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US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)

DeVos leaves behind a troubled legacy

Mark Hlavacik, Dustin Hornbeck, Kevin Welner, Nicholas Tampio, Stanley S. Litow - The Conversation

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has resigned. Five experts comment on the impact she had on education

Donald Trump (Getty Images)

How Trump made the national debt worse

Allan Sloan, Cezary Podkul - ProPublica

The “King of Debt” promised to reduce the national debt — then his tax cuts made it surge

Democratic presidential hopeful former US Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. speaks during the second Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, Florida, June 27, 2019. (Getty/Saul Loeb)

How to deal with U.S. social media

Steven Hill - The Globalist

In the aftermath of the attack on the Capitol, many are calling for changes

Donald Trump along with his son Donald, Jr., arrive for a press conference at Trump Tower in New York, as Allen Weisselberg (C), chief financial officer of The Trump, looks on January 11, 2017. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images)

DC's top cop calls in Don Jr.

Jon Skolnik

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine said he’s “extremely confident” the President’s son illegally misused the non-pro

U.S. Capitol Police officers salute as a hearse carrying the body of Officer Brian D. Sicknick, who was killed by rioters Wednesday, passes members of the Capitol and Metropolitan police during a procession on Third Street on Sunday, January 10, 2021. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Black cops warned about Capitol Police

Joshua Kaplan, Joaquin Sapien - ProPublica

Allegations of racism against the Capitol Police are nothing new

Tumbleweed rolls across a dried out landscape in central California's Kern County as trucks head south toward the Grapevine to begin the climb over the Tejon Pass leading into Southern California, on February 3, 2014. The United States government announced on February 5 a new system of regional hubs to tackle the effects of climate change as the country's southwest battles a historic drought. In January, California declared a state of emergency due to what could be the worst drought in a century for the state, and which has prompted fears of lost harvests and devastating forest fires. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

Back to the Pliocene

Nathanael Johnson - Grist

If you want to know how the climate-changed future will unfold, look at the past

Eli Goree as Cassius Clay in "One Night in Miami" (Amazon)

"One Night in Miami" makes icons human

Melanie McFarland

In this history-based film Cassius Clay, Malcolm X, Jim Brown and Sam Cooke hung out one night and made magic

Wayne LaPierre, Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the NRA (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

NRA files for bankruptcy, moves to TX

Bob Brigham - Raw Story

National Rifle Association ridiculed for bankruptcy filing: "We already knew the NRA was bankrupt!"

Extraterrestrial by Avi Loeb (Photo illustration by Salon/Olivia Falcigno/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

The first alien spacecraft?

Nicole Karlis

It's a "serious possibility that we should contemplate," Loeb says in his new book on the bizarre space object

Members of Congress evacuate the House Chamber as protesters attempt to enter during a joint session of Congress on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Congress held a joint session today to ratify President-elect Joe Biden's 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump. A group of Republican senators said they would reject the Electoral College votes of several states unless Congress appointed a commission to audit the election results. Pro-Trump protesters entered the U.S. Capitol building after mass demonstrations in the nation's capital. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Feds launch new internal investigations

Roger Sollenberger

Justice Dept. announces investigation into its own agencies, while members of Congress accuse each other

Paul Bettany and Elizabeth Olsen in "WandaVision" (Marvel/Disney+)

"WandaVision" is bewitching MCU TV

Melanie McFarland

The two-episode launch on Disney+ feels like a worthy bridge between the past and the MCU's future 

From the June 25, 2020, edition of Tucker Carlson Tonight (Fox News)

Tucker hit for mocking AOC's riot fears

Meaghan Ellis - Alternet

"Fox's Tucker Carlson has moved on to mocking lawmakers for fears of a mob howling for blood on their corridors"

Gadsden Flag (Getty Images)

Yellow Gadsden flag: a long history

Paul Bruski - The Conversation

We may think of flags as having a specific meaning, but there are few symbols whose significance is truly permanent

U.S. President Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani waits to testify before the Michigan House Oversight Committee on December 2, 2020 in Lansing, Michigan. (Rey Del Rio/Getty Images)

Giuliani's no good, very bad week

Jon Skolnik

Treasury Dep. slaps sanctions on Giuliani’s cronies, NY Bar considers expelling him and Trump won't pay his bills

US President-elect Joe Biden delivers remarks on the public health and economic crises at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Delaware on January 14, 2021. - President-elect Joe Biden will propose injecting $1.9 trillion into the US economy when he takes office next week, as evidence mounts that the recovery from the sharp downturn caused by Covid-19 is flagging. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden COVID plan calls for $15 wage

Igor Derysh

His $1.9B plan includes $1,400 checks, $350B in state and local aid, and billions for schools and vaccinations

Supporters of US President Donald Trump enter the US Capitol as tear gas fills the corridor on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. - Demonstrators breeched security and entered the Capitol as Congress debated the a 2020 presidential election Electoral Vote Certification. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

GOP leader resigns after Capitol riot

Sky Palma - Raw Story

Sacramento GOP leader resigns after he's caught on tape at the Capitol riot

Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy (photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The ghost of Trumpism will haunt the GOP

Heather Digby Parton

Trumpism now has a life of its own

Cori Bush (Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Cori Bush booed by GOP lawmakers

Kenny Stancil - Common Dreams

"What does it mean when they boo the Black congresswoman denouncing white supremacy?" freshman Rep. Bush asked

Displayed on a television broadcast inside the White House Press Briefing Room, the U.S. House of Representatives votes on the impeachment of U.S. President Donald Trump on January 13, 2021 in Washington, DC. President Trump is the first president in United States history to face impeachment twice. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Media's new tone on Trump: So what?

Chauncey DeVega

After the Capitol assault and impeachment 2.0, mainstream media turns on Trump: Way too little and way too late

Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as they storm the US Capitol in Washington, DC on January 6, 2021. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

Why was the Capitol left unguarded?

Dan Froomkin - Press Watch

The Capitol Police have more than 2,000 officers and a $500 million budget. Who prevented them from stopping this?

Members of the Proud Boys join Donald Trump supporters as they protest the election outside the Colorado State Capitol on January 6, 2021 in Denver, Colorado. Trump supporters gathered at state capitals across the country to protest todays ratification of Joe Bidens Electoral College victory over President Trump in the 2020 election. (Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)

Proud Boy pal brags about role in attack

Roger Sollenberger

"Maybe I smoked some cigarettes, maybe I spat on a riot officer," says member of streaming group Murder the Media

A water main manhole cover in a street in Santa Fe, New Mexico. (Robert Alexander/Getty Images)

Southwest's race against climate clock

Laura Paskus - The Slick

New Mexico is facing a drier than normal winter—its reservoirs are nearly tapped out. Things are going to get worse

(Getty/violinconcertono3)

Big businesses talk a big climate game

Nathanael Johnson - Grist

The same companies touting their efforts to go "net zero" are silent on the issue when lobbying Congress

(Getty Images)

Clarity on how long COVID immunity lasts

Nicole Karlis

We know being infected grants only temporary immunity. We may now know a bit better just how long

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