A Hospital Charged $1,877 to Pierce a 5-Year-Old’s Ears. This Is Why Health Care Costs So Much.
knape/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Two years ago, Margaret O’Neill brought her 5-year-old daughter to Children’s Hospital Colorado because the band of tissue that connected her tongue to the floor of her mouth was too tight. The condition, literally called being “tongue-tied,” made it hard for the girl to…
Germany’s War on Coal Is Over. Coal Lost.
This story was originally published by Grist and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It’s a sunny October day on the outskirts of the west German town of Bottrop. A quiet, two-lane road leads me through farm pasture to a cluster of anonymous, low-lying buildings set among the trees. The highway hums in the distance. Looming…
Quote of the Day: Lock Him Up!
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. From Fox’s Lou Dobbs, responding to a gentle suggestion from Barack Obama that it’s a good idea to have an “edit function” before you tweet: I mean, he should be brought back by the marshals. Isn’t there some law that says presidents shouldn’t be attacking…
The History of US Corporate Taxes In Four Colorful Charts
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Are American corporations overtaxed? Let’s find out! First off, here are corporate profits and tax rates since the Reagan era: Profits have been going up, up, up. Tax rates have been going down, down, down. You can probably guess what this means for owners of…
A New Study Says That Rising Seas Could Destroy the East Coast
Mark Lennihan/AP 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. Large tracts of America’s east coast heritage are at risk from being wiped out by sea level rise, with the rising oceans set to threaten more than 13,000…
Let Republicans Explain Why the Flynn Felony Plea Is Just a Big Ol’ Nothingburger
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Why is it no big deal that Michael Flynn pled guilty yesterday to a charge of lying to an FBI agent? Conservatives have run several excuses up the ol’ flagpole to see if anyone salutes. One tactic is to claim that everyone lies and it’s…