The Deep Roots of Outdoor Recreation’s Diversity Gap
The author at Glacier National Park in Montana, July 2020.Courtesy of Joe Kanzangu 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 Undark and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. During the blistering summer of 1919, an oppressive heat…
I Taught English to Afghan Soldiers. Now I’m Part of the “Digital Dunkirk” Trying to Get Them Out.
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.As the US began its chaotic evacuation from Afghanistan last week, I couldn’t stop thinking about the many Afghans who have aided American forces and are now stuck in the country, potentially with targets on their backs.…
Armed Picnics and Snipers at Family Dollar: Life in a Town With a Government-Approved Militia
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On a dry, bright afternoon in late June, members of the Bedford Militia lined up on a grassy lot on the property of Bryan Buchanan Auto Auction, right off the county highway in Montvale, Virginia. The group…
Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl Hit With Proposed $5.1 Million Fine by FCC
Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl in 2018.John Middlebrook/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.In 2017, a source told me that my profile subject, Jack Burkman, was a modern-day “Flim Flam Man” whose record “raised more red flags than a Chinese military parade.”…
Erik Prince Is Charging $6,500 a Person to Evacuate Afghanistan on His Chartered Planes
Jacquelyn Martin/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.As scenes of chaos and desperation mount ahead of the fastly approaching August 31 deadline to evacuate US troops from Afghanistan, Erik Prince, the notorious Blackwater founder, has identified a golden opportunity to make some…
Denser Cities Could Help Curb Carbon Emissions, if the NIMBYs Allow It
Chuck Schug/Getty 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 San Francisco’s Sunset District, rows and rows of pastel-colored, two-story homes flow from the edge…