Good Job Destroying Wild Plants and Animals, Humans. Only 17 Percent Left to Go!
duncan1890/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by The Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Humankind is revealed as simultaneously insignificant and utterly dominant in the grand scheme of life on Earth by a groundbreaking new assessment of all life on the planet. The world’s…
The Trump Administration Doesn’t Want Irish People to Know That Alcohol Causes Cancer
Trump wine on display at a Trump campaign rally in March 2016Richard Graulich/Palm Beach Post via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump is a teetotaler. He has never had a drink, he says, because he saw what booze did to his beloved older brother Freddy, an alcoholic…
Savvy Doctors Can Convince Reluctant Parents To Vaccinate Their Kids
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A vaccine that can prevent certain kinds of cancer has been on the market for decades—but American children’s immunization rates with it are still woefully low. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that all children receive a series of human papillomavirus immunizations when…
Stacey Abrams Just Made History
Stacey AbramsAP Images/AP Photo Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Stacey Abrams became the Democratic nominee in Georgia’s gubernatorial race on Tuesday night, squarely beating rival Stacey Evans with an early and significant lead. Now, after a tough and racially charged primary, Abrams will likely face off this November against Lt. Gov. Casey…
Jared Kushner’s Prison Reform Plan Just Passed the House With Van Jones’ Support
Jared KushnerOlivier Douliery/ Abaca Press(Sipa via AP Images) Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Donald Trump just scored a victory on criminal justice reform, and some Democrats are actually pleased. In a 360-59 vote, the House of Representatives approved a prison bill on Tuesday that the president and his son-in-law, Jared…
Amy McGrath Wins Kentucky 6th Primary
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I think I agree with Karen Tumulty about this: Best ad of the 2018 campaign so far. And she won. Against the Democratic establishment. https://t.co/5bouccA27m — Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) May 23, 2018 Obviously McGrath has a great story, but note that she also has a…