Press freedom groups have a stark warning for Americans: Trump could pose a serious threat to fact-based journalism during his next term in office if he does not change course. The Committee to Protect Journalists, Reporters Without Borders, and Freedom of the Press Foundation all issued statements in the aftermath of Trump’s win this week, […]
Members of Elon Musk’s so-called “Election Integrity Community” have turned their attention from stoking paranoia about voter fraud in the presidential race, now that Trump won, to alleging it in Arizona, where a closely watched Senate race looks like it could result in a GOP loss. As of early Sunday, major news outlets had yet […]
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Tucked away in the most extreme nooks and crannies of the Earth are biodiverse galaxies of microorganisms—some that might help scour the atmosphere of the carbon dioxide mankind has pumped into it. One microorganism in particular has captured scientists’ attention. UTEX […]
Donald Trump’s win on Tuesday has sent private prison company stocks soaring as investors anticipate that the president-elect’s promises of mass deportation will increase the need for immigration detention. Stocks for GEO Group and CoreCivic, the nation’s largest private prison operators, increased 42 percent and 29 percent respectively on Wednesday. Financial news site Sherwood News […]
Nicole Chase was a young mom with a six-year-old daughter to support when she was sexually assaulted by her boss while working at a Canton, Connecticut restaurant. When she decided to report the attack, she knew she was risking a lot—her livelihood, for one, but also the reputation she’d build in her small, close-knit town. […]
Disabled and chronically ill voters: What was your experience casting a ballot in person, either this week or in early voting? Civil and voting rights protections like the Voting Rights Act and the Americans With Disabilities Act are supposed to protect disabled people’s right to vote in person, which means having the right accommodations: wheelchair-accessible […]
Disabled and chronically ill voters: What was your experience casting a ballot in person, either this week or in early voting? Civil and voting rights protections like the Voting Rights Act and the Americans With Disabilities Act are supposed to protect disabled people’s right to vote in person, which means having the right accommodations: wheelchair-accessible […]
Jacky Rosen, Nevada’s incumbent Democratic senator, has won reelection in the battleground state, defeating Republican Sam Brown. Though Republicans haven’t won a Nevada senate seat in a dozen years and Rosen had a considerable cash advantage, the race was unexpectedly tight, emblematic of the rightward shift in Nevada and across the country. Trump won Nevada […]
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Johnny Appleseed’s heart was in the right place when he walked all over the early United States planting fruit trees. Ecologically, though, he had room for improvement: To create truly dynamic ecosystems that host a lot of biodiversity, benefit local people, and […]
The day after Election Day, predominantly Black recipients in at least six states received racist, trollish text messages telling them they had been “selected” to “pick cotton at the nearest plantation.” The messages were sent from varying numbers and area codes, and sent to recipients in at least eight states, including Georgia, North Carolina, Wisconsin, […]