A bomb detonated at the Colorado chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) last night, but you may not have heard much about it. It appears that the major 24-hour cable networks gave the incident little to no air attention. A ThinkProgress search of television databases suggests CNN gave one cursory report on the incident …

Republicans in Congress are wasting no time following through on the anti-abortion agenda the GOP laid out after winning significant gains in the 2014 midterm elections. On Tuesday, the very first day of the 114th Congress, two lawmakers introduced a measure to ban abortions after 20 weeks, in direct violation of the protections afforded under Roe v. Wade. Reps. Trent …

It’s now 2015, nearly two years after Obama took the oath of office for the second time. A few years ago, prognosticators were very confident about what would happen to America by now because of Obama’s reelection. Let’s check in and see how their predictions turned out: 1. Gas was supposed to cost $5.45 per gallon. In March 2012, on …

This time last year, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick was doing triage on Twitter. New Year’s Eve had activated Uber’s demand-driven surge pricing and riders were incensed by the high fares. As angry customers flooded social media—“uber pricing policies are outrageous!” “my friends, family & I are never using Uber again”—Kalanick attempted to stem the tide. He suggested users could test …

New state laws taking effect Thursday give livestock in California more living room, approve direct-to-consumer wine shipments in Massachusetts and levy the ultimate punishment on wannabe teen drivers in Nevada by denying them licenses if they skip too much school. Other laws will allow trained school personnel in Tennessee to administer insulin, let Louisiana teens as young as 16 register …

Retailers have expanded their school ranges to fit larger children as councils look to act on Britain’s child weight gain problem. A huge rise in the number of XXXXXL school uniforms being sold has led to retailers bulk buying bigger sizes. As a brand new term starts, the range includes trousers with a 48-inch waist, which are classed as 5XL, …

The state of New York is officially moving toward a fracking ban. After presenting the findings of an exhaustive five-year study on the potential environmental, economic, and public health effects of fracking, state Department of Environmental Conservation commissioner Joseph Marten said he would issue a “legally binding findings statement” seeking prohibition of the controversial process. Fracking is the process of …