Marco Rubio Wants to Give You a Loan to Have Kids
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Perusing my LA Times this morning, Michael Hiltzik brings me up to speed on the latest GOP plan for paid family leave: The idea of government-sponsored paid family leave is gaining popularity at the state level and in Washington, where Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and…
Leaked Audio Shows Just How Crazy That Meeting Between NFL Players and Owners Actually Was
Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The New York Times obtained audio of a tense three-hour meeting between NFL players and owners in October that sheds new light on how the two sides sought to deal with the fallout from ongoing national anthem protests—including President Donald Trump’s relentless criticism…
A New Trump Administration Proposal Could Triple Low-Income Families’ Rent
Bill Clark/Zumapress Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Department of Housing and Urban Development, led by Secretary Ben Carson, has drawn up a proposal that would overhaul how rents are calculated for low-income families using federal housing subsidies. The proposal, first reported by the Washington Post, would increase renters’ share…
How a Mysterious Overseas Shell Company Used a Former GOP Congressman to Lobby Trump and Congress
Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Last year, Howard “Buck” McKeon, a former Republican congressman who chaired the House Armed Services Committee, was hired to lobby for an Albanian political party seeking access to the Trump administration and congressional Republicans. But most of his firm’s work was bankrolled…
Texas Women Prisoners Can Learn How to Type and Cook. Men Can Get a Master’s.
mediaphotos/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. If you’re locked up in Texas and want to earn a master’s degree, you’re out of luck unless you have a penis. That’s right: Although the state incarcerates more women than any other, its prison system denies female inmates access to educational programs offered…
The Fresno State Tweet Brawl Has Nothing to do With Tenure
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Last week, Randa Jarrar, a professor at Cal State Fresno, tweeted her reaction to Barbara Bush’s death: As you might expect, this produced a wee bit of backlash. Yesterday, however, Fresno State said it would do nothing about this: Her comments, although disgraceful, are protected…