Climate Protesters Arrested en Masse at Federal Reserve Bank
Monday’s action was organized by a coalition of groups including New York Communities for Change and Extinction Rebellion NYC.Matthew Rodier/Sipa USA/AP This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. One day after the largest climate march since the start of the Covid pandemic, hundreds of climate activists blockaded the…
J.D. Vance Really Wants You to Believe He Supports Striking Auto Workers
Then-Senate candidate J.D. Vance, left, and Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) at a campaign rally in Ohio last year.Drew Angerer/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.After the UAW went on strike last week, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) took to social media to declare, “Auto workers…
Child Protective Service Workers Share Their “Secret Truths That Haunt”
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Their gatherings were like something you’d expect after war, or genocide. Halting voices. Silences. The hush of a confessional. But these weren’t soldiers—they were social workers. They spoke from their homes via the dispassionate confines of a Zoom conference. One…
Tuberville opponents plant hundreds of signs outside U.S. Capitol in protest of blockade
More than 300 signs bearing names, ranks and photos of each military nomination stalled by Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s hold dotted the lawn outside the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. Tuberville, an Alabama Republican, is refusing to join a unanimous Senate vote to approve the nominees because he disagrees with a Department of Defense…
Lawyer says ex-DOJ official acted within scope of duties
The Senate report focuses on former President Donald Trump receiving advice from Jeffrey Clark (center), then the head of the Justice Department’s civil division, and others to take drastic actions to subvert the election results. Then acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen was asked to investigate discredited claims of election fraud in Georgia. Yuri Gripas-Pool/Getty Images…
It’s Now Clear: “Cop City” Is About Democracy
Miguel Martinez/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Last Wednesday, US District Judge Mark Cohen criticized Atlanta officials for refusing to verify over 100,000 petition signatures submitted in the effort to put a police training facility that has become known as “Cop City” up for…