Sickened Coal Miners Plead for Their Black Lung Benefits as Cases Surge
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One Miami District Is Testing How Far Trump Has Fallen With Latino Voters
Since 2021, US Rep. María Elvira Salazar has represented the 27th congressional district in Miami-Dade County, where…
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AI Exec: We May Have Pulled Off “The Largest Theft of Labor in Human History”
The world is freaking out about the dangers of artificial intelligence, and no wonder: Every day brings news of AI…
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Trump’s Desperate for TV Cameras Until They Tell the Truth
President Donald Trump, who loves a media hit, may no longer get his moments of glory on television after major news…
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Midterm Power Shifts Could Reshape State Climate and Energy Policies
This story was originally published by the Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…
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The California Lawmaker Forcing Big Food to Clean Up Its Act
Editor’s Note: When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. jumped on Donald Trump’s bandwagon in 2024, he brought with him the…
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Trump Wants to Make His Triumphal Arch a Killing Machine
President Donald Trump said that he plans to make his proposed 250-foot arch in Washington, DC, a “top grade military…
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Which Side Is Ed Sheeran On?
Ed Sheeran opened his Philadelphia show Saturday night by admitting to “making mistakes”—maybe not quite the apology…
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An Idaho County Banned Wind and Solar Projects. Some Locals Regret It.
This story was originally co-published by Canary Media and the Daily Yonder, and is reproduced here as part of the…
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These Black Los Angeles Residents May Soon Receive Environmental Reparations
This story was originally published by Capital B and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As a…
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What to Know About Trump’s New “Infinite” Greenland Deal
President Donald Trump announced on Friday that the United States has reached an agreement with Denmark and Greenland…
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In Rare Move, Democrats Try to Block a Sale of Bombs to Israel
The top Democrats on the House and Senate foreign affairs committees this week announced their intent to block a $2.8…
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Did My IUD Make My Depression Worse?
After Mother Jones senior reporter Julia Lurie had her IUD removed, she was surprised to find that she felt happier and…
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Your Questions About Trump, Putin, and Russia’s Election Interference Answered
On Friday morning, I hosted a Reddit AMA, in which participants could ask me anything. But the questions were…
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What Else Is the Pentagon Hiding From Us?
More US military personnel have reportedly died during the ongoing Iran war than the Pentagon has shared publicly, the…
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It’s the End of the World as Chat Pile Knows It
I grew up in a highly insular environment, never knowing—let alone interacting with—the outside world, in part due to…
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The Kennedy Center Is Just Trump’s Latest Hostage
Donald Trump has lurched, in short order, from would-be savior to abductor of the Kennedy Center, replacing vows to…
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“Near a Breaking Point:” Trump Is Failing Firefighters in an Intense Burn Season
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Read at source →Cory Mills’ Career Imploded. Then His Grenade Factory Exploded.
Last month, Cory Mills’ career in Congress imploded when the Florida Republican lost his primary by 13 points. Now part…
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Killer AI Is Already Here. We’re Using It in Iran.
More than 60 percent of Americans believe it’s at least moderately likely that artificial intelligence will kill us…
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Trump’s Friends Are Already Signing Deals to Take Venezuela’s Oil
“It’s a milestone deal in making the Western Hemisphere the center of the global energy system,” Energy Secretary Chris…
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Bo French Sent a Tweet So Racist, His Own Party Finally Took Notice. It’s Just the Tip of the Iceberg.
When Jon Rosenthal announced his campaign last fall for a seat on the Texas Railroad Commission, he never expected to…
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Microplastics in Soil Act Like a Tiny “Trojan Horse” for Delivering Toxins
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Is Meta Using Disabled People to Promote Its Glasses?
In July, Meta published a press release saying that it would issue $2 million worth of grants to 30 organizations that…
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Mike Johnson Can’t Protect Pete Hegseth Forever
Speaker Mike Johnson announced Wednesday that he would send Congress home early for its seven-week campaigning recess…
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The Macklemore–Ed Sheeran Dispute Is a Corporate Threat to Free Speech
Robert Kraft, the billionaire owner of, among a ton of other stuff, the New England Patriots and its stadium, allegedly…
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The Trump Administration Is Imprisoning Somali Immigrants at Gitmo
“The worst place ever I’ve been in my life.” That’s how Sakariye Abdi Mohamed described the detention center at…
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Why MAGA Went Gaga for Putin
My new book, How Russia Won: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Fight for America (HarperCollins), was published…
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With EPA’s Latest Move, Trump Topples the Last Pillar of Biden’s Climate Legacy
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Coal is…
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How the Supreme Court Seized Power to Rule Over the Rest of Us
In 2012, the Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act by a single vote. Four years earlier, President Barack Obama…
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Women Built MAHA. MAGA Bros Have Taken It Over.
Editor’s Note: When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. jumped on Donald Trump’s bandwagon in 2024, he brought with him the…
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Russia Targeted Past US Elections. Will It Meddle in the Midterms?
The 2016 election that put Donald Trump in the White House the first time was defined in many ways by the role of…
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Kash Patel Again Denies Firing Iran Experts Before Iran War
In an oversight hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, FBI Director Kash Patel did little to…
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The EPA Would Rather Monitor Water for Abortion Pills than Pollution
With his characteristic deregulatory zeal, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced before an…
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Meet the Candidates Putting Bullets in Flock Cameras
In a campaign ad released Monday, Seth Bodnar—an Independent candidate running for U.S. Senate in Montana—warns viewers…
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“A Sword of Damocles”: Salvadoran TPS Holders Are in Limbo as DHS Does Nothing
September 9 loomed large for the approximately 170,000 Salvadorans living in the United States with humanitarian…
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