Migrants’ DNA Is Fueling a Massive Expansion of the FBI’s Genetic Database
Teresa Canino Rivera/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Ever since the Trump administration scaled up DNA collection from migrants in federal custody, immigration officials have been pouring massive quantities of genetic data into the FBI’s national law enforcement database. New submissions to CODIS—short for…
Climate Spending Bonanza Doing Little to Help Indigenous Communities
Indigenous and human rights leaders participate in the 15th session of the 2016 U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.Bebeto Matthews / AP Photo This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Indigenous peoples are largely being excluded from trillions in global spending to mitigate climate change, with governments…
Autoworkers Staged Their First Big Strike in the 1930s. Here’s How They Won.
A scene from the sit-down strike at GM’s Fisher Body No. 1 plant in Flint, Michigan, which began on December 30, 1936, and lasted 44 days.UAW Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Tuesday, leaders of the striking United Auto Workers vowed to expand their…
A ‘disaster’ nears: Millions of federal workers’ paychecks would be on hold in a shutdown
U.S. Capitol Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom WASHINGTON — More than 3.5 million federal employees and military personnel — many in the Washington, D.C., area but also scattered across the states and around the globe — are bracing for another partial government shutdown, as U.S. House Republicans struggle to produce a short-term plan to fund the government…
U.S. House GOP spending bills falter as Congress struggles to avoid a shutdown
U.S. Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks to reporters after a House Republican conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 19, 2023 in Washington, D.C. Drew Angerer/Getty Images WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Democrats said Tuesday they are preparing their own short-term spending bill that they believe will garner bipartisan support, a decision…
A Brief History of Politicians Shooting, Flamethrowing, and Generally Using Deadly Weapons in Campaign Ads
A still from a 2014 ad created for Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska). Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Over the weekend, a partial lie spread online. In Missouri, on a dark night, two Republican state senators brandished flamethrowers, while encircled by iPhone-wielding spectators, and burned empty boxes…