Savvy Doctors Can Convince Reluctant Parents To Vaccinate Their Kids
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A vaccine that can prevent certain kinds of cancer has been on the market for decades—but American children’s immunization rates with it are still woefully low. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that all children receive a series of human papillomavirus immunizations when…
Stacey Abrams Just Made History
Stacey AbramsAP Images/AP Photo Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Stacey Abrams became the Democratic nominee in Georgia’s gubernatorial race on Tuesday night, squarely beating rival Stacey Evans with an early and significant lead. Now, after a tough and racially charged primary, Abrams will likely face off this November against Lt. Gov. Casey…
Jared Kushner’s Prison Reform Plan Just Passed the House With Van Jones’ Support
Jared KushnerOlivier Douliery/ Abaca Press(Sipa via AP Images) Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Donald Trump just scored a victory on criminal justice reform, and some Democrats are actually pleased. In a 360-59 vote, the House of Representatives approved a prison bill on Tuesday that the president and his son-in-law, Jared…
Amy McGrath Wins Kentucky 6th Primary
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I think I agree with Karen Tumulty about this: Best ad of the 2018 campaign so far. And she won. Against the Democratic establishment. https://t.co/5bouccA27m — Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) May 23, 2018 Obviously McGrath has a great story, but note that she also has a…
Donald Trump’s Iran Plan: Provoke a War By Any Means Necessary
Yang Chenglin/Xinhua via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I never got around to commenting on Donald Trump’s latest announcement about Iran. It was delivered by Mike Pompeo, his Secretary of State, and it demanded that Iran do all of the following: Deliver a full account of the “military dimensions”…
The Trump Administration Just Took a Big Step Toward Defunding Planned Parenthood
Evan Vucci/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Tuesday, the Trump administration announced a change in the way Title X family-planning funds are distributed, stripping federal funding from women’s health clinics that either provide abortions or refer patients to abortion providers. The $260 million proposal would require “a bright line of…