On Tuesday, education secretary nominee Betsy DeVos faced intense questioning by Democratic senators during her confirmation hearing. DeVos is a longtime backer of charter schools and vouchers for private and religious schools.   

The Intercept’s Jeremy Scahill has revealed Betsy DeVos’s brother, Erik Prince, the founder of the mercenary firm Blackwater, has been quietly advising Trump’s transition team, including helping vet Cabinet picks. On election

Final data confirms record-breaking temperatures for third year in a row. Earth has not been this warm for 115,000 years. 

Two new studies have concluded that the transition to an automation-dominated workplace will happen at a slower, more gradual pace than many others are predicting. Whether it happens in the next 10 years or the next 50, automation will have a major impact on the world's workforce, so we must prepare for that disruption.