Uber and Lyft to Pay $328 Million to New York Drivers After Years of Wage Theft
Chris Riha/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Uber and Lyft will shell out $328 million in settlements to New York drivers after cheating them out of their fair pay for years, according to a settlement announced by the state Attorney General Letitia James’ office…
“Carbon Bomb” Financiers Threaten World’s Ability to Curb Warming
Richard B. Levine/Zuma This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Banks pumped more than $150 billion last year into companies whose giant “carbon bomb” projects could destroy the last chance of stopping the planet heating to dangerous levels, the Guardian can reveal. The carbon bombs—425 extraction projects…
U.S. House turns aside attempt to censure Michigan’s Rashida Tlaib over Israel remarks
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 9, 2023. Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom WASHINGTON — Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives voted to quash an effort to censure Michigan Democrat Rashida Tlaib after Rome Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene accused her of “antisemitic activity.” The motion to table the…
Is George Santos Finally Getting Expelled?
Stefan Jeremiah/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.For the second time in less than a year, the House of Representatives is set to vote on whether to expel George Santos, the New York Republican and admitted liar, who on Friday, was hit with an…
US Trade Officials Commit to Stop Hawking Surveillance Tech to Repressive Regimes
Mother Jones; Unsplash Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Commerce Department is implementing new policies to prevent the work it does to boost exports by US companies from assisting in the sale of surveillance technologies to repressive governments. In a previously undisclosed October 19…
A Far-Right Livestreamer Is Calling for Immigrant Aid Workers to be Shot
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Almost as soon as news of actor Matthew Perry’s death broke last week, anti-vaccine activists began speculating that a Covid shot had caused his untimely passing (the cause of death is still undetermined). This was just the latest example…