Robert Donachie on October 12, 2017 San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz accused President Donald Trump Thursday of condemning the Puerto Rican people to “a slow death” for what she characterizes as an act of “genocide.” “Mr. President, you seem to want to disregard the moral imperative that your administration has been unable to fulfill,”…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Amber Randall The Women’s March chose Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders to give the opening night address at its upcoming Michigan convention, an organizer announced Wednesday. Sanders is set to address over 3,000 women the first night of the Convention, an event meant to teach women activist skills and to help…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Ethan Barton Tax dollars are funding a Frankenstein-themed festival in Indianapolis Saturday to kick off a year-long celebration of the classic novel’s 200th birthday, according to a preview from Sen. Jeff Flake’s upcoming Wastebook 2017. The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded Indiana Humanities with a $300,000 grant “to fund a…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Thomas Phippen President Donald Trump called on Congress to act on disaster relief to help Puerto Rico through recovery from Hurricane Maria, criticizing the country’s poor infrastructure and electrical grid. Quoting Sharyl Attkisson, host of “Full Measure,” Trump said in a tweet Thursday that Puerto Rico “Puerto Rico survived the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Juliegrace Brufke House Speaker Paul Ryan called for regulatory action on bump stocks, the device used by the Las Vegas shooter to convert semi-automatic weapons into automatic firearms. The Wisconsin Republican said Wednesday that allowing the Trump administration to take the lead on the ban would be the most efficient route to…
CHRIS WHITE Energy Reporter Anti-pipeline activists were dealt a blow Wednesday after a federal judge decided the Dakota Access Pipeline can continue transporting oil during an environmental review of the multi-billion project. Judge James Boasberg will not vacate a previous permit while regulators conduct a new environmental review into the 1,170-mile pipeline. He decided…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Statistician Leah Libresco said she used to be for gun control. Then she looked at the data. Writing at the Washington Post, the former newswriter for the data journalism site FiveThirtyEight explained her epiphany. “Before I started researching gun deaths, gun-control policy used to frustrate me. I wished the National…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Rob Shimshock The black woman featured in the Dove soap ad decried across social media as “racist” said Tuesday that she is “not a victim.” Lola Ogunyemi said that she had a positive experience creating the ad with the Dove team in an op-ed for The Guardian. “If I had even…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Grace Carr Ohio is considering adopting a law that would criminalize abortions for unborn babies who receive a positive test for Down syndrome. The House will likely vote on the measure, House Bill 214, Wednesday, and if the new measure passes, aborting unborn babies with Down syndrome would constitute a fourth-degree felony according to…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Grace Carr Maryland schools have adopted progressive policies that allow transgenders and any other students who feel uncomfortable to use the bathrooms and locker rooms of their choice. The new rules comes after students began pushing the state to change in February, according to the Washington Post. Previous policy required students…