Random Knowledge: How Segregated Are Urban American Schools?
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Bob Somerby is always going on about this, so I thought I’d show it to everyone in simple chart form. Among America’s 20 biggest urban public school districts, here are the percentage of students who are white: Outside of Florida and North Carolina, there are…
Jeff Sessions Finally Hits Back at Trump in Rare Statement
Michael Candelor/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a rare statement on Thursday responding to President Donald Trump’s continued attacks against him and the Justice Department—the most recent of which came just hours earlier in a newly aired Fox News interview. During the interview, Trump once…
Chart of the Day: It’s a Good Time to Be a Bank
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The latest FDIC report is out, and I know you’ve been waiting for it. Check out how our banks are doing! Isn’t that great? And don’t be bitter just because you and I are more likely to be getting 2 percent raises this year. America’s…
Trump: Impeach Me and the Economy Will Go Up in Smoke
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Report: Betsy DeVos Considering Federal Funds to Arm Teachers
Oliver Contreras/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is considering a plan to use federal funds to help purchase firearms for educators or provide them with weapons training, the New York Times reported on Wednesday night. The funds would come from a pot of money intended…
Trump Lashes Out at Cohen, Sessions While Complaining That “Flipping” Should Be Illegal
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In a wide-ranging interview with Fox News’ Ainsley Earhardt, President Donald Trump said that “flipping”—in which defendants facing jail time cooperate with prosecutors by offering damaging testimony on others—should “almost” be considered illegal. The interview, which aired Thursday morning, is Trump’s first since his onetime campaign…