The Black-White Job Gap Has Plummeted Since 2014
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A couple of days ago I posted a chart showing that the black unemployment rate was dropping faster than the white unemployment rate. I got into an email conversation with a reader about this, who suggested looking at the labor force participation rate as a…
Scientists Are Freaking Out About “Crazy” Temperatures in the Arctic
Fedoseyev Lev/TASS/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by The Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. An alarming heatwave in the sunless winter Arctic is causing blizzards in Europe and forcing scientists to reconsider even their most pessimistic forecasts of climate change. Although it could…
Ben Carson Believes God Helps Those Who Help Themselves
This was Ben Carson’s Florida mansion until he sold it last year. I’ll bet it had a $31,000 dining room set too. Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I had a Ben Carson story in my open tabs yesterday but never got around to posting about it. So here it is:…
This Bill Would Allow College Students To Get a Medication Abortion Without Leaving Campus
Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A bill that would require public university clinics to provide medication-based abortions is halfway to becoming law in California. SB 320, a first-of-its-kind bill inspired by a resolution from students at the University of California-Berkeley, applies to all UC and California State…
These Popular Pesticides Are Really Bad for the Birds and the Bees
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As spring approaches, US farmers are gearing up to plant about 180 million acres in corn and soybeans—a combined land mass nearly twice the size of California, mostly in the Midwest. The great majority of the seeds they sow will be coated with neonicotinoid pesticides: synthetic chemicals…
Trump’s NSA Director Admits US Hasn’t Done Enough to Deter Russian Hacking
NSA Director Adm. Michael Rogers.Jeff Malet/Newscom via ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Admiral Mike Rogers, the head of the National Security Administration and the US Cyber Command, warned the Senate Armed Service Committee on Tuesday that the muted US government response to Russia’s interference in the 2016 elections would…