These Rare Seeds Escaped Syria’s War and Now Are Helping to Feed the World
Svalbard Global Seed Vault.Yonhap News/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 piece was originally published in Wired and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. In 2014, the remaining staff of the International Center for…
7 Ways Biden Can Fight Climate Change Without Any Help from Congress
C-Span, 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.When Joe Biden delivered his first speech as president-elect two weeks ago, he focused on his mandate to “marshal the forces of science and the forces of hope in…
Biden Would Be a Fool Not to Break Up Huge Food Conglomerates
Richard B. Levine/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.During the contest for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (Independent-Vt.) ran on a message of progressive rural populism. Among other things,…
Inflation Is Always and Everywhere Just Around the Corner
This is from the Wall Street Journal, of course: Is there any economic condition that doesn’t threaten to blow up inflation? I don’t think so. I swear we could be under attack from aliens and inflation hawks would be warning that if we prevent them from destroying the earth that’s all well and good, but…
What Kyle Rittenhouse’s $2 Million Fundraiser Reveals About the Unequal System of Justice in America
Kyle Rittenhouse, left, with backwards cap, walks in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on August 25, 2020, at a protest about police brutality. Adam Rogan/The Journal Times 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 Friday, Cynthia Green stood…
Which Companies Have the Highest Number of Workers on Medicaid and Food Stamps?
Fast-food workers and supporters rally outside a McDonald’s in Detroit in July.Jim West/ZUMA Wire 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.Working for Walmart or McDonald’s has never been particularly lucrative. But a new report shows just how…