Articles by David Roberts
David Roberts was a staff writer for Grist. You can follow him on Twitter, if you're into that sort of thing.
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Surely there must be some mistake
Branch of U.S. federal government accidentally passes bill that would provide $1.7 billion in grant funding for public transit.
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Climate, as such, is unlikely to ever be a determinant of many votes
Chris Hayes emphasizes the difference between, in Grover Norquist’s terms, "intensity and preference" — issues that people vote on vs. ones they merely respond to favorably in polls. He thinks it’s dumb that many Dems still don’t seem to get the difference when it comes to deficit spending. Which reminds me of something I’ve been […]
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Kentucky taxpayers pony up $400,000 a year for coal industry ‘educational materials’
Some crackerjack reporting by John Cheves in the Lexington Herald-Leader finds that the state of Kentucky sinks about $400,000 of taxpayer money a year into public campaigns that promote coal and even mountaintop-removal mining: The money is funneled through non-profit groups controlled by the coal industry … The money is used largely for statewide classroom […]