Amazon Got a Perfect Score on Disability Inclusion—From a Group It Helps Fund
An Amazon fulfillment center in North Las Vegas, USGabe Ginsberg/SOPA Images/Zuma Press Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Tuesday, nonprofit organization Disability:IN released its annual “Best Places to Work” Disability Equality Index, which grades how well companies prioritize and accommodate disabled employees. One company that earned a…
The Disastrous Oppenheimer Movie You’ve Never Heard Of
Mother Jones/MGM Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The famed physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, so-called Father of the Atomic Bomb and alleged national security risk, has been portrayed in fictionalized film and TV dramas for more than 75 years, long before director Christopher Nolan placed…
Choose Your Fighter: Elon Musk vs. Mark Zuckerberg
Mother Jones illustration; Eliot Blondet/SIPA/AP; Jeff Bottari/Zuffa/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.One of the dumber news stories of the past few weeks has been the talk of a fight—presumably live, televised, and in a cage—between Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. I don’t blame…
The FDA Just Approved the First-Ever Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill in the United States
Perrigo/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The FDA just made the Pill a heck of a lot easier for Americans to access. On Thursday, the agency approved Opill, a progestin-only birth control pill, for over-the-counter use, making a daily oral contraceptive available without a…
Amazon Drivers Protest Brutal Conditions—Including Extreme Heat
andresr/Getty This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Heat waves can delay flights and melt airplane tarmac, but Amazon won’t let them hinder Prime deliveries. Extreme heat and unsafe working conditions under the merchant giant have now spurred drivers to unionize. In Southern California, 84 delivery drivers joined the International Brotherhood…
It’s Not Just Trump. Right-Wing Defendants Keep Saying the DOJ Framed Them, Too.
Donald Trump claimed federal criminal charges against him are part of a conspiracy to undermine his 2024 candidacy.Brian Cahn/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Back in April, when Manhattan prosecutors charged Donald Trump with falsifying business records, the MAGA faithful who protested outside the…