the City’s Racist Sentencing Disparities
Rachael RollinsDiana Levine Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. It was an unusual scene: In a county jail in Boston, inmates sat face to face in June with a row of attorneys who wanted their votes. The attorneys were competing to become the Democratic nominee for Suffolk County’s top prosecutor, to…
Trump Would Love to Trigger a Brawl. Don’t Let Him.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Just a quick note: I assume, among other things, that Donald Trump is hoping his immigration demagoguery will trigger some kind of incident. That’s why he keeps amping things up. He wants something, anything, to happen before November 6 that might scare suburban housewives. Even…
Oprah to Stacey Abrams’ Fans: “Y’all Are About to Make Some History”
Stacey Abrams and Oprah Winfrey onstage in Decatur, GeorgiaKiera Butler Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Stacey Abrams may be a draw, but there’s nothing like Oprah to bring out the crowds. And out they came on a rainy Thursday afternoon, huddling under umbrellas outside an auditorium in Decatur, Georgia, to…
In These 5 Races, Climate Change Has Taken Center Stage
Amelia Bates/Grist Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Grist. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Earlier this fall, the world’s top climate scientists gave humanity about 10 years to avoid a future that really sucks. With the midterm elections right around the corner, that warning means…