Reading archive 2026-01-02

Quest for a drug that lowers an artery-clogging particle nears finish line: A clinical trial will soon reveal whether lowering high levels of lipoprotein(a) can reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes.

Behold, a Democrat who doesn’t preach from the Church of Progressivism: Rep. Jake Auchincloss has an exemplary way of talking about topics that resonate with centrist voters.

Trump says the job market is booming for U.S.-born. The data doesn’t show it.: Immigrants left the labor force in 2025, but U.S.-born workers aren’t enjoying a jobs boom, according to government data and economists.

He exposed myth of the South’s ‘Lost Cause.’ His death shook Richmond.: William J. “Bill” Martin, director of the Valentine museum in Richmond, died after being struck by a car Dec. 27.

These farmers are cutting pollution and fighting hunger — with bacteria: Mariangela Hungria won the 2025 World Food Prize for her work on microbes that feed plants nitrogen, allowing farmers to slash fertilizer costs and pollution.

Longtime MAGA ally Boebert lashes out at Trump over veto: The Colorado Republican said she hopes Trump’s action on a water infrastructure bill benefiting her district “has nothing to do with political retaliation.”

‘I Was Just So Naïve’: Inside Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Break With Trump: How the Georgia congresswoman went from the president's loudest cheerleader to his loudest Republican critic [ed. note: she claims to hate the toxic politics but still embrace the toxic policy, but they are the same]

What America Might Look Like With Zero Immigration: The Trump administration's efforts to reduce the foreign-born population are being felt in hospitals and soccer leagues and on Main Streets across the country, with hints of what's to come.

Reading archive 2024-01-13

Which kind of reusable water bottle is best? We asked the experts.: Reusable water bottles can save carbon emissions and avoid plastic waste, but the material they’re made from can affect your health and the environment

DeSantis prepares to go down swinging — at Fox News

Belgorod, in western Russia, hit hard as Ukraine retaliates for airstrikes

How drug traffickers made the Galápagos Islands their gas station: The beloved UNESCO World Heritage site is being pulled into the booming cocaine trade that’s fueling Ecuador’s violence

Civil War talk in presidential contest reveals fresh divisions on race: The conflict that ripped the country apart 160 years ago has resurfaced as a campaign issue

During Storm, New Tunnel Kept 233 Million Gallons Of Sewage Out Of Anacostia River

Metro Budget Proposal Jeopardizes Efforts to Curb Truancy, Advocates Say

Population continues to grow as more people move back into the District

The D.C. Council Is Considering (Another) Massive Crime Bill. Here’s What’s In It

Reading archive 2023-04-09

Opinion  I’m no genius with genuses, but your garden is killing the Earth

Opinion  How to rig an election — with deadly, racist consequences

The Southern generals who stuck with the Union in the Civil War

Democrats blast Texas abortion pill ruling as Republicans are mostly quiet

Opinion  The worst federal judge in America now has a name

Intelligence leak exposes U.S. spying on adversaries and allies: U.S. and European officials scrambled to understand how dozens of classified documents covering all manner of intelligence gathering had made their way online with little notice

Russia nearly shot down British spy plane near Ukraine, leaked document says: The incident occurred months before a Russian fighter collided with an American MQ-9 drone over the Black Sea

How exercise leads to sharper thinking and a healthier brain: New findings from 350,000 people make the strongest case yet that exercise improves cognition. A small study shows it raises BDNF, a brain chemical.

Critics accuse trans swimming star Lia Thomas of having an unfair advantage. The data tells a different story: The NCAA champion has sparked controversy and become a hate figure among conservatives, but statistics show little evidence that she performed any differently to other women, Io Dodds reports - "Although trans women have been allowed to compete in women's Olympics since 2004, none have won a medal."

Reading archive 2020-12-23

When my daughter asked if Santa was real, my answer was yes

The forgotten civil war history of two of our favorite Christmas carols

Activist posing as Smithfield CEO hoaxes Fox’s Maria Bartiromo

Democrats pressure McConnell to give in to Trump’s demand for $2,000 stimulus checks: ‘Let’s do it!’

What happened to Maria Bartiromo?

Republicans plunge into open battle over attempts to overturn Trump’s loss to Biden

Dominion worker sues Trump campaign and conservative media

Reading archive 2020-06-16

FEDERAL JUDGE LAMBASTS AMENDMENT TO RENAME CONFEDERATE BASES AS “MADNESS,” GETS THOROUGHLY BODIED BY CLERK

Elite CIA unit that developed hacking tools failed to secure its own systems, allowing massive leak, an internal report found

20 Indian soldiers killed in first deadly clashes with Chinese troops in 45 years

Reading archive 2020-06-12

Fox News host educates Trump on violent origins of ‘When the looting starts, the shooting starts’ phrase

The Confederate flag long has flown in the face of NASCAR’s hopes for broader appeal

Trump might go down in history as the last president of the Confederacy

Melania Trump was in no rush to move into the White House. That’s when she renegotiated her prenup, a new book says.

HBO Max isn’t censoring ‘Gone With the Wind.’ It’s reframing it.

In new book, Bolton alleges Trump committed ‘Ukraine-like transgressions’ in other foreign policy decisions

Confessions of a Former Bastard Cop

Pandemic deepens economic pain at Trump’s company, already suffering from a tarnished brand

Reading archive 2018-05-02

The worthless Washington media

Some Said They’d Flee Trump’s America. These People Actually Did.

Kanye West seems ignorant on the realities of slavery. That’s shockingly common.

Trump’s former health secretary: Americans will pay more because GOP weakened Obamacare

Three black teens are finalists in a NASA competition. Then hackers spewing racism tried to ruin their odds.

Reading archive 2017-10-31

‘Fat but Fit’? The Controversy Continues

‘This is a nothing burger’: How conservative media reacted to the Mueller indictments

The repeated, incorrect claim that Russia obtained ‘20 percent of our uranium’

Historians respond to John F. Kelly’s Civil War remarks: ‘Strange,’ ‘sad,’ ‘wrong’ - "Kelly makes several points. That Lee was honorable. That fighting for state was more important than fighting for country. That a lack of compromise led to the war. That good people on both sides were fighting for conscientious reasons. Both McCurry and David Blight, a history professor at Yale University and author of 'Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory,' broadly reject all of these arguments. 'This is profound ignorance, that’s what one has to say first, at least of pretty basic things about the American historical narrative,' Blight said. 'I mean, it’s one thing to hear it from Trump, who, let’s be honest, just really doesn’t know any history and has demonstrated it over and over and over. But General Kelly has a long history in the American military.'"

Blue states already subsidize red states. Now red states want even more.