Liberal View Iowa’s drinking water crisis is part of a larger trend but the government has done little to actThinkProgress - E.A. Crunden The EPA says water issues take priority over climate change, but private wells across the country are struggling with contamination. Private wells …
Republican Party There Are No Permanent MajoritiesThe Atlantic - David A. GrahamDemocrats waiting for the Republican Party to destroy itself are bound to be disappointed. In theory, the Democratic Party is engaged in a debate about the merits of impeaching President Donald Trump now.
Military History Russia Launches Belgorod, the World’s Longest SubmarinePopular Mechanics - By Kyle MizokamiThe Belgorod will carry out underwater spy missions and launch Poseidon nuclear torpedoes. Russia launched the world’s longest submarine today, the special mission submarine Belgorod. Designed to support
Climate We're probably not going to hit the world's most important climate goalMashable - Mark Kaufman2 degrees Celsius. It's one of the most widely-publicized numbers in the world. In 2015, world leaders convened in Paris and agreed to limit the planet's warming this century to below 2 degrees Celsius
Florida House of Representatives Florida House passes bill requiring former felons to pay before votingAxios - Khorri Atkinson Florida's GOP-controlled House passed a measure along party lines on Wednesday requiring former felons to pay fees and fines before having their …
NRA NRA busted giving Trump 9,259 times the legal limit: Bombshell campaign finance lawsuitrawstory.com - Bob Brigham The Federal Election Commission (FEC) was sued in federal court on Tuesday for allegedly failing to enforce campaign finance laws against the …
News Body of Andrew Freund found, parents who reported him missing charged with murderNBC News - Minyvonne BurkeThe 5-year-old was reported missing from his family's Crystal Lake, Illinois, home last week. The body of a 5-year-old boy who was reported missing last week from his home in suburban Chicago was found
Science The Meteoric Rise of Family Tree Forensics to Fight CrimesWIRED - Megan Molteni Three hundred and sixty six days ago, CeCe Moore woke up to the headline that would change her world: “Suspected Golden State Killer, East Area …
Opinion (UK) The kings of capitalism are finally worried about the system that created themThe Guardian - Dominic RusheTwo years ago on a chilly Saturday in March, some of the least well-off people in Connecticut went on a tour of the homes of the wealthiest. The outing was a protest organized by community groups worried
Middle East The logic behind US humiliation of the PalestiniansAl Jazeera - Marwan BisharaWhat an old Hebrew parable can tell us about Kushner's strategy and the deal of the century. Over the past two years, the Trump administration has launched an all-out diplomatic assault on the Palestinians,
Opinion (UK) Capitalism is failing workers. People want a job with a decent wage – why is that so hard?The Guardian - Richard ReevesBefore capitalism, there was work. Before markets, before even money, there was work. Our remotest ancestors, hunting and gathering, almost certainly did not see work as a separate, compartmentalized of
Paul Krugman 'If you're not terrified -- you're not paying attention': NYT columnist Paul Krugmanrawstory.com - Dominique Jackson On Tuesday, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman sat down with CNN’s Anderson Cooper to talk about President Donald Trump’s reaction to special …
Nipsey Hussle Why Nipsey Hussle’s Death Set Off a Conspiracy TheoryGQ - By Ashley NkadiAshley Nkadi on the long, destructive history behind the anxieties that give rise to seemingly delusional theories like the one that rose up after Nipsey Hussle’s shooting. Last Sunday, the 33-year-old
Republican Party 'I realized enough was enough': A law professor and former Trump transition staffer says Congress should impeach TrumpINSIDER - Grace Panetta Democrats are facing heightened pressure to take a stand on whether to impeach President in the wake of special counsel Robert Mueller's report, with …
U.S. Army Pentagon Reviewing US Military Rules After Soldiers Were Detained By Mexican Troopsdailycaller.com - Jason Hopkins A spokesman for the Pentagon says it’s reviewing the procedures that led to Mexican troops disarming and questioning two American soldiers at the …
