How a “Bunch of Badass Queer Anarchists” Are Teaming Up With Locals to Block a Pipeline Through Appalachia
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.“Life in these mountains ain’t always been easy, so people around here take a stand when they see something they don’t agree with—and I’m one of them,” says walrus-mustached Jammie Hale in his thick southwestern Virginia mountain accent. “People that grow up…
Mount St. Helens Is Going Green Again
Mount Saint Helens at sunrise.Greg Vaughn/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This piece was originally published in Atlas Obscura and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. The most explosive volcanic eruptions are striking not just for their vivid pyrotechnic displays, or for the huge clouds…
Donald Trump’s Real Memorial Day Message: I Am the Victim
Smart, Fearless Journalism Politics Environment Crime and Justice Food Media Investigations Photos Magazine Podcasts Monika Bauerlein, CEO Dear reader, This feels like the most important fundraising drive since I’ve been CEO of Mother Jones, with staggeringly high stakes and so much uncertainty. In “News Is Just Like Waste Management,” I try to unpack the reality…
We Are Combat Vets, and We Want America to Reboot Memorial Day
Albert Kool, right, and his wife Dolly, walk through the grave stones at the Cemetery of the Alleghenies, a Veterans Administration National Cemetery during the Memorial Day Holiday weekend. For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Pandemic or no, resilient Americans will celebrate Memorial Day together. Be it through…
COVID-19 Is Crushing Conservation Groups
Huge numbers of sandhill cranes stop in the Platte River basin for rest and food before resuming their migration north.Nati Harnik/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This piece was originally published in Undark and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. On March 12, an estimated 541,000…
Don’t Pretend You Didn’t Know That Today Is Geek Pride Day
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Today is a twofer: Memorial Day and Geek Pride Day. Geek day originated 14 years ago when Spanish blogger Germán Martínez wanted to celebrate geekness and pull together a community, so he chose the anniversary of the first Star Wars release as…