As Texas Enters Another Hot Summer, Lawmakers Kill Effort to Cool Sweltering Prisons
Joe Raedle/Newsmakers/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.In the summer, Texas prisons become hell itself. Most prisons lack air conditioning in housing areas, and temperatures inside can rise above 100 degrees. People confined to their cells…
Relocating Climate-Stricken Species Is a Very Tricky Business
Australia’s endangered western swamp turtle is the subject of an assisted colonization project.(Auscape/Universal Images Group/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.This story was originally published by Yale E360 and is reproduced here as part of the…
Vaccination Rates Are Going Back up Thanks to the Teens
Justin Lemus, 15, posed for a photo with his vaccination sticker after being inoculated with the first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at the Mount Sinai South Nassau Vaxmobile parked at the De La Salle School, Friday, May 14, 2021, in Freeport, N.Y. Mary Altaffer/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the…
Republicans Are Passing Laws to Keep Teachers From Talking About Race
Texas Gov. Greg AbbottBob Daemmrich/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.The absurdity of the Republican Party’s culture wars has reached new heights. A slew of GOP-led state legislatures are enacting new laws that ban teaching “critical…
People Are Starting to Travel Again and They’re Acting Like Assholes
Michael Wade/Icon SMI/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.Southwest Airlines announced it would not resume alcohol service on its flights. The airline had stopped serving alcohol during the beginning of the pandemic, but was set to rescind…
The Climate Crisis Is Taking a Serious Toll on Our Mental Health
A motorist is seen attempting to drive on a flooded Bayshore Blvd as Tropical Storm Eta sends torrential downpours, storm surge flooding and wind across the Tampa Bay Area. November 12, 2020. Luis Santana/Tampa Bay Times/ZUMA Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get…