Trousers WATCH: Unhinged racist woman harasses kids ‘just for being black and outside’ — then drops her pantsrawstory.com - Noor Al-Sibai An Oregon woman was filmed harassing black children on Easter for no apparent reason — and then pulled her pants down to taunt them. Eugene, OR’s KEZI …
Israel Defense Forces Israeli soldiers shoot blindfolded, handcuffed Palestinian as he tried to fleeCNN - By Oren Liebermann and Abeer Salman, CNNJerusalem (CNN) — Israeli soldiers shot a blindfolded, handcuffed Palestinian teenager who had been arrested on suspicion of taking part in disturbances as he tried to flee. The shooting happened after
Income Tax Capitalism needs a welfare state to surviveThe Economist IN THE mythologies of both left and right, the welfare state is a work of socialism. Yet the intellectual tradition it owes most to is liberalism. …
Trump Administration Trump is deliberately bringing on a clash with Congress that puts the entire nation at riskdailykos.com - Mark Sumner Donald Trump has decided to shrug off the last vestiges of pretense and go full authoritarian—denying laws that require the IRS to turn over his tax …
Hunter Gatherers The rise and fall of beesThe Economist Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees. By Thor Hanson. Basic Books; 304 pages; $27. Icon Books; £16.99. BEES are wasps that went vegetarian. This was …
Opinion When License-Plate Surveillance Goes Horribly WrongThe New York Times - By CHARLIE WARZELThis article is part of a limited-run newsletter. You can sign up here. Brian Hofer and his brother were on their way home from a Thanksgiving visit, headed toward Oakland, Calif., on Interstate 80 when
Environment ‘I would go to prison’: the ordinary people getting arrested for Extinction RebellionThe Guardian - Interviews by Homa KhaleeliBing Jones, 66, Sheffield, artist and retired doctor I have never been a campaigner or activist before, but I have been worrying about the environment for decades. For 20 years I have written letters,
Play buttonGreta Thunberg The Greta Thunberg effect: at last, MPs focus on climate changeThe Guardian - Jonathan Watts Global environment editorGreta Thunberg took her climate message to the heart of power in Westminster on Tuesday, with a quiet but powerful message to MPs that prompted politicians to declare contrition for their failure to act.
John Roberts The Supreme Court looks ready to let Donald Trump skew the U.S. CensusThinkProgress - Ian Millhiser The Trump administration's plan to give more representation to white people is likely to get Chief Justice Roberts' blessing. Let’s not beat around …
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia executes 37 people, crucifying one, for terror-related crimesCNN - By Tamara Qiblawi, CNN(CNN) — Saudi Arabia has executed 37 men convicted of terror-related crimes, the kingdom's official news agency said Tuesday. One of the convicts was crucified, according to an interior ministry statement
Military Navy SEALs Were Warned Against Reporting Their Chief for War CrimesThe New York Times - By DAVE PHILIPPSStabbing a defenseless teenage captive to death. Picking off a school-age girl and an old man from a sniper’s roost. Indiscriminately spraying neighborhoods with rockets and machine-gun fire. Navy SEAL
Treadmills Try this illusion on the treadmill and running will never be the samePopular Science - By Nicole WetsmanThe treadmill works out your brain, too. Back in the ’90s, Adar Pelah was studying vision at the University of Cambridge when he noticed something funny at the gym: For the first few minutes after stepping
Michigan Chalking tires to enforce parking rules is unconstitutional, court findsNBC News - Alex JohnsonMarking your tires with chalk is trespassing, not law enforcement, the federal appeals panel said in a Michigan case. That parking officer who swipes a chalk mark on your tire to keep track of how long
Disney World Even Mega Millionaire Abigail Disney Realizes the System Is BrokenVICE - Matt TaylorAn heir to the Disney fortune is not holding back from lambasting inequality in America. Abigail Disney is on a tear. After calling Disney CEO Bob Iger’s 2018 pay “insane” on a panel hosted by Fast Company
Walsh Republican forced to shadow nurse at work after accusing care givers of playing cards all dayrawstory.com - Sarah K. Burris Republican state Senator Maureen Walsh, of Walla Walla, Washington, is desperately trying to make up for heartless comments she made about healthcare …
