Here’s Why Kavanaugh Could Be Bad News for the Internet, Too
Democrats worry Kavanaugh will side with the First Amendment rights of companies over those of consumers. Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Newscom via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Next week, Democrats will question Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh during confirmation hearings held by the Senate Judiciary committee, and Kavanaugh’s potential influence on the future…
The Environmental Voter Project Knows Who You Are, and How to Trick You Into Saving the Planet
Amelia Bates/Grist Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Grist and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Mary Elizabeth, a redheaded woman in exercise clothes, is holding an extremely bald, blubbery baby when she answers her door. She’s smiling through the exhaustion of new parenthood and…
Trump Attacks Sessions for Investigations of Two Indicted GOP Congressmen
Yin Bogu/Xinhua via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump escalated his attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday in a series of tweets for pursuing investigations into two recently indicted Republican congressmen. Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) and Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.), two of Trump’s earliest supporters…
Gary Shteyngart Wants You to Invest in His Hedge Fund
Brigitte Lacombe Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Boy meets girl. Boy had messed-up boyhood and is weird and sort of delusional. Boy became hedge fund manager, very rich. Boy (white, 40s, Princeton) marries girl (child of Indian immigrants, way younger, Yale Law). Girl gives up career. Boy and girl have…
Listen Closely to Robin Bacior’s Latest Album
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Robin BaciorLight It Moved MeSpirit House At first glance, Robin Bacior’s Light It Moved Me could be mistaken for a lulling diversion. Her graceful voice, elegant piano (with occasional accents of wistful French horn and trumpet), and luminous melodies seem to be the stuff of…
Campaigns Are at Serious Risk of Being Hacked, and Congress Is Doing Nothing to Help Them
Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta, pictured after Clinton conceded defeat to Republican Donald Trump, was the target of a high-profile hack.Matt Rourke/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On July 23, the entire staff of the Democratic National Committee received an email from the organization’s CEO, Seema Nanda. It was…