Blue Wave in Texas? Not So Fast.
James Durbin/Associated Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Tuesday, followers of America’s most-polled Senate race got a new toy to play with: A Quinnipiac survey gave Republican Sen. Ted Cruz a nine-point lead, the biggest margin anyone’s found for months. Then, on Wednesday morning, a new poll. This one, from…
In Kansas Governor’s Race, Key Republicans Are Backing the Democrat Over Kris Kobach
Kris Kobach (right) debates independent Greg Orman and Democratic Sen. Laura Kelly at the Kansas State Fair earlier this month.Jesse Brothers/The Hutchinson News via AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Former Republican Kansas Senator Nancy Kassebaum, who served from 1978 to 1997, endorsed Democratic gubernatorial candidate Laura Kelly over Republican…
The Senate Just Passed a Sweeping Opioid Bill. It’s Still Not Nearly Enough.
Education Images/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In a rare moment of bipartisanship, the Senate passed a sweeping legislative package Monday evening aimed at the opioid epidemic. It includes a number of important provisions, including funding for treatment and recovery programs, but many drug policy experts say the package is…
Chicago Is 31 Percent Black. Officer Jason Van Dyke’s Jury Is Only 8 Percent Black. Is That Racist?
Jason Van Dyke at a trail hearing on September 6, 2018.Antonio Perez/Pool Chicago Tribune/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Chicago is 31 percent black, but you would never know it based on the jury selected Thursday for the murder trial of Jason Van Dyke, the white Chicago police officer who shot…
Lawyers: Claims by Dallas Cop Who Entered the Wrong Apartment and Killed a Man Just Don’t Add Up
Attorneys for the family of Botham Shem Jean along with his relatives at a press conference on Monday September 10, 2018.Ryan Tarinelli Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Mourners will congregate at Dallas West Church of Christ in Texas on Thursday for the funeral of Botham Shem Jean, the 26-year-old African…
Trump’s “Enemy of the People” Rhetoric Is Endangering Journalists’ Lives
Mother Jones illustration; Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP; Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Ever since he campaigned for the White House, Donald Trump has attacked news outlets for negative reporting, singled out individual journalists for scorn, and turned his battle cry against “fake news”—a.k.a. reporting he dislikes—virtually into a personal brand.…