The new chief of the Environmental Protection Agency said he does not believe that carbon dioxide is a primary contributor to global warming, a statement at odds with mainstream scientific consensus and his own agency.EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said measuring the effect of human activity on the climate is “very challenging” and that “there’s tremendous disagreement about.... Read More
A man who died of dehydration at the Milwaukee County jail, overseen by Sheriff David Clarke, “was subjected to a form of torture” during 10 days in solitary confinement, his family alleges in a federal lawsuit.The lawsuit filed March 9 claims jail staff ignored 38-year-old Terrill Thomas’ pleas for water last April and that inmates “overheard his cries for water for days.”Clarke.... Read More
A resistance is rising to challenge the flat-Earth mentality governing Washington, D.C., and some state capitols.Efforts by the Trump administration to silence scientists and stifle their research are driving a global protest that will come together on Earth Day as the first-ever March for Science.Scientists will march on Washington April 22 and in more than 280 satellite marches around the gl.... Read More
A pink hat worn during the Women's March on Washington has taken its place in history as a symbol of solidarity for women's rights by going on display in a London museum.In January, women-led protests against U.S. President Donald Trump saw hundreds of thousands of women take to the streets in U.S. cities, as well as cities around the globe.Many wore knitted pink cat-eared Pussyhats, a re.... Read More
The Federal Election Commission is raising questions about last-minute election expenditures by a pro-Donald Trump super PAC that has already acknowledged making mistakes regarding the sources and amounts of its contributions and whose contributors include an L.L. Bean heiress.The FEC contends the Making Maine Great Again political action committee may have violated rules that give PACs 24 hou.... Read More
A gay veterans group says it has been denied permission to march in this year’s Boston St. Patrick’s Day parade just two years after organizers made the groundbreaking decision to allow gay groups to participate for the first time.The veterans group, OutVets, said on its Facebook page that the reason for the denial is unclear, but “one can only assume it’s because we are LGBTQ.”T.... Read More
According to Republican Party orthodoxy, the federal government is a greedy, malevolent giant that must be contained before it swallows up states’ autonomy and imposes the liberalism of intellectual elites on “real” Americans — who happen to be white, straight, evangelical Christians.But the states' rights cheerleaders and big-government foes have a serious hypocrisy problem: They con.... Read More
The national cheese spotlight this week turns to Wisconsin — where else? — as judges get ready to sniff, taste and touch thousands of samples in the U.S. Championship Cheese Contest.The national contest alternates each year with the world cheese-off. Judging was Tuesday and today at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, with winners to be announced Thursday.Some things to know about the contest:.... Read More
The budget Gov. Scott Walker submitted to the Legislature in February balances, as it’s required to under state law. But when that same budget is measured using generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, the picture is much different.With that measurement, the state’s true budget deficit would grow to more than $2 billion by 2019 — the largest it’s been since 2012.HOW COULD T.... Read More
This is video footage of Hillary Clinton delivering a speech to the Fourth Women's Conference in Beijing, China. This footage is provided by the Clinton Presidential Library and the speech took place Sept. 5, 1995, in Beijing, China. We share, as we celebrate International Women's Day.https://youtu.be/xXM4E23Efvk.... Read More
