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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) have introduced a bill that would upgrade public housing to be more energy efficient and run on renewable energy. | Stephen Maturen/Getty Images The $172 billion proposal aims to upgrade 1.2 million units of public housing to curb emissions. Vermont Sen. BernieContinue reading “Why Bernie Sanders and AOC are targeting public housing in the first Green New Deal bill”

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) holds her weekly news conference in the House Visitors Center at the U.S. Capitol November 14, 2019 in Washington, DC.  | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Democrats are well into the public phase of their impeachment inquiry. House Democrats began presenting their case for impeachment to the American people onContinue reading ““Our job is to shape public opinion”: House Democrats aren’t obsessing over impeachment polls”

Hasan Minhaj in Netflix’s Patriot Act. | Cara Howe/Netflix A week after CEO Reed Hastings said Netflix was in the entertainment business, not the “truth to power business,” another exec takes a stab at it. Tldr: It’s still going to get censored. Last week, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said his company was in the entertainmentContinue reading “Netflix says it speaks truth to power, after all”

We need more copper. Is it worth destroying this place? Northeastern Minnesota is home to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW), a network of thousands of pristine lakes that have been federally protected since 1968. The protections are so strong that you can’t build a road inside the 1 million acres of wilderness. YouContinue reading “America’s wilderness is for sale”

Drug resistance is a reaction to our overuse of antibiotics. | UIG via Getty Images In the US, one person dies every 15 minutes because of drug resistance. Every 15 minutes, one person in the US dies because of an infection that antibiotics can no longer treat effectively. That’s 35,000 deaths a year. This strikingContinue reading “The post-antibiotic era is here”

Sen. Elizabeth Warren at a North Carolina campaign rally in November 2019. | Sara D. Davis/Getty Images Psst, rich guys: It might be better for you if you stop talking about Elizabeth Warren. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is not shying away from the parade of ultra-rich guys fretting about her in the press — instead, sheContinue reading ““ok billionaire”: Elizabeth Warren is leaning into her battle with the super-rich”

A “Cannabis Shop,” selling hemp products, in Krakow, Poland. | Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images Two-thirds of Americans support marijuana legalization, according to two recent polls. The overwhelming majority of Americans support marijuana legalization, according to two recent surveys from major polling organizations. The newest poll, from the Pew Research Center, found that 67 percentContinue reading “Support for marijuana legalization is at an all-time high in a new poll”

A comic on who you extend empathy to — and how that affects your worldview. Humor, political cartoons, and graphic journalism from The Highlight, Vox’s home for features and longform journalism. This essay is an excerpt from Are You at Risk for Empathy Myopia?, available in print from Radiator Comics. Why liberal hearts bleed andContinue reading “Do your politics make you more empathetic?”

While Airbnb has been slow to implement strong verification policies, some customers are getting scammed in a big way.  | Photo Illustration by Avishek Das/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images On this episode of Reset, hear how one woman found herself in the middle of it, and how to protect yourself. While on vacation in SeptemberContinue reading “A bait-and-switch scam ran unchecked on Airbnb. Here’s how it worked.”

Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs George P. Kent (left) and top US diplomat in Ukraine William B. Taylor Jr. are sworn in to testify before the House Intelligence Committee on November 13, 2019. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images William Taylor? George Kent? Marie Yovanovitch? Here’s who they are. Marie Yovanovitch, the former USContinue reading “Who’s who in the impeachment hearings on Ukraine”