Новости за 19.01.2016

Refugees, asylum seekers, and immigrants often prove to be some of the most influential, successful, and appreciated members of society.

Verizon's new FreeBee program provides sponsored content that circumvents the company's data caps -- a practice net neutrality supporters feared would happen without tougher regulation.

Four percent of the city's children have elevated levels of lead in their bloodstreams.

“This is the horror they face in their homelands.”

The post Four Years After The End Of The Iraq War, Iraqis Still Being Killed In Staggering Numbers appeared first on ThinkProgress.

NASA climatologist and astronaut Piers Sellers has a moving op-ed about his plans to keep working despite his diagnosis of terminal cancer. So, naturally, the deniers attacked him.

Washington state law has protected transgender people for 10 years, but a recent rule implementation has prompted a conservative backlash.

Marijuana is not always a partisan issue.

The post Southern GOP Lawmaker Defends Medical Pot: ‘We’ve Never Had An Overdose On Marijuana’ appeared first on ThinkProgress.

Being a member of Congress is an awful job. One reason that it is a terrible job is the piles of money a lawmaker must raise if they hope to keep their job after the next election.

Their “political love affair” began with a mutual questioning of President Obama’s birth certificate.

The ongoing lead poisoning crisis came up during the Democratic debate Sunday night.

In 2015, Denmark got almost half its electricity from a single source of renewable energy -- wind.

"Iran, you can get away with murder," is the message of the prisoner exchange, according to Fox News commentator Sebastian Gorka.

"Do you realize what a blessing they will be to their country when they go back?"

What happens when the president frees you from prison?

The post Remember When Obama Released 6,000 Federal Prisoners? Here’s How One Is Doing Now. appeared first on ThinkProgress.

Up until this point, the Obama administration has had an extraordinary run of bad luck in this case. That could change now.

#OscarsSoWhite

The post The ‘OscarsSoWhite’ Fallout Continues, Academy President Is ‘Heartbroken, Frustrated’ About Lack Of Diversity appeared first on ThinkProgress.

"It's just not an issue we've been quite frankly fully briefed or apprised of," admitted Marco Rubio.

An estimated 100 women will be speaking live on Tuesday.

The post WATCH: Real Women Share Their Abortion Stories appeared first on ThinkProgress.

"In reality, it's far more common to find people struggling with emotional problems than choking on a steak."

Otherwise, he ignored the holiday.

The post Ted Cruz Says We Should ‘Honor’ MLK By Honoring Unborn Babies appeared first on ThinkProgress.