Aviva Shen and Adam Peck write for ThinkProgress: “Thanks to Congressional gridlock, automatic budget cuts took effect 14 days ago, threatening 700,000 jobs and gutting funds for vital programs in housing assistance, early childhood education, disaster r…
Adil Jawad and Rebecca Santana write for Salon: “Gunmen shot and killed a pioneering Pakistani activist in Karachi who helped bring services like sewer and water to the city’s poorest neighborhoods, a police official said Thursday.”
Vanessa Veselka writes in Salon: “In the November 2012 GQ I wrote an essay detailing some of my experiences as a teenage hitchhiker. The article, ‘The Truck Stop Killer,’ focused on a ride I had hitched with a possible serial killer who, I believe, had m…
Dylan Byers writes for Politico: “Conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch are considering an offer to buy the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, and other Tribune Company properties, according to a new report in L.A. Weekly.”
An article at HealthDay News says: “People with disabilities are at greater risk of being the victims of violence, particularly if they have a mental illness-related disability, according to a new study.”