“Broad City” Star Ilana Glazer Guest Hosted Our Podcast. She’s Really Good At It!
We’re huge fans of Ilana Glazer, and the hit sitcom, Broad City. So this was a thrill for us: flipping the script and having Glazer take over the Mother Jones Podcast mic.Rich Fury/Invision/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On this week’s episode of the Mother Jones Podcast, host Jamilah King…
Christine Blasey Ford Honors the First Gymnast to Speak Out Against Larry Nassar
Christine Blasey Ford testifies to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018.Saul Loeb/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Christine Blasey Ford made one of her first public appearances since she testified against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his confirmation hearings to present the…
I Have a Question for High School Guidance Counselors in Michigan
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Annie Ma writes today about a new study at the University of Michigan that tests a simple intervention to get more applications from smart kids who can’t afford UM’s tuition: A new working paper suggests that removing those barriers with a promise of financial aid…
Joe Manchin Will Be the Top Democrat on the Energy Committee
Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer released a list of committee assignments on Tuesday that brought bad news for environmental activists: Joe Manchin, the pro-coal West Virginia senator who narrowly held onto his deep-red seat this November, will now be the…
How a Texas Soccer Club Helped African Refugees Feel at Home
The reVision soccer team, relaxing at foosball. Monica Rhor/USA Today Umoja ni nguvu. Unity is strength. For a soccer team of African refugees, this Swahili phrase has been a powerful rallying cry. Many of the players made their way to Houston, Texas, after years spent in refugee camps, knowing very little English except for a few…
Kansas Farmers Are Finally Seeing Climate Change With Their Own Eyes
Curt Dennison/Planet Pix via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Guardian talks to Richard Oswald, a farmer in Kansas: “When I was a kid, my dad would say an inch of rain was a good rain. That’s just what we needed. Now we get four inches, five inches, six…