Criminalization of Indigenous Land Defenders on the Rise, Says UN Report
Indigenous leaders and their water-protector allies set up camp to protest a pipeline in front of the Minnesota Capitol Building. Michael Nigro/AP This story was originally published by Grist as part of the Global Indigenous Affairs Desk, an Indigenous-led collaboration between Grist, High Country News, ICT, Mongabay, Native News Online, and APTN. It is reproduced here…
Eying Georgia’s November election and beyond, Dems’ Atlanta conference schools operatives
Political organizers chat during a break at the 2024 Arena Summit in Atlanta. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder More than 400 left-leaning campaign managers, political staffers, fundraisers, organizers and data managers came to Atlanta over the weekend to update their skills ahead of the 2024 Joe Biden-Donald Trump presidential rematch. “We start from the premise that it…
House Votes to Pass $95 Billion Foreign Aid Package for Ukraine and Israel
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson. Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Saturday, the US House of Representatives voted to pass a $95 billion foreign aid package to assist Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan, as well as a TikTok ban requiring the…
This Week’s Episode of Reveal: What Happens When Tribal Cops Vanish?
Tailyr Irvine Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.When Braven Glenn, a 17-year-old boy, was killed in a car wreck, the early details made little sense to his mother, Blossom Old Bull. Officials told her police chased Glenn for speeding, and he ended up in…
In Eagle Pass, Fewer Migrant Crossings Leave Law Enforcement Idle
Members of the Texas National Guard on duty in Eagle Pass. Liu Jie/Xinhua/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Joshua Rubin, a Brooklyn software developer and founder of the pro-immigrant grassroots group Witness at the Border, spent his 72nd birthday in Eagle Pass, Texas. He…
Jared Kushner’s Ambition Threatens One of Europe’s Last Pristine Ecosystems
Kushner’s Saudi-backed firm is a major investor in the Albanian developments. Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Zuma This story was originally published by Yale E360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It is the jewel of the Adriatic. Its shimmering waters feed a rare colony of Dalmatian pelicans, the world’s largest freshwater birds, sustain the…