President Donald Trump’s plummeting popularity has promised a bloodbath for Republicans in this year’s midterm elections. To head off that debacle, party leaders in red states have set off an arms race of political gerrymandering. They’ve made an unprecedented move to redistrict their states before the next census to create new, safe GOP districts that […]
This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service. Subscribe to their newsletter. “Who knows what was going on in Corporal Mobley’s personal life?” The question hung in the air. “Who knows if he had a girlfriend, fiancée? Who knows if they were having relationship […]
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Solar energy just provided more electricity in the United States than coal for the first time on record—marking a milestone for the rise of renewables in America. While gas and nuclear plants still lead the country’s energy mix, solar contributed 12.8 percent […]