Democratic Frontrunner Who Abused Ex-Wife Wins South Carolina Primary
Mother Jones illustration; Facebook Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Archie Parnell, a former Goldman Sachs managing director who has long been viewed as the Democratic frontrunner in the primary for the House seat representing South Carolina’s 5th District, won his party’s nomination Tuesday night, meaning he’ll move forward to November despite divorce records made public…
Does Your State Let Parents Refuse Vaccines for “Philosophical Reasons”?
Jovanmandic/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The scientific evidence in favor of vaccines is solid. But many parents don’t immunize their children, citing religious or “philosophical beliefs.” In many states, it’s easy for parents to opt-out of school-mandated vaccinations for kids—which leaves pockets of the population unvaccinated, and puts children at risk of otherwise-preventable infectious…
Scientists Find a “Whole Lot Of Bad News” in Latest Report on Rising CO2 Levels
Michal Fludra/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has never been higher, scientists at a prominent Hawaii observatory announced last week. This was the most recent environmental milestone in a year that has been marked by the Trump administration dismantling many Obama-era environmental policy initiatives. CO2 is especially…
Thousands are “Dying” Across the Country to Mark the Two Year Anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub Shooting
Protesters participate in a die-in Tuesday in West Palm Beach, Florida, across the water from the Mar-a-Lago resort, to mark the anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting.Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. At noon Tuesday, Capitol Hill was littered with the bodies of high school students from…
Quote of the Day: Trump Says North Korea De-Nuking Will “Start Now”
Terence Tan/MCI via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. From Donald Trump, on Kim Jong Un’s plans for his nuclear arsenal: I mean he’s de-nuking the who-o-o-le place, and he’s going to start very quickly, I think he’s going to start now. I feel like I’m in some kind of…
Waiters Are the Third-Lowest Paid Occupation In Washington DC
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Yesterday I ran across a piece at the Intercept about a campaign to raise the minimum wage for tipped workers in Washington DC, which currently stands at $3.33. The idea behind this, of course, is that waiters and waitresses are able to make up for…