“They Are Punitive and Demeaning”—EPA Staff Slams Trump’s Anti-Diversity Orders
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler speaks at a news conference.Susan Walsh/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.This piece was originally published in HuffPost and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. Environmental Protection Agency staffers are organizing against President Donald Trump’s recent…
Awaiting Final Count, Biden Says He’s Already Preparing to Fight COVID
Biden Campaign/CNP/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.In a late-night address to Americans Friday, former Vice President Joe Biden declared his confidence that the remaining votes to be tallied would confirm his victory over President Trump. He vowed to address the coronavirus pandemic…
Will the Defeat of Democrat Collin Peterson Be Good for the Climate?
Collin Peterson holds forth at a farm bill rally in 2013. Karin Elton/AP Photo/The Independent For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Even before the apparent defeat of President Donald Trump, the 2020 election has already shaken up US farm policy. Rep. Collin Peterson (D-Minn.), the…
Electoral Gains This Week Show the (New) South Rises—Slowly
Former gubernatorial candidate and former state Rep. Stacey Abrams waves to the crowd as she crosses the Edmund Pettus Bridge, Sunday, March 1, 2020, in Selma, Ala. Butch Dill/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Progress toward a more just and equal society is…
From Our Archives, When Bush Left
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.“The Bush legacy—where to begin?” this magazine’s staff wondered in our 2008 September+October issue. It was hard to sum up the unrelenting damage done by the “Worst. Administration. Ever.” The obvious place to start was the horror of…
Trump’s Next Target: The GOP?
Tasos Katopodis/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.After Donald Trump is done trashing American democracy, he may have a new target: the Republican Party. As Trump during the last few days has baselessly claimed that the election is a “fraud” and is being…