It’s Not Just Freezing Classrooms in Baltimore. America’s Schools Are Physically Falling Apart.
Matthew Cunningham, 18, a senior at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, talks about the cold temperatures in the school as he leaves for the day.Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This week, as the “bomb cyclone” ravaged cities along the East Coast, schools across the northeastern and southern United States were forced to shut down due to…
The Republican Party Is in Full-On Panic Mode, and We Get to Watch
The white vote is becoming ever more of an albatross for the Republican Party.Therin-Weise/DPA/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Are we on the slippery slope toward autocracy? David Atkins says things changed this week: In the year since Donald Trump moved into the White House, one of the key questions…
The GOP’s New Year’s Resolution: Make Russia Go Away
Ranking Member Adam Schiff, D-Calif., Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., and Rep. Mike Conaway, R-Texas, conduct a House Intelligence Committee hearing in Longworth Building on Russian interference with the 2016 election featuring testimony by FBI Director James Comey and Director of the National Security Agency Adm. Mike Rogers, March 20, 2017.Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP…
The Interior Department Has Cleared the Way for Energy Developers to Destroy Natural Habitats
Mead Gruver/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Just before Christmas, the Interior Department quietly rescinded an array of policies designed to elevate climate change and conservation in decisions on managing public lands,…
A Gallery of Weatherbeaten Houses
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Remember the weatherbeaten house from Thursday? It was a fake. Did I fool you? Huh? Did I? The house itself was fine, but the sky behind it was dull. So I gave it a facelift. That was fun, so I created a whole bunch of…
“I’m Just a Bill” and Beyond: Our Favorite Hits From “Schoolhouse Rock”
A scene from Schoolhouse Rocks! “I’m Just a Bill.”ABC Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. “As your body grows bigger, your mind must flower!” began every episode of Schoolhouse Rock!, the silly (yet self-aware) show that found a way to make history, math, and civics both fun and memorable. The Emmy Award-winning series—born out of…