Your Halloween Candy’s Hidden Ingredient: Child Slave Labor
FatCamera/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. If you’re buying last-minute Halloween candy, you might want to know about a recent ruling by the US Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit in a long-running lawsuit against Nestlé and agribusiness giant Cargill that alleges the companies aided and abetted child slavery on cocoa…
12 People on Why They Absolutely Will Vote
College students vote early at the University of California, Irvine.Paul Bersebach/Digital First Media/Orange County Register/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Abhi Agrawal had always been politically aware, but admits he was a “lazy liberal.” He voted in presidential elections, followed the news, and debated politics with his friends. But he…
Pittsburgh Mourns its Jewish Mass Shooting Victims—and Rejects Trump’s Visit
Anti-Trump demonstrators march during the president’s visit.Clint Hendler/Mother Jones Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As President Trump came to Pittsburgh on Tuesday afternoon, thousands of residents marched in protest through Squirrel Hill, the historically Jewish neighborhood that is home to Tree of Life, the synagogue where 11 congregants were murdered…
The House Republican Campaign Chairman Finally Condemned Steve King
Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, attends a rally for Iowans prior to the anti-abortion March for Life on January 19.Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/AP Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. For years, Republican leaders have turned a blind eye to Iowa Rep. Steve King’s countless racist and anti-immigrant comments. But on Tuesday, as…
This Republican Congressman Has Really Twisted Himself Into a Pretzel With This One
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Newscom/ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Kevin Yoder, a Republican congressman who is facing a tough reelection battle in Kansas’ 3rd Congressional District, is criticizing his Democratic opponent, Sharice Davids, for failing to stand up to President Donald Trump—even though Yoder himself consistently votes with Trump and carries the president’s endorsement. Congressman @KevinYoder has fought…
A Woman Claimed a GOP Lobbyist Was Paying for Fake Allegations Against Robert Mueller. Does She Even Exist?
Special Counsel Robert Mueller J. Scott Applewhite/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Special counsel Robert Mueller’s office has asked the FBI to investigate allegations that shameless Republican self-promoter and conspiracy theorist Jack Burkman offered an unnamed woman tens of thousands of dollars to falsely accuse Mueller of sexual misconduct. That…