Republicans Declare War on Biden’s Nonexistent Plan to Grab Farmland
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.Farmers, sharpen your pitchforks: President Joe Biden is coming for your land. At least, that is, according to Fox News, various Republican politicians, and the farm trade press. The outrage centers…
Biden Just Decided Not to Protect Meatpacking Workers from COVID
Workers at a JBS meatpacking plant in Logan, Utah protest after hundreds of their colleagues tested positive for COVID-19 in June, 2020. Eli Lucero/The Herald Journal via 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.On the campaign…
The Climate Bill Even Big Ag Loves
valentinrussanov/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.Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) normally doesn’t see climate change as a major societal threat in need of a policy response. A magnet for agribusiness and oil-industry campaign contributions, she pleaded…
Bill and Melinda Gates’ Empire of Dirt
Angelica Alzona 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.Bill Gates, in his journey from software oligarch to philanthropist, has managed to hang on to a personal fortune worth $127 billion, making him the globe’s second-wealthiest person. As…
Is Georgia About to Hand Its Universities to a Climate-Denying MAGA Stalwart?
Sonny Perdue with cardboard Trump cutoutTom Williams/Congressional Quarterly/ZUMA 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.Sonny Perdue, Donald Trump’s loyal-till-the-end agriculture secretary, could use a new job. Georgia’s sprawling public university system needs a new chancellor. The University…
“Queen Sugar” Author Natalie Baszile on How Black Farmers Can Help Save the Planet
Mother Jones illustration; Courtesy of Harper Collins 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.Natalie Baszile knew she was onto something when she got the call from Oprah’s people. A novelist and food justice activist, Baszile had been…