Jamie Tarabay

Hurricane Dorian devastated the Bahamas and battered the Carolinas, but what dominated the news cycle?

President Trump is holding a press conference at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. In a speech to the U.N.

The House of Representatives appears to be moving toward impeachment of President Trump.

Despite mounting evidence, Republicans in the House and the Senate are defending President Trump or keeping their heads down. Veteran GOP conservatives accuse them of sacrificing morality for short-term political gain. Meantime the Trump Administration calls the impeachment inquiry “unconstitutional,” while legal scholars point out that it’s part of Article II. And how did Ukraine, an obscure former Soviet republic, become so important? Money.

Let’s talk about this letter from the White House, calling the “impeachment inquiry” illegitimate.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has approved more than 800 bills.

Absolute immunity, executive privilege, crony privilege?

P eople like Becky Dennison are working to address to one  of America’s most urgent crises with a straightforward approach.

Climate change is an existential crisis. If Americans cut just one hamburger from their diet every week, it would be like taking 10 million cars off the road every year. After cutting energy use, less meat and more plant-based food add up to the easiest--and healthiest--way to reduce your carbon footprint. From the land and water needed to raise feed and the methane produced at the end of digestion, “Cattle are actually mini fossil-fuel, greenhouse gas producers.” So says Sujatha Bergen, head of health campaigns at the NRDC. As her title suggests, eliminating beef from your diet--in addition to pork and lamb-- is also better for you. She explains the trade-offs for helping to reduce climate change and says, “Starting with your fork is much less daunting for many people.”