Nearly 100 Confederate Monuments Were Toppled Last Year. What Happened to Them?
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.It’s been a long time since I sat in an American history class, but what I remember of my education in Jacksonville, Florida, in the 1980s and ’90s is how much of it was not fact, but…
Steve Bannon Doesn’t Want to Testify. We Already Know What He Did.
Steve Bannon during an election rally in Richmond, Va., Wednesday on Oct. 13.Steve Helber/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The House of Representatives voted 229-202 on Thursday to hold Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a subpoena…
New York City Loaded Taxi Drivers With Debt. Now They’re on Hunger Strike to Force Real Relief.
Richard Chow, 63, prays outside New York City Hall shortly before beginning a hunger strike on Wednesday.Noah Lanard/Mother Jones Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On Wednesday, taxi drivers, local elected officials, and their allies gathered outside New York City Hall to announce…
Did Trump’s Media Company Really Just Trademark the Term “Truthing”?
AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Donald Trump announced Wednesday night that he is launching a conservative social media and technology company—an end-run around the bans many major tech platforms imposed on him earlier this year after his post-election…
Joe Manchin Called Our Reporting “Bullshit.” Now He’s Got a Different Story.
Andrew Harnik/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.When Mother Jones reported on Wednesday that Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) had told associates he was considering quitting the Democratic Party and had a specific plan on how to do so, he told Capitol…
A Closer Look at Joe Manchin’s Ties to the Fossil Fuel Industy
Sen. Joe Manchin discusses his budget agenda with reporters on Capitol Hill, September 30, 2021.J Scott Applewhite/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In the tumult of negotiations…