MAGA Mogul Guo Wengui Charged in $1 Billion Fraud Scheme
Guo Wengui at his Upper East side apartment on November 28, 2017.Timothy Clary/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Guo Wengui, a far-right mogul on the run from criminal charges in China, has worked for years with Steve Bannon to promote charitable organizations and for-profit…
He’s the Most Popular President In the World. Everyone Hates Him.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Gianni Infantino, the president of FIFA, is a 52-year-old Swiss-Italian with dark eyebrows and an intensely round, perfectly bald head, like a soccer ball that had a dream of becoming an accountant. He splits his time between Zurich, Doha,…
Bone Tired. Underpaid. Performing Surgery. What Could Go Wrong?
Dorothy Siemens Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.When I visited my cousin Beija in Munich last summer, her boyfriend, Julius, told me he was in his second year of surgery residency, and I was surprised by how well rested he looked. He and Beija…
Biden’s Approval of Alaska Oil Project Shows Inconsistency of Our First “Climate President”
Climate activist hold a demonstration to urge President Biden to reject the Willow Project at the US Department of Interior on November 17, 2022. Jemal Countess/Getty for Sunrise AU This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Joe Biden continues to confound on the climate crisis. Hailed as America’s…
Will One Controversial Texas Judge Outlaw the Most Popular Form of Abortion for the Whole Country?
Mother Jones/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.For weeks, abortion rights advocates have been waiting for a potential bombshell: A conservative federal judge in Texas is expected to effectively outlaw the most popular method of abortion nationwide. Now, the day may finally be here. Judge…
So Now Trump Is Stealing “Meatball Ron’s” Worst Education Policies
Trump tours a classroom in 2016.Evan Vucci/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In late 2021, parental rights candidate Glenn Youngkin secured his stay at Virginia’s Executive Mansion with a push from devoted “mama bears”—a group of, yes, mothers, who were angry about a perceived…