Poynter’s PolitiFact, a Pulitzer Prize-winning fact checking media organization, is partnering with WLRN, an award-winning public radio station and digital website serving South Florida, to broadcast and publish PolitiFact content and share it with other public radio stations throughout Florida. The two media outlets signed a two-year partnership agreement that began May 1. “PolitiFact’s Truth-O-Meter […]
Cada día, cientos de hombres, mujeres y niños cruzan el Río Grande sobre colchones inflables, con esperanzas de vivir en Estados Unidos. En ciudades mexicanas cerca a la frontera, las personas usan cajas de cartón y sábanas para protegerse del sol mientras descansan en la acera, ya que los albergues están llenos. Estas personas están […]
Every day, hundreds of men, women and children cross the Rio Grande on inflatable mattresses, hoping to eventually live in the United States. Nearby, in Mexican towns close to the U.S. border, people use cardboard boxes and sheets to shield themselves from the sun as they rest on pavement because local shelters are full. They […]
For roughly 10 years, a little-known organization designed to keep U.S. states’ voter rolls in order delivered as promised. The Electronic Registration Information Center, a partnership among more than half of the states, drew Republican-led and Democratic-led states alike. From 2013 until February 2023, the center’s database of states’ combined voter rolls flagged more than […]
Many parents supportive of their transgender children were already concerned about a wave of legislation targeting LGBTQ+ people. Now online rumors about a Florida bill are stoking even more worry. “If your kid is trans and y’all go to Disney, Florida could kidnap them,” tweeted one user March 9. “Florida will debate a bill to […]
Everyone loves the movies — especially New York state officials. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul recently enacted a proposal to expand by billions of dollars an existing tax credit for film and television production in the state. New York state had already sought to entice directors and studios to shoot shows in New York by […]
With the failure of First Republic Bank, the U.S. banking sector has experienced three massive failures within just a few weeks. It’s natural to ask questions. What happened? Why did it happen? How unusual is this? And could more failures be coming? We examined the data and interviewed banking experts. Here’s what we found. What […]
As educators, parents and students struggled through the early COVID-19 pandemic to balance learning with health safety rules, teachers union president Randi Weingarten grappled, too. As president of the American Federation of Teachers, Weingarten represented 1.7 million teachers and school-related personnel during federal, state and local policy discussions about how to effectively educate kids during […]
Could new rules aimed at encouraging electric vehicle production in the U.S. slow their sales? Analysts’ answers are mixed. On April 17, the Biden administration issued regulations that initially made only 10 of the more than 90 electric vehicles on the market eligible for the full $7,500 tax credit. That followed a proposal five days […]
On April 26, the Republican-led House passed a bill that would extend the fast-approaching limit on how much debt the federal government can carry, along with other Republican priorities. Although the narrowly divided chamber passed the bill, the inclusion of Republican-friendly provisions means it has no chance of winning approval in the Democratic-controlled Senate, or […]
In Tucker Carlson’s final show on Fox News, he covered topics that might make any of his 3 million viewers anxious. More Black people will be selling weed in the nation’s cities, he said. Democrats are inviting immigrants to pour across the border to help them win elections, he said. Low-income housing is being forced […]
Los griegos descubrieron que la tierra era esférica hace más de 2,000 años cuando midieron las sombras durante el solsticio de verano. Más recientemente, la geodesia, una ciencia para medir la forma de la tierra, ha proveído medidas exactas que muestran que la tierra es esférica. La NASA también lo confirma. A raíz del Día […]