These Black Mothers Bet on Themselves and Transformed Las Vegas
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On March 20, 2023, Storming Caesars Palace, a documentary directed by Hazel Gurland-Pooler, premiered on PBS. It was based on the 2005 book Storming Caesars Palace: How Black Mothers Fought Their Own War on Poverty, by Dartmouth history professor Annelise…
Autopsy: “Cop City” Protester Shot by Police Had 57 Gunshot Wounds, No Gunpowder on Hands
Members of Manuel Esteban Paez Terán’s family stand during a news conference in Decatur, Ga. Alex Slitz/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Wednesday the DeKalb County Medical examiner released the autopsy results for Manuel Paez Terán, the 26-year-old protester who was killed by…
I’m So Mad I Didn’t Enter Mike Lindell’s Stupid Contest
Nathan Howard/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This week, a long-running legal saga over a prominent right-wing mouthpiece’s false assertions about the 2020 election finally came to an end. No, not Fox News’ historic $787 million settlement with Dominion. I’m talking about MyPillow founder…
Jeff Sessions, Leo DiCaprio, and a Fugee—What’s Next in the Nutty Pras Michel Trial?
Mother Jones illustration; Andrew Harnik/AP; Michael DeMocker/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The wildest trial in America got wackier Tuesday when the defendant, former Fugees’ rapper Pras Michel, unexpectedly took the stand to defend himself against campaign finance and illegal foreign lobbying charges—hard on…
Dominion and Fox News Settle Lawsuit
Mark Lennihan/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The much anticipated $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News, widely viewed as one of the most consequential libel cases in decades, is officially over. On Tuesday, Dominion Voting Systems and the cable TV giant reached an eleventh-hour…
Why Kentucky Is Dead Last in Wind and Solar Energy Production
The United States is on the brink of its most consequential transformation since the New Deal. Read more about what it takes to decarbonize the economy, and what stands in the way, here. This story was originally published by Inside Climate News as part of our Climate Desk collaboration. Andy McDonald recalls a decade-old Kentucky legislative hearing on…