“There Is Still Respect”: How One Latinx Family Is Navigating Their Political Differences
Rosangela, Ana, and Juan in 2008Mother Jones illustration; photo courtesy of the Canino-Vázquez family I met the Canino-Vázquez family back in 2015, as the 2016 presidential election was starting to heat up and stories of “the Latino Vote” began to multiply across newsfeeds. I was reporting for Latino USA on NPR, and we were doing…
Heroes of the 2010s: Fearless, Fed-Up Students Who Called Out All the Bullshit
Armando Franca/Andrew Harnik/AP/Mother Jones The staff of Mother Jones is rounding up the decade’s heroes and monsters. Find them all here. Furious, funny, and fed up. True heroes of the decade: the students who spoke up, walked out, and shook us from paralysis and moral complacency. I’m talking, of course, about the recent youth movements—March For Our Lives…
Here Are a Few Things Lots of Liberals Believe That They Shouldn’t
What should I do to ring out the decade? I know! Let’s make people mad at me. With that in mind, here’s a (non-exhaustive) list of things that lots of liberals believe even though they shouldn’t. Head Start (and similar pre-K programs) raise student achievement. There’s evidence that they have positive effects on many things,…
A Record Number of Americans Now Say Climate Change Is a Top Priority. So Now What?
Thousands of people participate in the People’s Climate Movement march in Washington, D.C., April 29, 2017, to protest President Donald Trump’s attack on the climate and the Environmental Protection Agency.Astrid Riecken/Getty This piece was originally published in the Guardian and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. A growing share of voters list climate and the…
Trump’s Tariffs Are Raising Prices and Slashing Employment
So how are Donald Trump’s tariffs doing? We already know that they’re costing American consumers a bundle, but what’s their effect on the manufacturing sector? Aaron Flaaen and Justin Pierce took a look at various industries to see how sensitive they were to tariffs, and then used that data to calculate the overall effect of…
“It’s a Dawning of a New Day in Student Activism”
Protesters gather during NYC Climate Strike rally and demonstration at Foley Square on September 20, 2019, New York, New York. Lev Radin/Pacific Press via ZUMA In response to the rise in student activism, particularly around gun violence and climate change, one of the nation’s largest school districts has adopted a novel new policy: Each student…