Tag: US news
Climate change made Louisiana’s catastrophic floods much more likely
A study by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found human-derived rising temperatures increased the risk of the natural disaster by at least 40% Climate change has radically increased the likelihood of the sort of torrential downpours that triggered ruinous floods in southern Louisiana last month, federal government scientists have said. The National Oceanic and […]
Clinton’s critics say college tuition proposal won’t reach poorest families
As students head off to campus and parents start writing hefty checks, Clinton’s plan is fielding attacks not just from disappointed Sanders supporters but also the right and even the center. Free college for 80% of American households? Who couldnt fall in love with a proposal like that? Plenty of us, it seems. Either Hillary […]
From the attic to the Smithsonian: black history museum is full of ‘found’ items
When the National Museum of African and African American History and Culture opens in September it will house more than 35,000 artifacts, many of which were donated from the public or found in attics, basements and closets. One morning in 2009, Lonnie G Bunch III took a phone call from Philadelphia historian Charles Leroy Blockson. […]
GOP mega-donor funds group calling pro-Palestine US students ‘Jew haters’
Sheldon Adelson-funded posters named students and professors at a college campus, saying they have allied themselves with Palestinian terrorists. Sheldon Adelson, the Nevada casino mogul and conservative mega-donor, is leading a campaign against pro-Palestine groups on US college campuses and has funded posters that accuse individual students of supporting terrorism and promoting Jew Hatred. The […]
Clinton: Trump’s economic plan will benefit rich, mine will create 10m jobs
Clinton aims to put US to work with infrastructure overhaul, and pledges to stop trade deals including the TPP in move crafted to appeal to progressive holdouts In a fiery speech that sharply criticized her opponents economic vision for the US, Hillary Clinton said Donald Trumps proposals will only benefit the rich, while destroying the […]