Mar 31 Want to fix gerrymandering? Then the Supreme Court needs to listen to mathematicians By Manil Suri, Karen Saxe, The Conversation Supreme Court justices have previously called statistical methods of measuring partisan gerrymandering 'sociological gobbledygook' and 'a bunch of baloney.'… Continue reading
Mar 31 Watch 3:55 Migrant flow intensifies Border Patrol’s staffing crunch In January 2017, President Trump signed an executive order to hire 5,000 additional border patrol agents. Two years later, only 118 have joined the agency. USA Today reporter Alan Gomez talks with Hari Sreenivasan about how changing schedules, remote locations… Continue watching
Mar 31 Watch 9:33 Sackler family faces continuing legal issues over OxyContin The Sackler family, once known for philanthropy, has been embroiled in lawsuits and settlements to keep details of its pharmaceutical company's activities out of public view. Purdue Pharma is the maker of the highly addictive opioid OxyContin. Author and former… Continue watching
Mar 31 2020’s underdogs battle for donors to get on debate stage By Bill Barrow, Sara Burnett, Hunter Woodall, Associated Press The fiercest battle for campaign cash is playing out between the presidential candidates who might not be on your radar. Continue reading
Mar 31 ‘Protectors of the coast’ — what the northward march of mangroves means for fishing, flooding and carbon By Ayurella Horn-Muller, Climate Central Ranges of mangroves have naturally waxed and waned over the years, influenced by the weather, but with climate change has come a crucial reduction in crop- and tree-killing freeze events. Continue reading
Mar 31 Trump’s battle with ‘Obamacare’ moves to the courts By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press After losing in Congress, President Donald Trump is counting on the courts to kill off "Obamacare." But some cases are going against him, and time is not on his side as he tries to score a big win for his… Continue reading
Mar 30 Judge restores Obama-era drilling ban in Arctic By Sudhin Thanawala, Associated Press President Donald Trump exceeded his authority when he reversed bans on offshore drilling in vast parts of the Arctic Ocean and dozens of canyons in the Atlantic Ocean, a U.S. judge said in a ruling that restored the Obama-era restrictions. Continue reading
Mar 30 In a religious N.Y. community, an unprecedented response to measles puts trust in government to the test By Lev Facher, STAT Facing an outbreak that is now among the largest in the country — and the focus of newfound concerns about a national resurgence of the measles — the Rockland County executive this week took a step seemingly without precedent in… Continue reading
Mar 30 Number of asylum seekers sent back over border to grow By Colleen Long, Associated Press Border officials are aiming to more than quadruple the number of asylum seekers sent back over the southern border each day, a major expansion of a top government effort to address the swelling number of Central Americans arriving in the… Continue reading
Mar 30 Democrats tailoring 2020 message to appeal to rural voters By Alexandra Jaffe, Associated Press Several Democratic presidential candidates will make their case to Iowa farmers on Saturday — part of a broader effort to win over rural voters who have drifted to Republicans in recent years. Continue reading