Jeff Flake Just Delivered the Most Impassioned Rebuke of Donald Trump
In an impassioned speech announcing his decision not to seek re-election, Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) on Monday forcefully denounced President Donald Trump’s “daily sundering of the country” and blasted Republican lawmakers for failing to stand up to the president. “I rise today with no small measure of regret,” Flake said from the Senate floor, his voice…
Bigger, More Devastating Floods Are Coming for Our Cities
A car drives through a flooded downtown Miami street. Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun-Sentinel/AP This story was originally published by Newsweek and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Five years ago, Superstorm Sandy raged against New York City, flooding subway stations, causing widespread blackouts and killing 43 people. And now, a new paper published today in the journal Proceedings…
The United States and Syria Are All Alone When It Comes to the Paris Climate Agreement
Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega and vice president Rosario MurilloJeffrey Arguedas/EFE/ZUMA On Monday, Nicaragua officially joined more than 190 countries in signing the Paris climate accord, according to a statement by the country’s vice president and first lady Rosario Murillo. “It is the only instrument we have in the world that allows the unity of intentions and…
Ed Gillespie Is Wooing Trump Voters in Virginia—But Raising Money From Never Trumpers
Ed Gillespie, the Republican nominee in the hotly contested Virginia governor’s race, is trying mightily to appeal to supporters of President Donald Trump with fear-mongering ads about the dangers of undocumented immigrants and the threat posed by the MS-13 gang. But this week, Gillespie will take a break from wooing Republican base voters to raise campaign…
Sometimes All It Takes Is One Horrible Photo to Summarize a Catastrophe. This is Puerto Rico’s.
This story was originally published by Slate and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. On Friday, former Puerto Rican Gov. Alejandro García Padilla tweeted a photo from inside a hospital, in which scrubbed-up doctors leaned over an operating table performing surgery lit only by a flashlight. “This is what POTUS calls a 10!” García Padilla…
