Let’s Make 2020 a Better Year For Common Decency
Kevin Drum I am ending the year much as I began it: worn out and mad at the world. But! At least I have Mother Jones. I may not be able to do anything concrete about Donald Trump until 2020, but in the meantime MoJo allows me to vent my spleen while reminding me every…
The Hanukkah Stabbing Suspect Is Being Charged With Hate Crimes
Neighbors gather near the rabbi’s residence in Monsey, New York, on Sunday. Craig Ruttle/AP Federal prosecutors have filed hate crime charges against the man accused of breaking into a New York rabbi’s home with a machete over the weekend and wounding five people who had gone there to celebrate Hanukkah. After the rampage, which Gov.…
Disney Princesses, Ranked by Social Justice Warriors
Anna and Elsa with their mom.Disney Since Frozen II was released a few days before Thanksgiving, the snowy family franchise has raked in more than a billion dollars globally—and inspired hordes of 3-to-8-year-olds to put on glittery blue gowns and go to the theater to watch their beloved ice queen Elsa. Frozen II breaks many…
New Internal Documents Paint a Depressing Picture of the FDA’s Response to the Opioid Epidemic
simarik/iStock/Getty More than a third of opioid-related deaths in the United States link back to long-acting drugs like OxyContin that are approved for prescription by the US Food and Drug Administration. But lax oversight at the agency is hampering efforts to ensure doctors don’t overprescribe these medications, according to a new study. The FDA has…
Monsters of the 2010s: Donald Sterling
Armando Arorizo/Zuma The staff of Mother Jones is rounding up the decade’s heroes and monsters. Find them all here. Five years ago, a secret recording of a real estate mogul’s racist remarks erupted around the internet and upended the National Basketball Association. Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling—who paid $2.7 million to settle a housing discrimination lawsuit filed…
Heroes of 2010s: Bad Bunny
Steven Ferdman/Getty The staff of Mother Jones is rounding up the decade’s heroes and monsters. Find them all here. In 2017, when I first heard cars blasting “Soy Peor” in my Brooklyn neighborhood, I didn’t know just how much I would freaking love Bad Bunny. In the last three years, the Puerto Rican trap en Español…