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How Gilded Age Lawmakers Saved America From Plutocracy

Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On December 3, 1901, in his first annual message to Congress, Teddy ­Roosevelt­­ began to articulate the new anti-­monopoly doctrine that would define his presidency. “Great corporations exist only because they are created and safeguarded by our institutions,” he…

Gaza’s Health System Is “On Its Knees”

Palestinians inspect the bodies of victims who were killed in Israeli bombardment as they lie outside Al-Shifa hospital. Mohammad Abu Elsebah/dpa/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.As Israel continues its ground invasion of Gaza City and calls for a ceasefire mount on the sixth week of…

“A Complete Failure of Leadership”—The New Georgia Project Faces Allegations of Financial Impropriety

Paid canvasser with the New Georgia Project Action Fund.Jeff Amy/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The New Georgia Project, the nonprofit organization founded in 2014 by voting rights activist Stacey Abrams, is facing allegations of financial irregularities and misuse of funds, according to a six-month investigation…