Putin Shares Blame for 400,000 American Deaths. Should Biden Shake His Hand?
Alexander Zemlianichenko/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.Should President Joe Biden convey legitimacy upon a man who shares blame for the death of 400,000 or so Americans? That’s one way of questioning whether Biden made the…
G7 Leaders, Welcome to Mount Recyclemore
Mount Recyclemore: The E7 was created by British artist Joe Rush with assistance from 15 other artists.Adam Gasson/PA Wire/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.This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part…
Trump Went on an Execution Spree. Biden Can Make Sure That Doesn’t Happen Again.
Susan Walsh/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.The white supremacist who murdered nine Black churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2015 is in the news again. Dylann Roof, who was sentenced to death by the federal…
It’s Not Just Income Taxes. Billionaires Don’t Pay Inheritance Taxes Either.
Leaving a fortune to your offspring has seldom been easier.Mother Jones Illustration/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 that matters.If you are an American citizen with hundreds of millions of dollars in assets, this would be a…
Biden Just Decided Not to Protect Meatpacking Workers from COVID
Workers at a JBS meatpacking plant in Logan, Utah protest after hundreds of their colleagues tested positive for COVID-19 in June, 2020. Eli Lucero/The Herald Journal via 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.On the campaign…
Marco Rubio Will Defer Your Student Loans, but Only If You Survive a Terrorist Attack
Michael Brochstein/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.Who needs student loan forgiveness when you can have your payments deferred for one year, with no decrease in total debt, so long as you’ve survived a terrorist attack?…