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…
Jeff Sessions Won’t Recuse Himself From Michael Cohen’s Case
Attorney General Jeff Sessions on April 12, 2018.Cheriss May/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has decided not to steer clear of the Justice Department’s investigation into President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, according to a Tuesday report. Sessions’ decision not to recuse himself from the probe…
This Might Be Scott Pruitt’s Most Destructive Move Yet
AP Photo/Susan Walsh Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Adopting a strategy successfully employed by the tobacco industry, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt announced a sweeping new regulation that would restrict the kinds of scientific studies the agency can use in developing its regulations. The EPA administrator, who has come under fire from both…
Donald Trump Explains His Syria Policy
“Sacre bleu, what is this moron saying now? Please, not more about the crates of cash. OMG. Now it’s barrels of cash. Nobody ever told me Trump was going to be part of this job.”Christy Bowe/Globe Photos via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Over lunch I was chatting with…
Michael Brown’s Mother Is Considering a Run for Ferguson City Council
Michael Brown’s parents sit for an interview with the Associated Press in September 2014.Susan Walsh Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The mother of Michael Brown, the teenager whose police killing in Ferguson, Missouri, sparked unrest in 2014 and was a major catalyst for the Black Lives Matter movement, said on…
Texas Democrats Just Got a Huge Boost Thanks to This Court Decision
Eric Gay/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Monday, a judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Dallas County Republican Party that would have kicked most Democratic candidates in the Texas county off the ballot. The lawsuit, filed in January, tried to keep 127 Democratic candidates from appearing on the March 6 primary ballot,…