Voting Rights Marches Draw Crowds, But They’re Losing the War
Voting rights supporters rally in Washington, DC, on Saturday.Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly via ZUMA Press Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On Saturday, the 58th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington, thousands of supporters of voting rights held major marches on…
Why Are Cops So Resistant to Getting Vaccinated?
New York Police Benevolent Association President Pat Lynch, who has threatened to sue the city if it imposes vaccine mandates on cops, campaigns for Donald Trump in 2020.John Marshall Mantel/ZUMA Wire Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.In city after city, the story…
Hurricane Ida Is About to Hit Louisiana, and Our Climate Change Future Is Here
A utility pole bends from winds caused by Hurricane Ida on a road leading to Batabano, in the Mayabeque province, Cuba on Friday. Ramon Espinosa/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Hurricane Ida is projected to hit Louisiana on Sunday as a category-four…
Extinction Rebellion Protesters Paint London Red
Extinction Rebellion members bathe in fake blood Friday in London’s Paternoster Square.Kirsty O’Connor 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. Extinction Rebellion protesters poured red paint over the entrances…
Trump’s DC Hotel Just Banished a Reporter—Forever
zz/KGC-375/STAR MAX/IPx/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.No one knows DC’s Trump International Hotel quite like Mother Jones contributor Zach Everson. Now a reporter for Forbes covering money and politics, he used to run an indispensable newsletter called 1600 Pennsylvania during the…
Corporations and Unions Are Bankrolling the Sedition Caucus Again
AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.In the days following the January 6 insurrection, when supporters of former president Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol in hope of disrupting the certification of election results, the Washington establishment was reeling…