Trump’s EPA Surprises Critics by Toughening Rules on Big-Rig Truck Pollution
This story was originally published by HuffPost and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Environmental Protection Agency announced a new effort to slash pollution from heavy-duty trucks, surprising critics who say the move is the Trump administration’s first to increase regulations on emitters. Flanked by the heads of trucking industry associations, Acting EPA Administrator Andrew…
Betsy DeVos Just Proposed Rules That Would Make Life Harder for Campus Sexual Assault Survivors
Alex Brandon/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Ever since Education Secretary Betsy DeVos met with a men’s rights group last year to discuss campus sexual assault policies, advocates for student victims of sexual violence have feared she would change federal regulations to put the interests of accused abusers over those of survivors.…
Brian Kemp’s Win In Georgia Is Tainted by Voter Suppression
Brian Kemp gestures as he steps onstage to speak to supporters on November 7 in Athens, Georgia.John Bazemore/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. India Owens, a 22-year-old African American woman, voted in the 2016 presidential election at Union Grove Baptist Church in Auburn, Georgia, an exurb of Atlanta. Two years…
Stacey Abrams Effectively Ended Her Campaign But Refused to “Concede.” Watch Her Rousing Speech.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Friday afternoon, Stacey Abrams appeared to end her campaign to become Georgia’s next governor, but she refused to say that she conceded. “I will not concede because the erosion of our democracy is not right,” she said in an impassioned speech before supporters. Instead,…
Republican Brian Kemp Will Be the Next Governor of Georgia
Secretary of State Brian Kemp gives his victory speech in the GOP primary runoff in Athens, Georgia, in July. Curtis Compton/TNS via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. After more than a week of contentious vote-counting and legal fights, Democrat Stacey Abrams effectively ended her bid to become the next…
With Writing on the Wall, Democrats Mourn Florida Races They Could Have Won
Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Susan Bucher gives instructions ahead of the hand recount in the Senate race on Friday.Pema Levy/Mother Jones Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The hand recount in Florida’s Senate race is still in progress here in Palm Beach County, but Democrats are beginning to see…