‘Weapons of math destruction’ are lurking in the global economy
Did the world let an economic crisis go to waste? We may soon find out the hard way.
Police chief calls for suspension after officer kicks handcuffed man’s head
Currently, no criminal charges have been filed.
‘We will not be intimidated’: Organizers announce Women’s March against NRA
In response to hostile videos by gun lobby group, progressive activists announce march in nation's capitol for next week.
EPA to require Midwestern utilities clean up coal ash waste
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hold utilities in several Midwestern states accountable for coal ash waste. The agency announced it will...
National Monuments open for business: Mining and drilling to begin on public lands
Today marks the "largest rollback of protections for public lands and waters in U.S. history."
Why food prices are rising even more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuvKoe9Ilvo
Monopolies are slowly killing rural America — and driving up the price you pay for food.
Utah passes bill banning transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming health care
The bill "prohibits surgery for all transgender youth and disallows hormone treatment for transgender minors who have not been professionally diagnosed with gender dysphoria."
Sheriff indicted on 16 charges including theft in office
“Reader just does whatever he wants and no one ever calls him on it... We are scared to death of him... He is unstable and threatens people.”
Google says it bans gun ads. It actually makes money from them.
The tech giant has long boasted that it doesn’t accept ads for firearms, but a ProPublica analysis shows that Google’s ad systems served up more than 100 million ads from gun makers.
Report from McAllen, Texas: No one knows what will happen now to separated migrant...
"So it might be many months, and in some cases maybe over a year ... before parents before they even get a chance of sponsoring and seeing their children again."