We’re With Stupid: On Fake News and the Literacy of America’s Electorate
From New York Times by Timothy Egan (Nov. 17, 2017): It would be much easier to sleep at night if you could believe that we’re in such a mess of…
From New York Times by Timothy Egan (Nov. 17, 2017): It would be much easier to sleep at night if you could believe that we’re in such a mess of…
Richard Cordray, the head of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, is stepping down at the end of the month. The bureau was created in the wake of the financial crisis and…
From today’s New York Times by Danielle Ivory and Robert Faturechi: At a private meeting in September, congressional aides asked Rebeckah Adcock, a top official at the Department of Agriculture,…
From today’s New York Times Election Review: By any measure, Tuesday was a big night for Democrats, especially in Virginia, where they swept the top offices, including governor, and made…
From today’s Slate Magazine by Daniel Politi: Looks like it’s Panama Papers Part Two. The non-profit International Consortium of Investigative Journalists began publishing on Sunday what it is calling the…
From today’s LA Times Update on #RussiaGate : A former foreign policy advisor to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with…
From today’s Washington Post by Ken Sweet: Call it a win for “the swamp.” President Trump and Republicans in Congress handed Wall Street banks a big victory by effectively killing…
From today’s New York Times by Noam Scheiber:As National Football League team owners consider President Trump’s call to fire players who refuse to stand for the national anthem, they have…
From today’s New York Times by Peter Baker: Tom Price, the health and human services secretary, resigned under pressure on Friday after racking up at least $400,000 in travel bills…
From today’s New York Times by David Leonhardt: Paul Ryan offered some warm words about Dreamers. Marco Rubio went further, distancing himself from President Trump’s new immigration policy by tweeting…