Cuban Sonic Attack Was … Crickets
One down, 700 million to go.Zoologische Staatssamlung München Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. You all remember the “sonic attack” on the US Embassy in Havana? It was weird as hell. People who worked there complained of a high-pitched sound and became sick in startling numbers. The effects, which doctors said…
Trump’s First Defense Secretary Was a “Mad Dog.” Will His Second Be a Lapdog?
Deputy defense secretary Patrick Shanahan prays before the start of a Cabinet meeting in August at the White House.Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Donald Trump’s bizarre, rambling performance during a Cabinet meeting last week received attention for all the obvious reasons, from his historically inaccurate interlude about…
Are You Getting a Raise Thanks to New Minimum Wage Laws?
The Fight for $15 movement, started by fast food workers, has spurred on progress across the country.AFP/ Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This new year, minimum wage workers across the country will be seeing a bump in their paychecks. On January 1st, 19 states and 21 cities raised their…
As Washington Fights Over a Wall, a Humanitarian Crisis Is Unfolding on America’s Doorstep
The El Barretal camp in Tijuana, Mexico, where many migrants are now living.Noah Lanard/Mother Jones Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In April, after Nicaragua’s increasingly authoritarian government began killing protesters, Isaac Molina tried to help. Molina saw the carnage at a university in Managua and rushed home to fill a…
Antarctic Sea Ice Is “Astonishingly” Low This Melt Season
DeAgostini/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Grist. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Right now, on the shores of Antarctica, there’s open water crashing against the largest ice shelf in the world. The annual ice-free season has begun at the Ross Ice Shelf—a…
The EPA Hired GOP Oppo Firm Because it Was Sick of “Fake News”
Tom Williams/CQ, Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When Mother Jones first reported in December 2017 that the Environmental Protection Agency had hired a hyper-partisan GOP opposition research firm known for its aggressive tactics to handle the agency’s news-clipping work, the politically appointed flacks in the agency’s press office insisted the decision was about…