Six Months After Maria, the Town Where it Made Landfall Feels Like It’s Been Forgotten
Jose Morales Melendez in his beachside home in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico.Eduardo Melendez Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Jose Morales Menendez had some great times fishing along the beautiful southeast coast of Puerto Rico. He recalls fishing from 1 a.m. to 10 a.m., watching the lights of giant freight ships pass by…
Reality Stars, Trophy Hunters, and Gun Boosters: Meet the Trump Administration’s Wildlife Conservation Council
Cecil the lion gained fame after he was killed by Safari Club International member Walter Palmer during an illegal hunt in Zimbabwe. Paula French/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Trump administration has launched a commission at the Interior Department to promote big-game trophy hunting and the “economic benefits that…
The Koch Brothers Tried to Spread Fake News in Black Churches. It Did Not Go Well.
Amelia Bates/Grist 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. Rev. Paul Wilson fastens enough buttons on his jacket to stay warm on a chilly fall afternoon but still keep his clergy collar visible. He’s whipping up a crowd of…
Undocumented Immigrants Can Vote in Some Elections. But ICE Could Keep Them Away.
hermosawave/iStock/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. California has a track record of giving undocumented immigrants certain rights they wouldn’t have in most parts of the country: driver’s licenses, in-state college tuition, and, at least in San Francisco, a chance to vote. But now, that same right to vote, celebrated when…
Forget Stormy Daniels. Let’s Talk About the Mighty Y-Axis Instead.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Whenever I put up a chart in which the vertical axis doesn’t start at zero, I always get complaints that I’m distorting the data. For shame! It happened again this morning, touching off a Twitter conversation that finally demands a response. So here it is.…
2018 Is the Year of Trump Unchained
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Washington Post, once again, regales us with an inside story about the Trump White House “based on interviews with 19 presidential advisers and administration officials.” This time the piece focuses on all the people who have been fired—or are about to be fired—and how…