Ecuador Finally Gets Tired of Julian Assange
Rob Pinney/London News Pictures via ZUMA The Ecuadoran government finally got tired of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and kicked him out of their London embassy this morning. He was promptly arrested by British police, and shortly thereafter the United States unsealed an indictment against him for hacking a classified US government computer. Nancy LeTourneau comments…
The Great Refinery Shutdown Marks the Beginning of Spring in Southern California
Charlie Neuman/U-T San Diego/ZUMA The wildflowers are blooming and the swallows are returning to Capistrano, but spring isn’t truly here in Southern California until our refineries all mysteriously shut down at the same time: The price of gas in Southern California has climbed rapidly over the last few weeks as oil refineries across the state…
Donald Trump Continues to Not Be Very Popular
For no particular reason except that the president keeps lying about it, here is Donald Trump’s approval rating via FiveThirtyEight: Looking for news you can trust? Subscribe to our free newsletters. FACT: Mother Jones was founded as a nonprofit in 1976 because we knew corporations and the wealthy wouldn’t fund the type of hard-hitting journalism…
Julian Assange Has Been Arrested After Nearly Seven Years in the Ecuadorian Embassy
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested Thursday morning, nearly seven years after he took refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in London. “He has been taken into custody at a central London police station where he will remain, before being presented before Westminster Magistrates’ Court as soon as is possible,” London’s Metropolitan Police said in a…
What’s Causing an Outbreak of a Mysterious Fungal Infection? America’s Farms Offer a Clue.
Last Saturday, the New York Times came out with an alarming report on Candida auris, a drug-resistant fungal pathogen that has been attacking patients with compromised immune systems in hospitals across the globe, including facilities in New York, New Jersey, and Illinois. What caught my eye was the possible link, noted in the article, with widespread…
I Was an Anti-Vaxxer—Until My 13-Year-Old Daughter Asked Me to Vaccinate Her
Melissa Wilcox and her daughter; courtesy of Melissa Wilcox; illustration by Mother Jones; Getty Earlier this year, we asked Mother Jones readers about their vaccination secrets, following the story of 18-year-old Ethan Lindenberger, who recently got vaccinated against his mother’s wishes. Melissa Wilcox, a mother of two in Tacoma, Washington, responded with a story about…