Republicans Really, Really Hate the Press
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Here are a couple of interesting tidbits from the 2017 Poynter Media Trust Survey. We all know that trust in the press has been on a long downward slide, especially among Republicans, but the results from 2017 are a bit surprising: Among Republicans, trust took…
Raw Data: The Prime-Age Labor Force Participation Rate
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Here is the labor force participation rate for prime-age men and women over the past two decades: In 20 years, the trend participation rate has dropped 4 percentage points for men and 3 percentage points for women. This is only for people aged 25-54, so…
Trump Doesn’t Care About Climate Change. But a New Study Explains Why the Business Community Should.
This story was originally published by HuffPost and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Surging temperatures and risings seas already threaten to upend industries from real estate to agriculture to insurance, leaving coastal properties swamped, outdoor workers overheated, and policies vulnerable to catastrophic new risks. Add manufacturing to that list. One extra day of temperatures above 90 degrees Fahrenheit…
Add Alaska Native Tribes to the Long List of Casualties From the Republican Tax Plan
Art Wolfe/Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by The Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For tribal people in northern Alaska, a Republican tax overhaul that was hastily cobbled together in congressional backrooms 3,000 miles away has raised fears that their entire way of life…
The 2017 Trump Christmas Ornament Explained
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Will Fischer is not excited by the design of the official Trump Christmas ornament: Looks like @realDonaldTrump invited @RichardBSpencer to design this year’s @WhiteHouse Christmas ornament. pic.twitter.com/Kuavkp3M15 — Will Fischer (@will_c_fischer) December 8, 2017 No, I don’t think so. What it really reminds me of…
John Kelly Keeps Donald Trump on a Very Short Leash
Kevin Dietsch/CNP via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The usual gang at the New York Times has a story today about Donald Trump and his: tweeting, TV viewing habits, lack of knowledge about everything, etc. As usual, it is sourced to “interviews with 60 advisers, associates, friends and members…