Retail Sales Stayed Strong During the Holiday Season
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Wall Street Journal reports that holiday retail sales were up: Fueled by high consumer confidence and a robust job market, U.S. retail sales in the holiday period rose at their best pace since 2011, according to Mastercard SpendingPulse, which tracks both online and in-store…
Don’t Buy the Spin: Trump’s Accomplishments Have Actually Been Pretty Modest So Far
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Jonah Goldberg: Contrary to what many predicted, President Trump’s end-of-year accomplishment list isn’t that skimpy. That’s an analytical observation. For many, particularly liberals and Democrats, Trump’s first year hasn’t been merely bad. It’s a great evil, a grievous wound to the American body politic. But…
Why Does the “Extraordinary Black Turnout” Meme in Alabama Stay Alive?
Bill Clark/Congressional Quarterly/Newscom via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Over the weekend, the New York Times wrote yet again that “extraordinary turnout among black voters” pushed Doug Jones to victory over Roy Moore in the recent race for Alabama’s open Senate seat: That turnout, in which registered black voters…
This Should Freak Everyone Out: The Arctic Will Never Be Frozen Again
VW Pics/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Last week, at a New Orleans conference center that once doubled as a storm shelter for thousands during Hurricane Katrina, a group of polar scientists made…
A Quick Guide to Legal Pot in California
Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. For Californians, legal cannabis is right around the corner. But we have questions. And as it turns out, many of you do, too. A couple weeks ago we wanted to know what questions you had about pot, and the responses were overwhelming.…
States Are Going to Extraordinary Lengths to Keep Death Penalty Drugs Top Secret
Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. One August afternoon, Wendy Kelley, the director of the Arkansas Department of Corrections, picked up 40 vials of a controversial sedative used in prisons across the country to put inmates to death. The details of where she picked the vials up, and who…