Texas Asked Judges to Stop Throwing People in Jail for Unpaid Parking Tickets. They Didn’t Listen.
Hiob/Getty After Emily Gerrick became a lawyer in 2014 in Austin, Texas, one of her first clients was a mother who was jailed for 21 days because she couldn’t afford to pay her traffic tickets. “She was just beside herself because she didn’t know where her kids were,” she recalled. Gerrick, now a senior attorney…
The Trump Administration Apparently Considers Grindr a National Security Threat. What Is Going On?
Jonathan Brady / AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The United States government has opposed the foreign ownership of a social media company for what appears to be the very first time. Late last week, Reuters reported that the Trump administration was pushing Beijing Kunlun Tech Co. Ltd to sell Grindr—the…
Tammy Duckworth Forced Airlines to Report When They Break Wheelchairs. Hers Ended Up on the List.
Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via AP Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In December, Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) caught a flight back to Washington after surveying tornado damage in her home state only to discover that, for at least the third time in three years, the wheelchair she relies on…
Interior Nominee’s Swampy Industry Ties Take Center Stage at Confirmation Hearing
This story was originally published by HuffPost. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. David Bernhardt, the nominee to serve as the next secretary of the Interior Department, was questioned about his ties to industry and accused of meddling with agency science during a confirmation hearing on Thursday, but managed to walk away from the…
Researchers Just Found a Way to Map Trump’s 10 Most Embarrassing Moments Using Twitter
Joe Mahoney/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The past two-plus years have been a ride. President Donald Trump’s tenure so far has been peppered with such a range of awkward, upsetting, disturbing, and downright horrifying moments: from talk of grabbing pussies to “covfefe” to the paper towel tossing in Puerto Rico to calling former…
The Georgia House Passed a Bill to Ban Abortions After Six Weeks. Black Female Democrats Had the Best Clapback.
Rep. Park Cannon, left, Rep. Pam Stephenson, and others brought coat hangers to show opposition to HB 481, which would toughen restrictions on abortions. Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In Georgia last week, a white Republican man in the House of Representatives introduced a bill…