6-Year-Old School Shooter Case Grows Even More Disturbing
A candlelight vigil in support of wounded first-grade teacher Abby Zwerner, Newport News, Va.John C. Clark/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Before a 6-year-old intentionally shot his teacher in Newport News, Virginia, last Friday, school officials learned that the boy may have had a gun in…
Trump Organization Fined $1.6 Million in Criminal Tax Fraud Case
Andrew Harnik/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A New York judge has imposed a $1.6 million fine—the maximum allowed by law—on two of Donald Trump’s companies for their role in a criminal tax fraud scheme. Last month, a jury convicted both companies following a trial…
Amazon Loses Bid: The NLRB Just Upheld the Historic Staten Island Union Win
Union organizer Derrick Palmer speaks at a rally outside an Amazon warehouse in Staten Island in April 2022. Seth Wenig/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.More than eight months after workers at Amazon’s JFK8 warehouse in Staten Island voted to unionize, the National Labor…
England Will Ban Single-Use Cutlery and Plates
Eric Baradat/AFP/Getty Images This story was originally published by Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Single-use items such as plastic cutlery, plates, and trays are to be banned in England in a bid to reduce pollution, the government has confirmed. Figures suggest that every year England uses about 1.1 billion single-use plates and 4.25 billion pieces…
Merrick Garland Appoints Special Counsel in Biden’s Classified Documents Case
/Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Thursday that he is appointing a special counsel to investigate how classified documents wound up in President Joe Biden’s post-vice-presidency office and in Biden’s Delaware home. At a press conference, Garland…
More Classified Documents Found—This Time in Biden’s Garage
Joe Biden in a Corvette at the 2014 North American International Auto Show in DetroitAP Photo/Carlos Osorio Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.President Joe Biden acknowledged on Thursday that a second batch of classified documents from the Obama administration had been found, this time…