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Scott Pruitt’s EPA blacklists reporters from summit on toxic water contaminants, forcibly removes reporter from the building
Reporters from The Associated Press, CNN, and E&E News were barred from attending an Environmental Protection Agency summit on water contaminants. Security guards used force to remove an AP reporter from the building.
If you’re so smart, why aren’t you rich? Turns out it’s just chance.
The distribution of wealth follows a well-known pattern sometimes called an 80:20 rule: 80 percent of the wealth is owned by 20 percent of the people. Indeed, a report last year concluded that just eight men had a total wealth equivalent to that of the world’s poorest 3.8 billion people.
About the boys: Tim Winton on how toxic masculinity is shackling men to misogyny
I don’t have any grand theory about masculinity. But I know a bit about boys. Partly because I’m at the beach and in the water a lot. As a surfer you spend a lot of time bobbing about, waiting for something to happen. So eventually, you get talking. Or you listen to others talking.
Every US state economy ranked from worst to best
The US is a massive, complex economy, and so too are the component economies of the 50 states and Washington, DC, that make up the whole. Business Insider combined six measures of labor-market and general economic health for all the states and the District of Columbia.
Michael Bloomberg: Americans facing "epidemic of dishonesty"
NEW YORK -- Americans are facing an "epidemic of dishonesty" in Washington that's more dangerous than terrorism or communism.
America’s ‘War on Terror’ Has Cost Taxpayers $5.6 Trillion
This essay is the introduction to Tom Engelhardt’s new book, A Nation Unmade by War, a Dispatch Book published by Haymarket Books.
Jordan Peterson, Custodian of the Patriarchy
TORONTO — Jordan Peterson fills huge lecture halls and tells his audiences there’s no shame in looking backward to a model of how the world should be arranged. Look back to the 1950s, he says — and back even further. He tells his audiences that they are smart.
Actually, Guns Do Kill People
Road rage is an American pastime. Nearly 80 percent of motorists admitted to at least one instance of aggressive driving in the past year, according to a 2016 study.
Nobody Tells You How Long a Marriage Is
I loved you. But I couldn’t stay. I wanted to live in a city, with access to hiking trails, and coffee shops and bookstores that I could walk to.
Building the Right Product vs. Building the Product Right
The Product Manager is an essential player in the software development process. Yet, we often find ourselves answering a troubling question when sitting down with eager prospective clients.
With 60 Killed In Gaza, U.N. Rights Commissioner Criticizes Israel
One day after Israeli forces fired on protesters and killed 60 Palestinians along the Gaza border, the U.N.'s Human Rights Commissioner says that those who were shot include women, children, journalists, first responders and bystanders.
Ivanka Trump Opens U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem During Israeli Massacre of Palestinians in Gaza
In a graphic demonstration of disregard for the lives and rights of Palestinians, a smiling Ivanka Trump welcomed Israeli dignitaries to the new U.S.
Trump helps sanctioned Chinese phone maker after China delivers a big loan to a Trump project
Is the president of the United States revising American trade policy — and possibly jeopardizing national security — because his family received a large cash bribe from the Chinese government? Under normal political circumstances, it would be an outrageous accusation to level.
Wisconsin’s Voter-ID Law Suppressed 200,000 Votes in 2016 (Trump Won by 22,748)
Prior to the 2016 election, Eddie Lee Holloway Jr., a 58-year-old African-American man, moved from Illinois to Wisconsin, which implemented a strict voter-ID law for the first time in 2016.
Trump’s Pick To Head CDC Believes AIDS Was ‘God’s Judgement’ Against Homosexuals
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Steve Jobs talks consultants, hiring, and leaving Apple in unearthed 1992 talk
One reason Steve Jobs was a great leader? He had good people. In a 1992 talk at MIT Sloan, he discusses his philosophies on hiring and managing. Steve Jobs did not like consultants.
Google Maps’s Moat
Justin O’Beirne of San Francisco, California. Essays, book, and contact information. Over the past year, we’ve been comparing Google Maps and Apple Maps in New York, San Francisco, and London—but some of the biggest differences are outside of large cities.
Robocalls Flooding Your Cellphone? Here’s How to Stop Them
On some days, it can feel as if robocallers are outnumbering calls from your own friends and family members. If your phone is being inundated with such calls, there are steps you can take to try to block them out.
We read every one of the 3,517 Facebook ads bought by Russians. Here's what we found
The Russian ads, released by Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee, offer the public the first in-depth look at the attempts to divide the U.S. ahead of the 2016 election. USA TODAY
The Scientific Case for Two Spaces After a Period
A new study proves that half of people are correct. The other is also correct. This is a time of much division. Families and communities are splintered by polarizing narratives.
Trump White House axes Nasa research into greenhouse gas cuts
President Donald Trump's administration has quietly axed US space agency Nasa's monitoring system into greenhouse gases, a US journal has revealed. The Carbon Monitoring System (CMS), a $10m (£7m)-a-year project which remotely tracks the world's flow of carbon dioxide, is to lose funding.
Google Duplex: An AI System for Accomplishing Real-World Tasks Over the Phone
A long-standing goal of human-computer interaction has been to enable people to have a natural conversation with computers, as they would with each other.
Energy Sec. Rick Perry’s son owns an energy investment company. Is that a problem?
A private investment firm led by Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s son has notified the Securities and Exchange Commission that it’s seeking investors for a new energy fund, raising concerns about the potential for private businesses run by the offspring of high-ranking government officials to benef
Russian Leverage Over Trump Is Not Just a Theory. It’s Now Fact.
