Month: September 2016

You probably already suspected that Donald Trump has no policy chops, but reading his answers to ScienceDebate.org’s “Top 20 Science, Engineering, Tech, Health & Environmental Issues in 2016” survey will...

How he talks. “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose any voters, okay? It’s, like, incredible.” “There may be somebody with tomatoes in the audience. If...

It’s been a pretty good night for progressives so far. First of all, Lisa Blunt Rochester won her primary and is now almost certainly going to represent Delaware as their sole House member in the U.S. Congress. Delaware...

“Household incomes for American families rose strongly in 2015, breaking a years long pattern of income stagnation. The median household’s income in 2015 was $56,516, an increase of 5.2 percent over the previous year...

If you’re familiar with the lyrics from Bruce Springsteen’s song Youngstown, you might have had the same experience I had while reading Farai Chideya’s latest piece for FiveThirtyEight. The article looks at...