Beneficial leadership
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Families of troops stranded on USS Lincoln slam Trump and Hegseth
Family members of the military personnel who have been left to languish on the USS Lincoln aircraft carrier off the coast of Iran are irate at President Donald Trump and his unqualified Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, saying the two men’s callous comments about the suffering of the service members are beyond the pale. Both Trump and Hegseth denied widespread reports that the troops aboard the…
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August 17: Making Kim Jong Un great again… and more!
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Here’s what Democratic primary results really hinge on in 2026
What do Texas’ James Talarico, Iowa’s Rob Sand, Vermont’s Amanda Janoo, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and Michigan’s Dr. Abdul El-Sayed all have in common? Despite their wide ideological differences, all four Democratic candidates rose to prominence—and secured their party’s nomination for various offices—by campaigning as outsiders frustrated with Washington’s do-nothing Democratic…
Prediction markets place odds on election results. Officials say they could erode public trust.
Add betting markets to the list of things election officials are worried about this year. By Carrie Levine for Votebeat A 2004 paper on the history of presidential election betting markets kicks off with a partial quote from the transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau’s 19th-century essay “Civil Disobedience”: “All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon…
The detective-in-chief
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A Democratic senator in Kansas?
Survey Says is a weekly series rounding up the most important polling trends or data points you need to know about, plus a vibe check on a trend that’s driving politics or culture. Adam Hamilton is a 62-year-old white man who has written dozens of books on theology and leads the largest church in a deeply red state—and he is a Democrat. In fact, he may be his party’s best shot in decades…
Air Force None
A cartoon by Jack Ohman. Related | Trump’s airplane switcheroo proves he’s a selfish coward…
National park signs on women and LGBTQ+ history are disappearing. Librarians are preserving the record.
The revisions have scrubbed or softened accounts of violence, slavery, activism and lived experiences, raising questions about whose stories the government considers worth telling. By Jessica Kutz for The 19th Jenny McBurney, a librarian specializing in government publications, was in Washington, D.C., in June when she heard the news that the Department of Interior…
GOP spreads fake data to turn Americans against vaccines and Fauci
Congressional Cowards is a weekly series highlighting the worst Donald Trump defenders on Capitol Hill, who refuse to criticize him—no matter how disgraceful or lawless his actions. Republican lawmakers this week continued on their anti-Anthony Fauci crusade, selectively releasing text messages he sent during the COVID-19 pandemic to falsely accuse him of causing miscarriages.
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People with disabilities say Medicaid’s limits on income stifle career advancement
By Natalie Krebs, Iowa Public Radio, for KFF Erica Carter is passionate about her job, and she has seven acres of flowers and vegetables to show for it. Carter’s specialty is reeling in grants to support students in the Omaha Nation school district, where she is a finance manager. One paid for the garden that sits next to the district’s campus. Another allowed the school system…
Munitions suspicions
Just when you thought Donald Trump’s idiotic war with Iran couldn’t get any more infuriating. Reports have emerged that military munitions have dwindled to the point where battle plans have had to be altered, allegedly enraging the president, who desperately wants to find an exit out of his mess. Despite various officials leaking the troubling situation to the press, the White House and…
17 years ago: Usain Bolt races into the history books
Just five days shy of his 23rd birthday, Jamaican track and field star Usain Bolt broke the world record in the 100-meter dash at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin on August 16, 2009. The iconic sprinter posted a time of 9.58 seconds, making him the fastest human being ever recorded. Bolt broke the record he set the year before at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
Songs of enslavement, resistance, and the journey to freedom
This story originally ran Aug. 20, 2023. Black Music Sunday is a weekly series highlighting all things Black music. With 170 stories (and counting) covering performers, genres, history, and more, each featuring its own vibrant soundtrack, I hope you’ll find some familiar tunes and perhaps an introduction to something new. As racist right-wing governing bodies attempt to erase…
Puppies, data centers, Trump
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Why the media ignores the growing Republican schism
Explaining the Right is a weekly series that looks at what the right wing is currently obsessing over, how it influences politics—and why you need to know. Republicans are having a bad time ahead of this year’s midterm elections, where the momentum has consistently been with the Democrats. This past week, after losing the Minnesota gubernatorial primary by double digits despite an…
Project runway
A cartoon by Mike Luckovich. Related | Trump’s airplane switcheroo proves he’s a selfish coward…
After years-long battle, California rideshare drivers win certification. Can they win a contract?
If Uber and Lyft resort to the stalling tactics corporations commonly use to block higher pay and better working conditions, gig workers will still have a fight on their hands. By Mark Kreidler for Capital & Main After a yearslong battle for worker rights that pulled the governor’s office and state legislators into the fray, Uber and Lyft drivers in California are on the doorstep of…