In the waning weeks of 2016, when the intelligence community and many politicians were passing around terrifying reports about Donald Trump’s links to Russia like samizdat, the frightening possibility arose that the sanctity of the United States government might be c
Pruitt Is Wrong on Burning Forests for Energy
By William H. Schlesinger, Beverly Law, John Sterman and William R. Moomaw
The average American worker takes less vacation time than a medieval peasant
Life for the medieval peasant was certainly no picnic. His life was shadowed by fear of famine, disease and bursts of warfare. His diet and personal hygiene left much to be desired. But despite his reputation as a miserable wretch, you might envy him one thing: his vacations.
These states have introduced bills to protect drivers who run over protesters
CNN's Eric Levenson, Carma Hassan and Tom Kludt contributed to this report.
Nudge nudge, think think
IN 2010 the Conservative-led government established a team—known affectionately as the “nudge unit”—to investigate how behavioural economics could be used to improve policy.
Report: Americans most unhappy people in the world | abc13.com
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Trump Says Payment to Stormy Daniels Did Not Violate Campaign Laws
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Thursday directly contradicted his earlier statements that he knew of no payment to Stormy Daniels, the pornographic film actress who says she had an affair with him. Mr. Trump said he paid a monthly retainer to his former lawyer and fixer, Michael D.
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'Anti-authority' tech rebels take on ISPs, connect NYC with cheap Wi-Fi
It's a promise that seems almost too good to be true: super-fast internet that's cheap, and free of the contracts and hassles that come with major service providers. That's not a pipe dream for Brian Hall, it's his goal.
How A Drug Company Under Pressure For High Prices Ratchets Up Political Activity
Business looked challenging for Novo Nordisk at the end of 2016. As pressure mounted over the pharma giant's soaring insulin prices, investors drove its stock down by a third on fears that policymakers would take action, limit prices and hurt profits. Then things got worse.
Southern Baptist leader’s advice to abused women sends leaders scrambling to respond
Controversial comments about women, abuse and divorce made by a highly respected leader in the Southern Baptist Convention have put many of its leaders in a deeply uncomfortable position as some scramble to respond under pressure from Southern Baptists and other evangelicals.
President Donald J. Trump Proclaims May 1, 2018, as Loyalty Day
On Loyalty Day, we reflect with humility and gratitude upon the freedoms we hold dear, and we reaffirm our allegiance to our Nation and its founding principles.
The poor don’t have a prayer in today’s Washington
Praying for the poor is now apparently a firing offense in the corridors of power. House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) did not give a reason when his chief of staff this month told the Rev. Patrick Conroy, a Jesuit priest and House chaplain, to resign or face dismissal.
“Humans never learn”: the philosopher John Gray on New Atheism, the God Debate and why history repeats itself
Once upon a time an American writer called Sam Harris wrote a book called The End of Faith, about how silly it was to believe in God. The book sold many copies, so some other people — Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Daniel Dennett, AC Grayling — wrote the same book.
New Bipartisan Bill Could Give Any President the Power to Imprison U.S. Citizens in Military Detention Forever
One of the most outrageous acts of Barack Obama’s presidency was his failure to veto the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2012.
The Real Villain Behind Our New Gilded Age
The comedian Chris Rock once said, “If poor people knew how rich rich people are, there would be riots in the streets.” Populist revolts throughout the world may not count as street riots, but they do reflect disenchantment with not just our government but also liberal democracy itself.
Millennials are struggling. Is it the fault of the baby boomers?
T he late 1940s were about bombsites, rationing, loss and mourning, but amid the gloom a new generation was emerging. In the grim, grey aftermath of war, children were born on an unprecedented scale in a population explosion: the baby boomers – born between 1946 and the mid-60s – had arrived.
Say Goodbye To The Information Age: It’s All About Reputation Now
There is an underappreciated paradox of knowledge that plays a pivotal role in our advanced hyper-connected liberal democracies: the greater the amount of information that circulates, the more we rely on so-called reputational devices to evaluate it.
The NRA said guns will be banned during a Pence speech. Parkland students see hypocrisy.
The National Rifle Association has championed the idea of “a good guy with a gun,” but no firearms will be allowed when Vice President Pence speaks at its annual meeting — sparking criticism from Parkland, Fla., students, who say schools should be afforded the same protection.
Meet the Schlapps, Washington’s Trump-Era ‘It Couple’
WASHINGTON — Matt Schlapp, the pro-Trump chairman of the American Conservative Union, had a remarkable on-air clash not long ago with his old friend Michael Steele, an anti-Trump former chairman of the Republican National Committee. At issue was Mr.
Mnuchin Sees Solid Treasuries Demand After Record U.S. Borrowing
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he’s unconcerned about the bond market’s ability to absorb rising government debt after his department said it borrowed a record amount for the first quarter.
EPA grants ‘financial hardship’ waiver to oil refinery owned by billionaire Carl Icahn
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted a financial hardship waiver to an Oklahoma oil refinery owned by billionaire and Trump confidant Carl Icahn.
Michelle Wolf Does Unto the White House as It Has Done Unto Others
Controversy at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner underscores that Trump’s staff demands decencies and courtesies that it denies to others. It was wise to begin her tweet with the caution that the shame was attached to women attacking conservative women.
'Pathetic': To Shield Elites From Deserved Ridicule, WHCA Apologizes for Michelle Wolf's Epic Performance
In the eyes of D.C. media elites, jokes about murderous drone strikes and a war that killed over a million Iraqis fall well within the boundaries of civility, but humor that targets the powerful is completely unacceptable.
White guys who were home-schooled by Christian conservatives keep killing people
Just last week, a 29-year-old white male from Illinois shot up a Waffle House in Nashville, Tennessee killing four people. A motive has still not been identified, but it is likely that racism was a factor.
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