Catch the First Sounds Ever Recorded on the Surface of Mars
The first high-resolution color image sent back from NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover on February 18, 2021NASA via 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.Since Mar-a-Lago isn’t going anywhere, let’s skip town for Mars. Far away, on…
Stable One-Shot COVID Vaccine Deemed Safe and Effective
Paul Christian Gordon/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.Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot coronavirus vaccine is highly effective at preventing severe disease and death from COVID-19, the Food and Drug Administration found in analyses published today. An…
Republicans Are Taking Their Voter Suppression Efforts to New Extremes
State Sen. Mike Dugan, R-Carrollton, second from left, shakes hands with Gov. Brian Kemp on the opening day of the year for the general session of the state legislature, Jan 13, 2020 in Atlanta.John Amis/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a…
It’s Not Just Texas. The Energy Meltdown Can Happen To Your State, Too.
David J. Phillip/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.Last week, during a historic and catastrophic winter storm that brought snow and ice to Texas, the state’s independent and unregulated power grid collapsed. At the height of the storm,…
The (Almost) Unbelievable Tortures of Steven Tendo
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 published in partnership with the Delacorte Review. Steven Tendo kept everything he owned under his bunk bed mattress. His pillow was a lump of letters, transcripts, and postcards—all…
Biden Can’t Make Trump’s Immigration Cruelty Vanish Overnight
WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 15: An L.E.D. truck displaying messages expressing concern over the continuing mass deportations of Black immigrants drives past the Capitol Building prior to a #BidenAlsoDeports rally.Jemal Countess/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…