Why I’m supporting Saturday’s March for Science
Simon Chapman, University of Sydney In the early 16th century Copernicus published his book De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres)….
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How workers – not companies – are bearing the growing burden of government
By Sage Ross (Own work) [GFDL, CC-BY-SA-3.0 or CC BY-SA 2.5-2.0-1.0], via Wikimedia Commons Jay L. Zagorsky, The Ohio State University Tax day is here…
Does Donald Trump Own Stock in the Company that Manufactured Tomahawk Missiles for Syrian Bombing?
We were asked by a reader, citing the Palmer Report, to fact check whether Donald Trump owns stock in the company that produces the Tomahawk…
Strikes against Syria: Did Trump need permission from Congress?
President Donald Trump after speaking at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. AP Photo/Alex Brandon Jordan Tama, American University School of International Service Launching 59 cruise…
(Fact Check) Is Trump Removing LGBTQ from the Census?
We were asked by a reader if President Donald Trump is removing LGBTQ questions from the upcoming census. On March 28th, several media outlets reported that…
The White House Wouldn’t Post Trump Staffers’ Financial Disclosures. So We Did.
by Ariana Tobin and Derek Kravitz ProPublica, April 1, 2017, 11:38 a.m. In a remarkable Friday night news dump, the Trump administration made dozens of…
The WikiLeaks CIA release: When will we learn?
The world is searching – will we protect ourselves? Graphic via shutterstock.com Richard Forno, University of Maryland, Baltimore County and Anupam Joshi, University of Maryland,…
Trump’s revised travel ban still faces legal challenges
Men watch the TV news in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 6, 2017. AP Photo/Hadi Mizban Steven Mulroy, University of Memphis President Trump’s new executive order…
With ‘Trumpcare’ On Horizon, Voters Go Wobbly On Repeal
By Jay Hancock As candidate Donald Trump hammered the Affordable Care Act last year as “a fraud,” “a total disaster” and “very bad health insurance,”…
Why politicians think they know better than scientists – and why that’s so dangerous
Making a point at a Washington, D.C. protest in January. stephenmelkisethian/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND Elizabeth Suhay, American University One of the most unexpected political developments in…