The Border Patrol Wants Us to Think Its Job Is More Dangerous Than Ever. It’s Not.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Protecting our borders from illegal immigration is a tough job. According to the Border Patrol, assaults on officers jumped 454 to 786 last year, an increase of 332 assaults. Over at the Intercept, Debbie Nathan decided to check into this: Almost the entire increase —…
Rand Paul Reverses Himself, Agrees to Support Mike Pompeo
J. Scott Applewhite/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In a major reversal, Republican Sen. Rand Paul announced Monday afternoon that he would support Mike Pompeo’s nomination to be secretary of State. The Kentucky senator had previously criticized Pompeo’s support of the Iraq War and had threatened to vote against him…
Postcards for Nerds Are Here!
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. ZOMG! How is it that I’ve never thought of this? Experimental run of book-publicity postcards turned out quite nicely. pic.twitter.com/KheKNfJv0E — Kieran Healy (@kjhealy) April 23, 2018 Or how about playing cards? Hear me out on this. Remember those decks of cards from the Iraq…
Police Seized the Waffle House Suspect’s Guns Months Ago. How Did He Get Them Back?
Police tape blocks off a Waffle House restaurant near Nashville, Tenn., where four people died after a gunman opened fire early April 22.Mark Humphrey/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Last August—eight months before Travis Reinking allegedly killed four people and wounded four others at a Tennessee Waffle House—Illinois law enforcement came…
Trump Is Undermining His Own Immigration Agenda With Attacks on Mexico
President Donald Trump walks with Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen during a visit to an anti-smuggling center in Key West, Florida, this month.Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. After a brief hiatus, President Donald Trump is back to tweeting that Mexico should crack down on migrants. Trump wrote…
You’ll Probably Never Save as Many Lives as This Guy Who Got the Philippines to Stop Using Lead Paint
Manny CalonzoGoldman Environmental Prize Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. While the United States effectively banned lead-based paint in 1978, in many developing countries—even after decades of research showing how lead is linked to learning disabilities, lower IQ, and other health effects in children—the element is still abundantly applied in paint…