Trump’s Got a Crazy New Plan to Save the Dying Coal Industry
Michael Brochstein via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Update, 4:15 p.m.: President Trump has directed Energy Secretary Rick Perry “to prepare immediate steps to stop the loss” of coal and nuclear plants and prepare recommendations, according to a statement released Friday by the White House. While the Trump administration…
A Pro-Scientist Campaign Group is Attacking a Fellow Democrat
Hans Keirstead, left, and Harley Rouda at a candidate forum in Irvine, California, on May 22, 2018Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As California’s primary nears, a new ad is attacking one of the Democratic frontrunners seeking to unseat Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher. The spot targeting businessman…
We’re Not Making Much Progress in Educating Our Black Kids
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Bob Somerby has been highlighting education this week, and his main beef is with an article in the New York Times that says Chicago students have “learned the most” of any big-city school district. This is based on a study by Sean Reardon that shows…
The Chatterbox-in-Chief Blows Yet Another Secret
Who is this man talking to?Pete Marovich/CNP via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Once a month the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases new job numbers. The report is always released at 8:30 am, just like many other BLS releases, and before then it’s treated as extremely confidential, just like…
Homelessness Shrinks Slightly in Los Angeles
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This chart appeared on the front page of the LA Times this morning: This data makes no sense. During the worst recession since World War II, the number of homeless people didn’t increase at all. Then, as the economy got into high gear, the number…
Miners and Loggers Work a Whole Lot of Hours
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As I was browsing through the jobs numbers, I clicked on a table that I don’t usually pay any attention to: average weekly hours (including overtime) for production and nonsupervisory workers. These numbers don’t change much from month to month—which is why I don’t usually…