Scott Walker Signs Lame-Duck Bills Stripping Power From Democrats and Making It Harder to Vote
John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Outgoing Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signed legislation Friday afternoon that will strip power from the state’s new Democratic governor and make it harder for Wisconsinites to vote. The bills approved by Walker, which were passed by the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature on December…
A Seven-Year-Old Girl Died in Border Patrol Custody Last Week. Members of Congress Were Left in the Dark.
Central American asylum seekers wait as Border Patrol agents take them into custody near McAllen, Texas, in June. John Moore/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A seven-year-old girl from Guatemala died last week of shock and dehydration while in Border Patrol custody. The girl and her father were part of…
Share of People Who Can Cover a $400 Expense Went Up in 2017
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Every year we learn that lots of people don’t have enough savings to cover a $400 emergency expense. Here’s the Post yesterday: Four in 10 adults still say they don’t have enough savings to cover a $400 emergency expense, according to the latest Federal Reserve…
How a Small Liberal Arts College in Iowa Could Hand Trump a Big Win Against Labor Rights
Grinnell students protest the administration’s response to unionizing efforts.Paul Chan Htoo Sang Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. While the majority of America’s undergraduates are squirreled away in campus libraries preparing for finals, student workers at Grinnell College are preparing for a union showdown that could have serious implications for the future…
We High-IQ Humans Sure Do Have Thin Skins
Well, as long as they can only write in German I guess we’re OK.Philippe Clément/Belga via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Google Mail has a feature called Smart Compose. It’s basically autocomplete for email. It watches the stuff you write, and eventually it figures out the phrases you use…
Maria Butina Claimed to Have a “Signed Cooperation Agreement” With the National Rifle Association
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Confessed Russian agent Maria Butina claimed more than five years ago that her gun rights group had entered into a “signed cooperation agreement” with the National Rifle Association, according to a contemporaneous account of a talk Butina gave to an Israeli organization. Butina, who pleaded…