Ben Carson Believes God Helps Those Who Help Themselves
This was Ben Carson’s Florida mansion until he sold it last year. I’ll bet it had a $31,000 dining room set too. Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I had a Ben Carson story in my open tabs yesterday but never got around to posting about it. So here it is:…
This Bill Would Allow College Students To Get a Medication Abortion Without Leaving Campus
Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A bill that would require public university clinics to provide medication-based abortions is halfway to becoming law in California. SB 320, a first-of-its-kind bill inspired by a resolution from students at the University of California-Berkeley, applies to all UC and California State…
These Popular Pesticides Are Really Bad for the Birds and the Bees
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As spring approaches, US farmers are gearing up to plant about 180 million acres in corn and soybeans—a combined land mass nearly twice the size of California, mostly in the Midwest. The great majority of the seeds they sow will be coated with neonicotinoid pesticides: synthetic chemicals…
Trump’s NSA Director Admits US Hasn’t Done Enough to Deter Russian Hacking
NSA Director Adm. Michael Rogers.Jeff Malet/Newscom via ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Admiral Mike Rogers, the head of the National Security Administration and the US Cyber Command, warned the Senate Armed Service Committee on Tuesday that the muted US government response to Russia’s interference in the 2016 elections would…
After Tax Bill Passes, Corporations… Reduce Spending on Capital Goods
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Despite the Republican promise that their tax bill would supercharge the economy, orders for capital goods fell after the bill passed: As Dean Baker points out, this isn’t investment, which can have long lead times, but orders: According to data released by the Commerce Department…
Behind the Scenes of “Ear Hustle”
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In a shabby, low-slung bungalow on the grounds of California’s San Quentin State Prison, Adnan Khan sits nervously in front of a microphone. A slender 33-year-old with dark, slicked-back hair and skin the color of cinnamon, he’s clad in typical prison fashion—jeans, powder-blue button-down over…