Michigan is set to become the first state in the country to get rid of lead pipes meant to carry drinking water, a result of the enduring legacy of the crisis infamously plaguing the town of Flint. The state’s new measures are the strictest in the country — potentially paving the way for other areas […]
Over the past decade, there’s been a plethora of books aimed at children on LGBTQ themes. Some of these books tell familiar romantic fairy tales with same-sex protagonists, while others provide basic education about kids who might be transgender. Author Gayle Pitman, however, is trying to create space for books that actually teach kids about […]
The Trump administration is continuing its incoherent attempts to spin news surrounding the nearly 2,000 children who, in the span of less than two months, have been separated from their parents at the border. Over the past several days, administration officials have flip-flopped from flat-out denying that the family separation policy exists, to falsely blaming […]
On Monday, the Drudge Report’s lead story was headlined “BORDER BATTLE: USA TAKING IN 250 KIDS PER DAY.” The accompanying image was of a group of young boys holding what looked like guns — the implication being that some of the kids the Trump administration is separating from their parents and detaining in detention centers […]
Doubts are growing about a Chinese company’s planned investment in a suite of natural gas-related projects in West Virginia due to the Trump administration’s intensification of a trade war between the United States and China. From the day the agreement was announced last fall, skepticism has surrounded the issue of whether state-owned China Energy Investment […]
Home buyers are starting to incorporate climate risk into the price of property in areas facing warming-driven extreme weather disasters, new research finds. And that’s bad news for the trillion-dollar coastal property bubble. “Homes in areas most exposed to flood and hurricane risk were worth less last year, on average, than a decade earlier,” according to […]
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions addressed the National Sheriffs’ Association Monday morning in New Orleans, Louisiana, delivering a speech riddled with misinformation about the nation’s immigration policies, particularly as they relate to asylum claims. Sessions defended the administration’s policy of separating children from their parents at the border and alleged that if immigrants simply waited their […]
President Trump claimed in a tweet Monday morning that “crime in Germany is way up,” ignoring statistics that prove the crime rate there has actually reached a historic low. The president also claimed that migration was causing Germans to turn against their leaders, and that millions of asylum-seekers from Africa and the Middle East had […]
President Trump claimed in a tweet Monday morning that “crime in Germany is way up,” ignoring statistics that prove the crime rate there has actually reached a historic low. The president also claimed that migration was causing Germans to turn against their leaders, and that millions of asylum-seekers from Africa and the Middle East had […]
Trump plans to tap Kathy Kraninger to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), an agency which is supposed to provide oversight for the financial sector. Kraninger doesn’t have experience in consumer issues and financial services. Kraninger also currently works for Mick Mulvaney, the acting director of the CFPB and the director of the White House Office […]
The U.N. human rights chief on Monday called on the administration of President Donald Trump to stop forcibly taking children away from migrant parents who enter the United States at the border with Mexico. Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights called President Trump’s policy – one that has seen nearly 2,000 children […]
The U.N. human rights chief on Monday called on the administration of President Donald Trump to stop forcibly taking children away from migrant parents who enter the United States at the border with Mexico. Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights called President Trump’s policy – one that has seen nearly 2,000 children […]
The policy of separating immigrant children from their parents and detaining them in cages was implemented by President Trump, and could be ended by him at any time. It could also be ended by Congress. A group of Senate Democrats has banded together in support of a bill that would do just that, but not […]
The policy of separating immigrant children from their parents and detaining them in cages was implemented by President Trump, and could be ended by him at any time. It could also be ended by Congress. A group of Senate Democrats has banded together in support of a bill that would do just that, but not […]
For the second time during this Supreme Court term, an awesome, nation-defining Supreme Court showdown ended with a flaccid, overcooked nothingburger. On Monday, the Court handed down its decisions in Gill v. Whitford and Benisek v. Lamone — although labeling either opinion a “decision” may be too strong of a term. Both cases are punts, which delay a […]
Kirstjen Nielsen, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, directly contradicted her colleagues in a multi-tweet thread Sunday evening, claiming preposterously that the Trump administration had no child separation policy for families detained at the U.S. southern border. “This misreporting by Members, press & advocacy groups must stop. It is irresponsible and unproductive,” Nielsen wrote, […]
On Monday morning’s edition of Fox & Friends, host Steve Doocy defended President Trump’s immigrant child detention facilities by arguing the media is unfairly describing cages as “cages.” “And you know, while some have likened them to concentration camps or cages, you do see that they have those thermal blankets, you do see some fencing… […]
On the same day last month that disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein stood before a judge to plead “not guilty” to three counts of rape and sexual assault, attorney Matthew Daloisio happened to be among the throng of spectators in that packed Manhattan courtroom. He wasn’t there as just another looky-loo. Daloisio is a regular around […]
