Can American Society Overcome the Fake News Phenomenon?
RichVintage/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. It’s not as if fake news in America came into existence alongside the tide known as the Trump presidency—the hucksters, foreign propagandists, conspiracy theorists, and fabricators have always been here—but if ever there was a year when purposefully misleading or false stories hit…
Donald Trump Is the First President to Lose a Third of His Staff in Year 1
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Unless Donald Trump suddenly decides to fire the entire Oval Office—and you never know, do you?—he’ll end his first year with a turnover rate among senior staff of 34 percent. That’s really high! The red bars are from Kathryn Dunn-Tenpas, a political science professor at…
In Case You Missed Them, Here Are Some Cool Environmental Stories from 2017
Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It was a tempestuous year—politically and literally. Donald Trump’s June announcement of an exit from the Paris climate accord confirmed the fears around the world of scientists…
Here Are 5 Highlights From the Year’s Biggest Scandal
Metzel Mikhail/TASS/Zumapress Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This was a high-intensity year for politics—the inauguration of an unexpected and polarizing president, the installation of a new Supreme Court justice, Republican efforts to undo Obama’s legislative achievements, capped by a massive, hasty, tax overhaul in December. But during this turbulent year in Washington, the Trump-Russia…
In 2018, Can We Please Dial Down the Coverage of President Trump’s Tweets?
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Here’s something I wish we’d see less of in 2018: I get that when the president says something, it’s news. But Donald Trump’s random revenge tweets really don’t rate coverage anymore, and certainly not front-page coverage. Just wait a day or two. If this turns…
Stop Blaming Boomers. It’s the Greatest Generation That Ruined America.
Michael Evans/ZUMAPRESS Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I’m running out of things to say this year, so how about this: We should stop blaming boomers for “ruining America.” Everyone is picking on the wrong generation. Start in the 60s and 70s. Boomers were in college then, and they played significant…