Dreamers Are Walking 250 Miles to Shame Congress Into Getting Off Its Butt
Andrew Harnik/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The same day the Senate rejected three measures that could have given young, undocumented immigrants a pathway to citizenship, Eduardo Samaniego started a trek on foot from New York to Washington, DC. Frustrated by inaction in Congress, Samaniego and 10 other Dreamer activists are walking…
“I Want Four Years Where I’m Not Judged by the Color of My Skin”
Graduates at commencement at Howard University in 2014.Jose Luis Magana/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Historically black colleges and universities made headlines during Trump’s first year, as students pushed back against what they perceived as a racist administration. Last May, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was booed during her commencement speech…
Heckler or Security Threat? To Scott Pruitt, They’re All the Same.
Chris Kleponis/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On New Year’s Eve 2017, Scott Pruitt checked, “Visited nearly 30 states” on his tweeted list of year-end accomplishments. But now his very frequent and very expensive travel around and outside the United States has become a source of controversy as he has used his security needs…
The Secret History of the White House’s Kitchen Slaves
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When you look at the White House, you probably don’t think of it as a Southern plantation mansion—the way you might, say, a columned antebellum pile in Georgia. But Washington, D.C. was carved out of territory from Virginia and Maryland, both slave states. Slavery was legal…
The Green Movement Is Lily White. That’s a Problem.
sanjeri/Getty 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. It’s been 20 years since Esteban González Burchard took a trip to Chicago that changed his life. The asthma researcher had been to the Windy City before, so tourism wasn’t on…
A Major Texas Newspaper Just Told Ted Cruz to Take a Hike
Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Dallas Morning News‘ editorial board chose not to endorse Ted Cruz in the upcoming Republican primary, instead telling voters to cast ballots for a 37-year-old Houston energy lawyer. The board cited Cruz’s few legislative wins, infamous unpopularity in Washington, and his…