A Judge Just Rejected the Trump Administration’s Request to Keep Some Families Separated
Buena Ventura Martin-Godinez, right, stands with her daughter Janne after being reunited at Miami International Airport on Sunday.Lynne Sladky/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A federal judge has rejected the Trump administration’s argument that it shouldn’t have to reunite children with parents who have been deported. During a court hearing…
A Top Gun Control Group Just Endorsed a Republican Gun Rights Defender
The March for Our Lives gun control rally in Washington, DC, on March 24, 2018Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Last week, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick received a coveted endorsement that no other Republican has obtained this election cycle. Fitzpatrick, the GOP incumbent in Pennsylvania’s highly competitive 1st Congressional…
Chart of the Day: Net New Jobs in June
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The American economy gained 213,000 jobs last month. We need 90,000 new jobs just to keep up with population growth, which means that net job growth clocked in at 123,000 jobs. The headline unemployment rate rose to 4.0 percent, largely because a whopping 600 thousand…
This Meteorologist Explains Why the Extreme Heat Is Way Worse Than You Think
National Weather Service Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The past seven days have set global heat milestones and sparked safety concerns from Quebec, where at least 34 people have died in the province from the heat and humidity, to northern Siberia, home to the coldest town on Earth, which recorded…
Workers or Profits? American Businesses Chose a Long Time Ago.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A post from Dean Baker prompts me to show you the following chart: Corporate profits go up and down with the business cycle, but averaged 5-6 percent of GDP on a pretty steady basis through 2002. Then things changed. Since 2002, profits have increased dramatically,…
It’s Barely July and This Wildfire Season Already Looks Terrifying
Paul Kitagaki Jr/TNS via ZUMA Wire 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. Just in case you’ve been living in an (air-conditioned) underground cave, summer is in full swing. The heat is breaking temperature records coast-to-coast, drought covers half of the country, and—sure…