Teachers Across the Country Are Protesting Laws That Stop Them From Talking About Systemic Racism
Students keep social distance as they walk to their classroom in Highwood, Illinois, in 2020.Nam Y. Huh/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This weekend, teachers in more than 30 cities protested against new laws that would…
One More Perk for Getting Your Vaccine? Free Weed.
LordHenriVoton/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.If the promise of free beer or free subway rides wasn’t enough to lure some people to get their coronavirus vaccines, officials in at least a few states are now…
Biden and G7 Announce Progress on Climate Change with One Major Failure
Smoke rises from a factory as a truck loaded with cars crosses a bridge in Paris.AP Photo/Michel Euler, File Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.President Joe Biden and leaders of some of the world’s richest countries…
How Giving Native Americans Their Land Back Helps Protect Nature
The National Bison Range in Montana.Luke Franzen/Getty Images Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This story was originally published by Yale E360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In 1908 the U.S. government seized some…
Conservatives Are Hellbent On Attacking Critical Race Theory. They’re Whitewashing Structural Racism.
In response to a push for culturally responsive teaching that gained steam following last year’s police killing of George Floyd, Republican lawmakers and governors have championed legislation to limit the teaching of material that explores how race and racism influence American politics, culture and law. Mary Altaffer/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of…
In the Heights Transported Me Into My Childhood—And Back Again
Anthony Ramos as Usnavi in In the Heights Warner Bros Entertainment Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.The chilly night under the bright stadium lights was a far cry from the dimly lit stage in Nueva York where…