98 Percent of Their Island Is Underwater. Now Tropical Storm Barry Is Headed Their Way.
Children in the Biloxi-Chimacha-Choctaw tribe run over a bridge that crosses a bayou to get to their home on Isle de Jean Charles in 2012.Julie Dermansky/Corbis/Getty In the 19th century, when the Indian Removal Act became law, Native Americans were forced off of their land. In Louisiana, some fled to what is now Isle de…
One Simple Fix Could Prevent Unwanted Pregnancies and Save Millions of Dollars
Rich Pedroncelli/AP A new study finds that providing women with a yearlong supply of oral contraceptive birth control—rather than the typical three-month supply—could be the key to millions of dollars in health care savings and fewer unintended pregnancies. Researchers at the Department of Veterans Affairs and the University of Pittsburgh found that supplying women in…
Truck Heists, Dog Poisonings, and Murder: Inside the Brutal World of the Truffle Trade
PIER PAOLO CITO / AP Why does it cost so much to have a chef shave the bulbous fungus we call a truffle over some pasta? Most truffle species, unlike their mushroom brethren, develop underground, giving them protection and time to produce “small, potato-like structures,” scientists say, with “fruit-bodies” packed with aroma and flavor. These…
OK, How About Rent vs. Income Just For Renters?
I’ve gotten some flak for this chart that I put up this morning: But this is median income for everyone, including homeowners. How about income just for renters? There’s no single series that everyone agrees on, but here it is using data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey:¹ If the CES is to be believed, the…
“Midsommar” Is Here to Scare the Socialism Scaremongers
A24 Films Like all good human sacrifice stories, Midsommar asks that simple, time-honored question: What happens when you realize you’re not just an individual—filled with hopes and fears and your own unique personality—you’re also a thing, just some meat for the pyre? Ari Aster’s film begins in winter, a foreboding snowy night when Dani Ardor…
Watch Al Franken Grill Trump’s New Labor Chief for Promoting Sweatshops
On Friday, President Donald Trump announced on Twitter that Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta will be replaced on an acting basis by Deputy Secretary of Labor Patrick Pizzella. As Mother Jones reported in 2017, after reviewing hundreds of pages of billing records and emails, Pizzella worked in the late 1990s with disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff to…