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Long after floodwaters recede, Houstonians may deal with health problems due to mold, the effects of which "we're only beginning to understand." The world is so big, and we...
It’s time to announce which our of summer reads heads to the 2018 Tournament of Books.
"The state of Texas is about to undergo one of the largest recovery housing missions the nation has ever seen." Texas health officials rush tetanus vaccines to Houston, and say...
Now that chief news curator Gen. Kelly chooses what information Trump does and doesn't see, right-wing sites worry their agendas won't reach the president. Hurricane Harvey is strengthening,...
Trump really could force a government shutdown over funding his wall. Here are all the scenarios, including their likeliness to occur. With the debt ceiling looming, if GOP leaders try...
Despite reports of peaceful demonstrations, Phoenix riot police tear-gassed protesters outside the Trump rally without first ordering a dispersal. Officials say people were throwing rocks and bottles, and the situation...
This week, we finish up our sixth and final book of the summer, Fever Dream, and it’s your turn to tell us which of our summer reads wins a slot in the 2018 Tournament of Books.
Trump's Afghanistan strategy mostly resembles Obama's. Though by avoiding details on troop numbers or what success looks like, he may hope to avoid backlash from his supporters. Time...
The president and first lady announce they won't attend the Kennedy Center Honors in December, one day after the entire Arts and Humanities Committee resigned—in a letter...
The various Jefferson Davis Highways around the US were part of a larger scheme hatched in the 1910s to skew history with the "Lost Cause" falsehood, explains Erin Blakemore in...
After multiple domain registrars banned The Daily Stormer, the white supremacist website moved to the Russian internet—where it's now been banned as well. Cloudflare CEO explains why...
During his impromptu defense of white supremacists yesterday, Trump rhetorically questioned whether statues of slaveholders Washington and Jefferson are next for removal—which was probably inspired by an interview...
We enter the home stretch of the 2017 Rooster Summer Reading Challenge with the brief, surreal Fever Dream, our final book of the season.
Last night, protesters tore down a Confederate statue in Durham, NC (video here). "The president is being advised by people who don't know what's going on." Emboldened by...
Ahead of today's white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., torch-carrying marchers clashed with counter-protesters last night on the UVA campus. Trump's pugilism feeds North Korea's ongoing narrative...
Google cancelled an all-hands meant to address the controversial diversity memo, after employees voiced concerns they might be harassed online for asking questions during the meeting. Long before CRISPR gives...
Pyongyang says its attack plan, still awaiting Kim Jong-un’s approval, involves four missiles that will fly over Japan and land 17 miles from Guam. (1/15) US officials say key...
Their accomplishments may be seldom recognized, and throughout history, they have had to fight for their achievements in the first place. Even today, their prominence in tech is not what...
This week we’re again joined by Rachel Khong as we discuss Temporary People‘s second half, which took this already unusual set of stories to some unexpected places.
The draft of the latest National Climate Assessment, a quadrennial report, is currently under review by the White House. The New York Times has obtained a copy of the report,...
We're very excited to announce that you're going to see some changes in this feed over the next few days. Most significantly, posts will increase dramatically—to...
The final month of the 2017 Rooster Summer Reading Challenge kicks off with the first book in our August matchup, Temporary People. All month long we’ll be joined by Rachel Khong, in conversation with Nozlee Samadzadeh.