Plastic waste flowing into the oceans is expected to nearly triple in volume in the next…
Month: July 2020
Dems rebuke culture of sexism in defense of Ocasio-Cortez
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) speaks on the House floor on July 23, 2020. | House Television…
Former congressman indicted on voter fraud, bribery charges
The U.S. Capitol. | Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images The Justice Department announced Thursday that federal prosecutors had…
Dems blast USAID administrator over appointees who made ‘homophobic, misogynistic, and xenophobic’ comments
Rep. Joaquin Castro called for the firing of Mark Kevin Lloyd in June. | Andrew Harnik/AP…
As unemployment grows, White House and Senate GOP stumble on virus talks
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday. | AP Photo/Evan Vucci Senate Republicans were forced to delay…
Tlaib getting help from Working Families Party super PAC
Rep. Rashida Tlaib | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images By HOLLY OTTERBEIN 07/23/2020 09:00…
‘We have no market, but lots of lobsters’: a Maine lobsterwoman fights for her livelihood
“If I’m not fishing, I’m working on gear or my boat. Or meetings involving fishing. It’s…
2020 BIAZA photography competition: winning images from zoos and aquariums – in pictures
Winner, Life in a BIAZA Collection category: The Boy in the Red Coat, by Robert Everett…
Country diary: the cackling, chip-stealing lords of misrule
Gulls, like the people promenading or sitting on the beach here in Brighton, appear more relaxed…
CBC head: Nothing is stopping Afro-Latinos from joining both Black, Hispanic caucuses
Rep. Karen Bass, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. The head of the Congressional Black Caucus…