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…
That “I Approve” Tagline on Political Ads May Have Precisely the Opposite Effect of What Congress Intended
Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I’m Rowan Walrath, and I’m an editorial fellow at Mother Jones. Did that make you more likely to trust this article? Try this: I’m Rowan Walrath, and I approve this message. New research shows that putting the latter type of tagline on a candidate’s advertisement—as…
Did an Identity Thief In California Help Russia Hack the Election?
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announces charges against 13 Russian nationals and several Russian entities Friday. Jacquelyn Martin/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Friday announced that Special Counsel Robert Mueller had indicted 13 Russians for helping to carry out a Russian government plan to interfere…
Mueller’s Latest Indictment Shows Trump Has Helped Putin Cover Up a Crime
President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with lawmakers about trade policy in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)Evan Vucci/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. People forgot. Special counsel Robert Mueller was not only focused on investigating interactions between Trump…
Donald Trump Is Having a Very Bad Friday
Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Hours after indictments against Russian nationals on charges of election meddling were announced, President Donald Trump finally emerged from the White House on Friday afternoon to board Marine One. Reporters on the scene shouted questions at him, and a line from their pool report…