Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Won’t Seek a Third Term
Rahm Emanuel at a press conference in August 2018.Teresa Crawford/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel will not seek reelection to a third term in office, he said at a press conference this morning. The announcement came as a surprise, as the embattled mayor has raised millions…
Inside the Special Police Unit That’s Transforming How Cops Investigate Sexual Assault
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. One day near the end of spring semester, a 22-year-old I’ll call Abbie stood in front of a roomful of cops and recounted what happened after she was raped by another student at her college. Standing very still behind a large podium, she described how…
Here’s Why Kavanaugh Could Be Bad News for the Internet, Too
Democrats worry Kavanaugh will side with the First Amendment rights of companies over those of consumers. Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Newscom via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Next week, Democrats will question Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh during confirmation hearings held by the Senate Judiciary committee, and Kavanaugh’s potential influence on the future…
The Environmental Voter Project Knows Who You Are, and How to Trick You Into Saving the Planet
Amelia Bates/Grist 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. Mary Elizabeth, a redheaded woman in exercise clothes, is holding an extremely bald, blubbery baby when she answers her door. She’s smiling through the exhaustion of new parenthood and…
Trump Attacks Sessions for Investigations of Two Indicted GOP Congressmen
Yin Bogu/Xinhua via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump escalated his attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday in a series of tweets for pursuing investigations into two recently indicted Republican congressmen. Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) and Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.), two of Trump’s earliest supporters…
Gary Shteyngart Wants You to Invest in His Hedge Fund
Brigitte Lacombe Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Boy meets girl. Boy had messed-up boyhood and is weird and sort of delusional. Boy became hedge fund manager, very rich. Boy (white, 40s, Princeton) marries girl (child of Indian immigrants, way younger, Yale Law). Girl gives up career. Boy and girl have…