Even If Democrats Win New Jersey, They’ve Already Lost
Julio Cortez/Associated Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. New Jersey, which went to Hillary Clinton by 14 points in 2016, is a state Democrats should have had locked up months ago; instead they’ve been forced to embark on a rescue mission to save embattled incumbent Sen. Bob Menendez, who is…
How Thousands of Already Cast Florida Ballots Could Be Tossed Aside Without Voters Knowing
Rejected mail-in ballots sit in a box as members of the canvassing board verify signatures at the Miami-Dade County Elections Department on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018, in Miami. Lynne Sladky/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Since moving to Florida in 2007, Paul Cauchi has voted in person in his Miami-Dade…
“It’s a Ghost Page”: EPA Site’s Climate Change Section May Be Gone for Good
Andrew Wheeler, the EPA’s acting administrator, addresses senators at a committee hearing. Win McNamee/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by the Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. More than a year after the US Environmental Protection Agency took down information on climate change from its website for…
Here’s Why You Should Keep an Eye on the Effort to Repeal California’s Gas Tax
But nationally, the group reported in October, with about half the roads in as poor a condition as California’s, the average motorist is losing $599 annually—a total of $130 billion nationally—as a result of driving on bad roads. That’s $244 less than the average Californian is paying. So, even if California is only able to…
This Researcher Rode 5,000 Miles With Uber to Understand the Gig Economy
Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. If you’re a frequent passenger of Lyft or Uber, there’s a good chance you’ve met your fair share of drivers. But probably not as many as Alex Rosenblat, an ethnographer and researcher at Data & Society, a nonprofit in New…
Kids Suing the Government Over Climate Change Will Get Their Day in Court After All
Plaintiffs in the climate change lawsuit rally outside the federal courthouse in Eugene, Oregon on October 29. Robin Loznak/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. For the second time in just over three months, the Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration’s effort to delay a climate change lawsuit led by…