The Most Effective Way for Democrats to Fight Trump’s Agenda Isn’t Where You Think It Is
Dana Nessel, the Democratic candidate for state attorney general in Michigan Todd McInturf/Detroit News via AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When Rep. Keith Ellison, the deputy chair of the Democratic National Committee, announced in June that he planned to leave Congress to run for attorney general in his home…
The Russian Hacking of 2016 Was Just a Taste. Here’s What We Could Be In For.
Adam Vieyra; Zocha_K/Getty; MLADN61_Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Oleh Derevianko was on the road to his parents’ village in Ukraine on a bright June day in 2017 when he got a call from the CEO of a telecommunications company. Computer systems were failing at Oschadbank, one of the largest…
Climate Summit Protesters Want Policies That Don’t Leave Marginalized Groups Behind
Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Grist. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. An international collection of delegates in suits filed into San Francisco’s Moscone Center Thursday morning to take action on climate change. They had assembled, in part, in defiance of…
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…
Cynthia Nixon Just Gave a Defiant Concession Speech Following Loss in New York Governor’s Primary
John Marshall Mantel/Zuma Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo won the Democratic nomination for New York governor Thursday night, beating out progressive challenger Cynthia Nixon. She conceded the race in a speech at Brooklyn’s Cafe Omar, where she waited for results with Zephyr Teachout, an anti-corruption crusader and…
At Least 39 Homes Just Exploded or Caught Fire in Massachusetts. The Photos Are Devastating.
Mary Schwalm/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. At least 39 homes and businesses exploded or caught fire due to “possible gas line over-pressurization” on Thursday in Andover and Lawrence, Massachusetts, according to authorities, who have announced that all Andover fires are now extinguished. As of Thursday evening, the Massachusetts State…