The Voices of the Drought
It’s HOT outside. But hey, you knew that. 52 percent of the U.S. is experiencing moderate to exceptional drought conditions. So what about the farmers, how are they handling the heat? We asked them. Hear how farmers, small-business owners and local governments are dealing with the heat.
View a history of droughts above and how Congress acted.
I was in Texas last week where the yellow grass crunches under your feet and Austin’s Lake Travis is about 45 feet lower than it should be. -BdM
STOP WHAT YOU’RE DOING AND WATCH COOKIE MONSTER’S FULL COVER OF CALL ME MAYBE!
It’s been a while since NJ has tumblr’ed. I apologize. Here’s a video of Cookie Monster and cookies (anyone else feeling snackish?). -BdM
A Very Special Delivery: Zoo Vet Delivers Cheetahs by C-Section
“It’s a tough pill to swallow that we lost two,” the 34-year-old veterinarian says. “You always push yourself, you want to do better, you want to do more, and so for me, everyone gives me a pat on the back for the two that survived, but it’s tough for me, too, that two didn’t.”
(You may notice that this article is written by your very own National Journal Tumblr curator)
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View our lovely (interactive!) map of this election’s 16 battleground states, including demographics. See it here.
That’s why I can say with confidence that rich people don’t create jobs, nor do businesses, large or small. What does lead to more employment is a “circle of life” like feedback loop between customers and businesses. And only consumers can set in motion this virtuous cycle of increasing demand and hiring. In this sense, an ordinary middle-class consumer is far more of a job creator than a capitalist like me.
So when businesspeople take credit for creating jobs, it’s a little like squirrels taking credit for creating evolution. In fact, it’s the other way around.
”The inequality talk that TED won’t show you (via restorationcalls)
Latest from Restoration Calls. The full story drops tomorrow.
![Have you bought your mom a card yet? Sunday is Mother’s Day. In honor of the holiday, we present Washington’s political moms [photos].](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3vfm4oili1qg6g9po1_500.jpg)
Have you bought your mom a card yet? Sunday is Mother’s Day. In honor of the holiday, we present Washington’s political moms [photos].
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We attempt to brighten your day, show life in the newsroom, and bring you political news. But what would you like to see more of on the National Journal Tumblr? Conversations? Q&A with reporters? Charts?
But the religious views of immigrants, many of whom Kaufmann says will come from devout regions of the world, could push the U.S. to the right.
“As the secular regions age and depopulate, they will replenish their workforce with religious immigrants, injecting religion back into society and politics,” Kaufmann wrote.
Republicans could also offset Democrats’ gains through immigration if fertility among conservatives continued to outstrip that of liberals. Family size, which was once a matter of survival, is now a value choice.
” What do you think? Could the changing demographics of the U.S. push the population further to the right? Join the discussion.