How climate tech startups are planning for life under Trump vs. Harris
When the results of today’s election start to come in, climate tech founders will be thinking about the two scenarios that face their startups. One, a president who believes in climate change and is...
View ArticleWells Fargo has flooded local elections with donations. Who were the recipients?
Over the past decade, Wells Fargo has tripled donations to groups focused on influencing state elections as the retail banking giant tries to sway local level policymaking, according to public data...
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Roll up your sleeves. NBC’s updated ‘Big Board’ just made election results a...
Election night is like the Super Bowl for political reporters, but also for data visualizations—the charts, maps, and graphics that track the road to 270 electoral votes and contextualize how...
View ArticleMassachusetts could raise minimum wage for tipped workers. Here’s what to know
The federal minimum wage for tipped workers has stood at US$2.13 an hour since 1991. Back then, it amounted to half the $4.25 regular minimum wage. But Congress has failed to increase the tipped...
View Article‘I Voted’ stickers are an Election Day favorite. Here’s how they’ve evolved
Whether scenic or slightly sinister—angry werewolf, anyone?—the designs on the front of “I Voted” stickers are attracting a lot of attention this year. But have you ever considered the back of your...
View ArticleDJT stock goes on a wild roller coaster ride as investors await election results
Results of the 2024 election will begin coming in this evening, though it’s unlikely we’ll know whether Donald Trump or Kamala Harris won on Election Night. But shares of Donald Trump’s Truth Social...
View ArticleTropical Storm Rafael intensifies in the Carribean as Cuba braces for another...
Tropical Storm Rafael was chugging past western Jamaica on Tuesday and was expected to strengthen into a hurricane as it headed toward Cuba. The storm was located 65 miles (105 kilometers) southwest...
View ArticleHow Election Day impacts Trump’s deep state agenda and almost a century of...
If elected, Donald Trump has vowed to demolish what he calls the “deep state” – a conspiratorial term for the American federal bureaucracy. A second Trump administration, running mate JD Vance has...
View ArticleWho are the poll workers and how many are there? New data offers insights...
Election Day rests on the backs of poll workers. But what goes into the making of a poll worker? Pew Research Center recently published a rundown of who poll workers are, what they do, and their...
View ArticleThe USDA announces a ban on school lunch processing fees
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that students eligible for free or reduced price school meals cannot be charged processing fees beginning in 2027.School districts currently work with...
View ArticleDid Elon Musk’s X help Trump win the election?
In the wake of Donald Trump’s massive Election Day victory, Fox News host Bret Baier questioned whether Elon Musk might be “the future” of the Republican Party. Indeed, Musk hitched his fate to Trump...
View ArticleTrump is elected. Any other take is white noise
If you’re reading this, chances are good you woke up to bad news. “What kind of world will my daughter grow up in,” news. “So do I move to Pennsylvania or Canada,” news. And you are mainlining any and...
View ArticleHere’s what Trump’s win means for space policy
Here are our biggest takeaways from election night—and what they mean for space policy in D.C. Top of the ticket Former President Donald Trump will be heading back to the White House in January. The...
View ArticleTradeswomen still face sexism and competency questions
Although I have a good gig as a full professor at Iowa State University, I’ve daydreamed about learning a trade – something that required both my mind and my hands. So in 2018, I started night courses...
View ArticleGen Zers are landing job interviews through TikTok
Social media isn’t just for mindless scrolling—for job seekers, it’s also a way to find out who’s hiring, and to connect with hiring managers. “Hi Jubilee, this is my application for your Digital...
View ArticleI was a poll worker yesterday. It reaffirmed my faith in America
The week before the 2020 election, I took to running up and down the streets of Cambridge, Massachusetts, at night instead of sleeping. I gave myself shin splints and ended up frightening the...
View ArticleWhat Elon Musk really wants
If there’s one person former president Donald Trump can thank for his decisive election night victory, it’s Elon Musk. The tech billionaire propelled Trump to a second term on a wave of $119 million...
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Why Harris lost the election, in one simple map
Early this morning, Republican candidate Donald Trump was elected president after a win in the swing state of Wisconsin tipped him over the threshold of 270 electoral college votes necessary to secure...
View ArticleSilicon Valley leaders are congratulating Donald Trump on his election win
Leaders of the biggest tech companies are taking to social media to congratulate Donald Trump after being reelected for a second presidential term. While Silicon Valley is largely made up of...
View ArticleAbortion rights were on the ballot in 10 states: Here’s how they did
More than two years after the overturning of Roe v. Wade ended the federal constitutional right to an abortion, voters in 10 states cast ballots on 11 abortion-related measures during Tuesday’s 2024...
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