50 Years After DC Burned, the Injustices That Caused the Riots Are as Urgent as Ever
Warren K. Leffler/Library of Congress Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. For a moment, the peace seemed to hold. It was the evening of April 4, 1968, and Martin Luther King Jr. had just been killed by a gunman in Memphis. An angry crowd had gathered at 14th and U streets NW, the nexus…
Why Devin Nunes and His Local Paper Suddenly Can’t Stand Each Other
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) on Capitol Hill in April 2017.J. Scott Applewhite/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. For nearly two decades, Rep. Devin Nunes had enjoyed an amiable relationship with the Fresno Bee, the largest local paper near his district in California’s Central Valley. That ended…
How Do You Stand Out in a Crowded Primary? Whale Penises and Yeti Scalps Certainly Help.
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On an overcast Friday afternoon, Jess Phoenix, a Democratic candidate for Congress from California’s 25th District, was seated at a coffee table made from the hatch of an old ship, in the front room of the Explorers Club on the…
The Science About Eating Out That Will Scare You Into Cooking Your Own Dinners
Imgorthand/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Americans are increasingly putting their money where their mouth is—and eating out more than ever before. Back in 1970, Americans only spent 26 percent of all their food expenses at restaurants or cafeterias. In 2014, that number rose to 44 percent. Today, about half…
Facebook Suddenly Realizes Its Privacy Controls are a Little Bit Confusing
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. From the Switch: Facebook on Wednesday sought to make it simpler for people to control how their data is used….In the coming months, privacy controls that are now in 20 places on Facebook’s app will be merged into a single page, and will include what…
Maybe It’s Time to Wind Down the Kevin Williamson Affair?
Eric Vance/Planet Pix via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This whole Kevin Williamson thing is weird. You may recall that liberals are spitting mad that the Atlantic hired him recently for a forthcoming section dedicated to ideas, opinion, and commentary on their website, but as near as I can…