Working-Class Men Have Lost Nearly $20,000 Over the Past 40 Years
Tom Edsall writes today that, contrary to popular opinion, the surge of whites into the Republican Party has been led mostly by folks without college degrees but with high incomes: Low-income whites without college degrees have moved to the Republican Party, but because they frequently hold liberal economic views — that is, they support redistributionist…
Rapsody’s New Album Honors the Generational Power of Black Women
Jose Gongora You know them by their first names: Oprah. Serena. Michelle. Sojourner. Influential black women who have shaped cultural moments and historical movements across generations. These icons—among others you’re sure to recognize—were the inspiration for Grammy-nominated rapper Rapsody’s latest studio album, Eve. As Mother Jones Podcast host Jamilah King describes her, Rapsody is probably your favorite…
Tan Suit Gate Celebrates Five-Year Anniversary as Stupidest Thing Ever
Today the Washington Post commemorates the five-year anniversary of one of our nation’s greatest scandals: Meanwhile, for about the hundredth time, Josh Marshall says that Donald Trump is finally losing it: Trump seems to be coming apart. Adam Smith said there’s a great deal of ruin in a nation. We’ve seen that it’s like that…
Fighting Climate Change Is Hard
8minute Solar Energy Fighting climate change is hard in the face of relentless denialism and stonewalling from the Republican Par— Los Angeles has been sitting on a contract for record-cheap solar power for more than a month — and city officials declined to approve it Tuesday because of concerns raised by the city-run utility’s labor…
China Is Buying Lots of US Soybeans
The New York Times reports a familiar story: More than a year into the trade dispute, sales of American soybeans, pork, wheat and other agricultural products to China have dried up as Beijing retaliates against Mr. Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports. I was curious about the latest data on soybeans, so I hopped over to…
Bret Stephens and the Crushing Fragility of Entitled Men
In a grand gesture he’s sure to take back, New York Times columnist Bret Stephens announced on Tuesday that he was leaving Twitter. “Time to do what I long ago promised to do,” Stephens wrote before promptly deactivating his account. “Twitter is a sewer.” The abrupt departure brought to a close a very weird 24…