Rep. Grijalva Just Tested Positive for COVID-19. He Has Some Words for Mask-Refusing GOP Colleagues.
AP pool photograph For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Following the announcement this week that Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas)—who proudly refused to wear a mask in the halls of Congress—tested positive for COVID-19, other members of Congress acknowledged their concerns about possible infection. Louie Gohmert lives and sleeps…
An Unfortunate New Data Point in the Debate Over Opening Schools
izusek, Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Schools across the country are set to open in mere weeks—some have announced exclusive virtual learning for the first months, others have promised to reopen with safety measures in place. But parents and staff continue to grapple with the…
Could Trump Have Another Reason for Banning TikTok?
David Talukdar, Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The latest target in the Trump administration’s escalating tensions with China is TikTok, the wildly popular music-video app with 2 billion downloads worldwide and a 165 million in the United States. “As far as TikTok is concerned, we’re banning…
Impeachment Witness Alexander Vindman Just Wrote a Scathing Indictment of Trump
Andrew Harnik/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Former Army Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman, who was fired by President Donald Trump in February from his position in the National Security Council in apparent retaliation for Vindman’s crucial testimony in the House impeachment trial, has written a searing op-ed for…
Kiano Moju’s Mouthwatering Berbere-Braised Short Rib Recipe
Kiano Moju / Jikoni For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Ever since she was a young girl feeding her mother her Easy-Bake Oven creations, Kiano Moju has loved to experiment with food and create her own recipes. She’s since acquired a much bigger platform for her work, first…
This Carbon Emissions Law Actually Has Helped Kids Breathe
A powerplant with billowing smoke stacks. (Credit Image: © TNS via ZUMA Wire)TNS/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This piece was originally published in Grist and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. With Virginia and Pennsylvania clamoring to join, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, affectionately known as RGGI (pronounced…