For this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode, Emily, John, and David discuss the objects in the skies over New Jersey. Tara Suter for The Hill: Drone sightings a combination of ‘lawful’ drones, other aircraft and stars, officials say Bryan Walsh for Vox: The drone hysteria is a glimpse of the future The Bulwark: IT’S JUST A PLANE! Atmospheric Scientist shoots …
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, long at the forefront of efforts to prevent any expansion of voter access in America's second-largest state, is under fire after the state sent law enforcement to search and intimidate Latino activists, including a candidate for state House, as part of an investigation into "ballot harvesting." Tensions erupted in 1880, when Texas backed Democratic presidential …
Construction of the Purple Line is underway at La Brea and Wilshire on January 4, 2017. The second phase of the Purple Line subway, which will connect Beverly Hills and Century City to downtown Los Angeles by rail, has received billions in federal grants and loans. Beverly Hills High School students are being encouraged to “walk out” of their classrooms …
