“What Happens in the Arctic Doesn’t Stay in the Arctic”
Arterra/UIG/Getty Images 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. The Arctic is in the throes of what sea-ice scientist Peter Wadhams calls a “death spiral.” As the region’s once abundant ice melts, giving way to a less reflective…
A Republican Federal Judge Just Sided With Trump and Ruled That Obamacare Is Unconstitutional
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, (D-CA) gestures during a news conference held by House Democrats condemning the Trump Administration’s targeting of the Affordable Care Act’s pre-existing conditions. Toya Sarno Jordan/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A federal judge in Texas issued a late Friday ruling finding that the entire Affordable…
Yes, You’re Tired. But You Can Keep Fighting.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. It feels to me like we’re finally witnessing the last gasp of Reagan-era movement conservatism. By all odds it should have died a couple of years ago, and it would have if not for a couple of freak accidents that handed the election to Donald…
Trump Announces Mick Mulvaney as New Acting Chief of Staff
/AP Photo Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump announced via Twitter on Friday that Mick Mulvaney will replace John Kelly as acting chief of staff. I am pleased to announce that Mick Mulvaney, Director of the Office of Management & Budget, will be named Acting White House Chief of Staff, replacing General John Kelly,…
Yes, There’s a Difference Between Republicans and Democrats
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Here is today’s least surprising headline: Wisconsin’s Scott Walker Signs Bills Stripping Powers From Incoming Governor As near as I can tell, not a single elected Republican has criticized this move. Not one. Meanwhile, New Jersey Democrats have proposed a ballot measure that would put…
ICE Could Deport Him to a Country He’s Never Been To—Unless California’s Governor Steps In
Somdeng Danny Thongsy Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Somdeng Danny Thongsy was born 39 years ago in a Thai refugee camp, after his mother and older brother had fled their native Laos following the Vietnam War. His father had stayed back in Laos, and when Thongsy was two, his family…