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Prosecutor in Trump-Ukraine Scandal Refused to Cooperate With US Congress

In May 2018, the New York Times broke a significant story about Ukraine that did not receive great attention at the time: The nation’s chief prosecutor had halted cooperation with special counsel Robert Mueller’s Trump-Russia investigation and had essentially shut down four Ukrainian criminal inquiries related to Mueller’s work. Ukrainian lawmakers said their government took these steps […]

Trump’s Buddy Chris Collins Just Resigned From Congress

Hours after reports emerged that Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.) was expected to plead guilty to insider trading charges, the Daily Beast broke the news that Collins had resigned his seat on Monday. Several other outlets, including the Washington Post, confirmed that the four-term congressman had stepped down.  Collins’ departure from the House marks an inglorious end to […]

Nina Turner, Bernie Sanders’ Campaign Chair, Led Charge for Education Reform as Ohio Legislator

Nina Turner said she’s “definitely evolved” since her time in the Ohio state Senate, but she remains proud of pro-charter policies she helped pass.

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A new concept could make more environmentally friendly batteries possible

A new concept for an aluminium battery has twice the energy density as previous versions, is made of abundant materials, and could lead to reduced production costs and environmental impact. The idea has potential for large scale applications, including storage of solar and wind energy.

How Have Health Workers Won Improvements to Patient Care? Strikes.

On September 20, 2,200 nurses represented by the National Nurses United (NNU) went on a one-day strike at the University of Chicago Medical Center. The Chicago nurses were protesting unsafe working conditions and forced overtime—and had been in contract negotiations with the hospital for months. The Medical Center has just spent $269 million on a hospital expansion that it, insists, represents an “ investment to improve our community's health.”

Why the Labor Strike Is Back

The largest private sector strike in more than a decade is now in its third week. The walkout of more than 49,000 General Motors auto workers comes on the heels of a series of successful strikes by workers around the country—teachers and nurses and beyond. Though it had fallen out of favor, the strike—the most […]

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The Biden Campaign Is Demanding That TV Execs Stop Booking Guiliani

Joe Biden’s presidential campaign is reportedly asking television news executives to not book Rudy Guiliani, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, on their channels. The Biden campaign sent out an unusual letter on Sunday morning addressed to top TV news executives and prominent anchors. The letter, written by two top Biden advisers, said Guiliani’s repeated spread of disinformation about […]

A New Poll Shows a Majority of Americans Approve of Trump Impeachment Inquiry

A majority of Americans approve of House Democrats’ pursuit of a formal impeachment inquiry, according to a new CBS poll conducted by YouGov. The poll, which was published on Sunday morning, found that 55 percent of the survey participants supported an impeachment inquiry. Of those, 35 percent said they strongly support it and 20 percent said they somewhat approve. Forty-five […]

Trump Lawyer Jay Sekulow: “We’ve Got to Get on Top of This Thing”

Right before he went on CBS to defend the president and attack his critics, I overheard Trump's lawyer talking on the phone in a TV green room.

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If You Are Black and in a Mental Health Crisis, 911 Can Be a Death Sentence

There's a pattern of black families calling the police for a relative in a mental health crisis -- and the police then kill that person.

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Some Indigenous Communities Have a New Way to Fight Climate Change: Give Personhood Rights to Nature

This story was originally published by High Country News and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. This summer, the Yurok Tribe declared rights of personhood for the Klamath River—likely the first to do so for a river in North America. A concept previously restricted to humans (and corporations), “rights of personhood” means, most simply, that […]

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Why Greta Thunberg Says We Have 8 Years To Stop Catastrophe
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Ditch the delicate wash cycle to help save our seas

The volume of water used during a wash cycle, rather than the spinning action of the washing machine, is the key factor in the release of plastic microfibres from clothes.

Your energy-efficient washing machine could be harboring pathogens

For the first time ever, investigators have identified a washing machine as a reservoir of multidrug-resistant pathogens. The pathogens, a single clone of Klebsiella oxytoca, were transmitted repeatedly to newborns in a neonatal intensive care unit at a children's hospital. The transmission was stopped only when the washing machine was removed from the hospital.

A New Satire of FBI Terrorism Stings Draws Its Characters From Real Cases

In Chris Morris’s “The Day Shall Come,” the absurdity is not far removed from reality.

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