America’s 806 Billionaires Are Now Richer Than Half the Population Combined—a Lot Richer
Mother Jones; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Are you better off now than you were when Donald Trump was president? That’s a dumb question for Republicans to pose, because the answer by most measures would be, “Oh, heck yes!” But plenty of people…
Utilities Use Customers’ Money to Advance Fossil Fuels. This Coalition Aims to Stop Them.
Protesters gather in front of the American Gas Association to demand that funding from customers’ energy bills not be used to pay for the group’s anti-climate lobbying. Joy Asico-Smith/AP This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A group of advocates and Democratic senators gathered in Washington, DC, on Tuesday…
Allen Weisselberg Heads Back to Prison for Lying in Trump Trial
Donald Trump, his former chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg, center, and his son Donald Trump Jr.Mother Jones illustration; Evan Vucci/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Allen Weisselberg, the longtime chief financial officer for former president Donald Trump’s company, was sent to jail for five…
Kari Lake Claims She Opposes Arizona’s Near-Total Abortion Ban—The Same One She Cheered Two Years Ago
Ricardo Arduengo/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Shortly after the Arizona Supreme Court upheld a Civil War-era, near-total ban on abortion on Tuesday, Republican Senate hopeful and former gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake blasted the decision as “out of step with Arizonans.” She declined, however,…
Minority Rule Is Threatening American Democracy Like Never Before
This story is adapted from Ari Berman’s new book, Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People—and the Fight to Resist It, which will be published April 23. A day ahead of the third anniversary of January 6, President Joe Biden traveled to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania—where George Washington encamped during the Revolutionary War—before…
Critics Deluge Toronto’s Proposed “Rain Tax” on Paved Properties
Flooding during a 2017 storm in TorontoZuma This story was originally published by Canada’s National Observer and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A plan to charge Toronto homeowners and businesses for paved surfaces on their properties is creating a public backlash, a deluge of negative international media attention and even derisive comments from Donald Trump Jr. The…