Hurricane Florence makes landfall in North Carolina. Despite slowing winds, the threat of storm surges has not diminished. 1/22 North Carolina may now be forced to reconsider a law that banned using sea level rise to forecast coastal planning. 2/22 Track rising water in North Carolina with a
Massive damage in the Carolinas is expected as Hurricane Florence makes landfall today through tomorrow. 1/18 Just because Florence has been downgraded to a Category 2 doesn't make it any less dangerous. Wind speed doesn't matter as much as the size of the wind field.
Hurricane Florence, still a Category 4, is expected to slow down at the coast of the Carolinas through at least Saturday, increasing the likelihood of dangerous flooding. 1/18 This seems unnecessary, but: a fact-check of Trump's claim that "Puerto Rico was an incredible, unsung success.
Bracing for an increasingly dangerous Hurricane Florence, more than a million people may face mandatory evacuation in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. 1/22 If public housing is the physical manifestation of a hope for social progress, that hope has its own historical twist in the United States. Nine
Please note: We’re taking next week off, and we’ll back on Monday, Sept. 10. See you then! Half a million people have been killed in Syria's seven-year war. Signs suggest a massive final battle is coming. 1/14 Immigration officials say that birth certificates aren&
Canada and the US inch closer to a NAFTA 2.0 deal for Trump’s Friday deadline. 1/19 For what it’s worth, the Friday deadline isn’t actually real. 2/19 Thanks to Trump, teenagers appear to be more interested in current events, but also more skeptical of
Bipartisan members of Congress encourage the president to impose sanctions on Beijing for incarcerating millions of Uyghur Muslims in “training centers.” 1/24 The White House has reportedly created a secret task force to sabotage public support for marijuana. 2/24 More evidence that Trump possibly obstructed justice: disclosures about
California’s Assembly passes a bill requiring 100% of the state’s electricity to come from carbon-free sources by 2045. 1/24 A federal court rules that North Carolina Republicans illegally gerrymandered their congressional districts. 2/24 Southern senators resist renaming a federal building for McCain that currently honors
Trump and Mexico reach a deal on NAFTA, re-dubbed the US Mexico Trade Agreement, putting pressure on Canada. 1/22 Voters head to the polls in Florida, Arizona, and Oklahoma to pick general election candidates. 2/22 Taiwan, oddly enough, has become a pioneer in digital democracy with a
Across North America, prisoners are striking over treatment and forced labor that amounts to modern slavery. 1/22 Since 2010, at least 404 people with mental illness have died in US jails—which are now "default treatment centers." 2/22 The US Dept. of Education is considering exploiting
