As Usual, Donald Trump Just Can’t Bring Himself to Condemn White Nationalists
Carlottesville last year.Zach D Roberts/NurPhoto via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On August 11, 2017, white supremacists invaded Charlottesville, Virginia, and held a torchlight rally dedicated to hatred of all people of color. The next day, things turned violent. More than 30 people were injured and one of the…
Omarosa Secretly Recorded Her Firing at the White House
Omarosa Manigault NewmanDennis Van Tine/STAR MAX/IPx Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman says she secretly recorded her firing from the White House last year, and that a top administration official tried to threaten her during her departure. The recording aired Sunday during an interview…
How Misidentifying Trans Victims of Violence Can Undermine Criminal Investigations
Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by ProPublica. Aea Celestice, a black transgender woman living in Jacksonville, Florida, has the most basic of plans for the next chapter of her life: She hopes to get out of town before someone kills her. Celestice, 32,…
A Mental Health Crisis Unfolds in Puerto Rico’s “Living Emergency”
Carol Guzy/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by the Guardian. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For the first 36 hours after Hurricane Maria, five-year-old Keydiel and his mother Shaina were trapped by the toppled trees that blocked the doors to their home in Yabucoa,…
114 Wildfires Are Scorching an Area Larger Than Delaware
The Holy Fire in CaliforniaChris Rusanowsky/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As of Friday, there were 114 total wildfires across the country, consuming a combined area larger than the state of Delaware. To fight the blazes, 29,000 people have been deployed with an arsenal of 200 helicopters and 1,800 engines, according to…
Trump Tears Into Jeff Sessions: “Scared Stiff and Missing in Action”
Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump on Saturday publicly excoriated his attorney general in a series of tweets about the Russian investigation, describing Jeff Sessions as “scared stiff and Missing in Action.” Sessions has recused himself from the investigation into the Trump campaign’s contacts with Russia.…