Following withdrawal from the Paris agreement, Trump’s EPA chief refuses to say whether he still believes climate change is a hoax.President Donald Trump listens as EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 1, 2017. CREDIT: AP Photo/Susan WalshOn the first round of Sunday shows since President Donald Trump announced the United States’ … [Read more...]

One week later, the president still can’t be bothered.A small memorial for Srinivas Kuchibhotla is displayed outside Austins Bar and Grill in Olathe, Kan., Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. CREDIT: AP Photo/Orlin WagnerLast week, 32-year-old Indian immigrant Srinivas Kuchibhotla was murdered at a bar in Olathe, Kansas. The FBI is investigating the shooting that claimed his life — and which also wounded … [Read more...]

Brexit times five isn’t even the half of it.AP Photo/Richard DrewThis year’s election was a referendum on multiracial liberal democracy. Liberal democracy lost.It lost for a lot of reasons, some of which were predictable and some of which were not. It was predictable that African-American turnout would be artificially low in states like North Carolina, where years of voter suppression have reaped … [Read more...]