Politics

Betsy DeVos’s reported guns-in-schools plan would make schools less safe

The plan would let states use federal funds to arm teachers. It’s a terrible idea. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos…

6 years ago

Americans should be more afraid of HPV

HPV-related oral and genital cancers are on the rise — yet we're under-using the vaccine that can prevent them. Lee…

6 years ago

The White House squashed a bipartisan Senate bill to stop election interference

A Republican-led, Democrat-supported bill to safeguard US elections from foreign interference is stuck in the bowels of Congress. There’s a…

6 years ago

We’re failing in the opioid crisis. A new study shows a more serious approach would save lives.

The study suggests a comprehensive approach is needed — one that goes way further than what America has done so…

6 years ago

Trump ally David Pecker cuts immunity deal with prosecutors

The publisher of the National Enquirer has legal cover to talk about the hush money payments Michael Cohen made to…

6 years ago

Jeff Sessions might have just lost his most important supporter: the Senate

Key senators signal that if Trump were to want a new attorney general — one with the power to fire…

6 years ago

The revealing Medicare-for-all fact-check debate roiling the internet, explained

Sen. Bernie Sanders and the left vs. the libertarians at Mercatus is the shape of things to come. An earnest…

6 years ago

Will young women of color shape the Democratic Party?

In a stunning upset in June’s New York Democratic primary, Bronx-born political organizer Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a self-described democratic socialist in…

6 years ago

Betsy DeVos is reportedly considering letting schools use federal money to arm teachers

Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy just filed an emergency amendment to try to stop the move. US Secretary of Education Betsy…

6 years ago

A young woman disappeared in Iowa. Here’s why President Trump got involved.

When Cristhian Rivera was charged with murder in the case, Trump started using it to further his anti-immigrant agenda. On…

6 years ago