“Before he took office, Donald Trump promised to roll back the reach of the federal government, saying that he would end the “regulation industry” on the first day of his presidency. The effect has been immediate and dramatic: According to data compiled by POLITICO, significant federal regulation since Trump’s inauguration has slowed to an almost total halt.” More …
Early Shut-Down, Upgrades Could Have Prevented Millions of Pounds of Pollution During Hurricane Harvey
“About 40 petrochemical companies released more than 5.5 million pounds of hazardous chemicals as a result of the hurricane.The excess emissions were mainly a result of facilities shutting down and restarting their operations in preparation for the hurricane and accidents such as the fire at the Arkema plant and a floating roof covering a tank caving in due to heavy rains at an ExxonMobil refinery. In many cases, the pollution releases were preventable, according to environmental experts who reviewed the Observer’s analysis.” More …
Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Is The Latest Front In The War On Science
“A few weeks ago, the Trump Administration suddenly killed a modest federal program, the Teenage Pregnancy Prevention program. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) summarily ended grants to hospitals, schools, and community groups after only three years of work, leaving service delivery and evaluation efforts in limbo.” More …
The Alt-Right On Campus: What Students Need To Know
“An old and familiar poison is being spread on college campuses these days: the idea that America should be a country for white people.” More …
Scott Pruitt Is Dismantling EPA in Secret for the Same Reason the GOP Health Care Bill Was Secret
Today’s GOP agenda is unpopular and indefensible. More …
‘Charlottesville: Race and Terror’ – VICE News Video
“Correspondent Elle Reeve goes behind the scenes with white nationalist leaders, the Charlottesville Police, and Black Lives Matter during the ‘Unite the Right’ rally.” More …
Pediatricians Say Florida Hurt Sick Kids to Help Big GOP Donors
“In the spring and summer of 2015, the state switched more than 13,000 children out of a highly respected program called Children’s Medical Services, or CMS, a part of Florida Medicaid. Children on this plan have serious health problems including birth defects, heart disease, diabetes and blindness. The state moved the children to other Medicaid insurance plans that don’t specialize in caring for very sick children.” More …
Study Shows Online Charter School Students Are Seriously Lagging
“Students in the nation’s virtual K-12 charter schools — who take all of their classes via computer from home — learn significantly less on average than students at traditional public schools, a new study has found. The online charter students lost an average of about 72 days of learning in reading and 180 days of learning in math during the course of a 180-day school year, the study found. In other words, when it comes to math, it’s as if the students did not attend school at all.” More …
Who Benefits From Donald Trump’s Tax Plan?
“Over the long term, this is most likely what Trump’s tax plan will look like. The poor, the middle class, and even the upper middle class see their incomes go down, while the top 10 percent see an increase and the top 1 percent see a huge increase. Welcome to Trumpland.” More …
Social Media Sites Can Profile Your Contacts
“Why you should think twice before you give an app access to your phone’s address book.” (Podcast) More …