The DNA of Deadly Pathogens Is Easy to Obtain
Nikolay Chekalin/Getty Images This story was originally published by Undark and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In November 2016, virologist David Evans traveled to Geneva for a meeting of a World Health Organization committee on smallpox research. The deadly virus had been declared eradicated 36 years earlier; the only known live samples of smallpox…
The Death of a DC Teacher Renews Calls for Defunding LA Police
steinphoto/ Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On January 3, Los Angeles police officers killed 31-year-old Keenan Anderson, a Washington, DC, high school English teacher, who was visiting family. He went into cardiac arrest after being repeatedly tased by police responding to a…
6-Year-Old School Shooter Case Grows Even More Disturbing
A candlelight vigil in support of wounded first-grade teacher Abby Zwerner, Newport News, Va.John C. Clark/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Before a 6-year-old intentionally shot his teacher in Newport News, Virginia, last Friday, school officials learned that the boy may have had a gun in…
Trump Organization Fined $1.6 Million in Criminal Tax Fraud Case
Andrew Harnik/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A New York judge has imposed a $1.6 million fine—the maximum allowed by law—on two of Donald Trump’s companies for their role in a criminal tax fraud scheme. Last month, a jury convicted both companies following a trial…
Amazon Loses Bid: The NLRB Just Upheld the Historic Staten Island Union Win
Union organizer Derrick Palmer speaks at a rally outside an Amazon warehouse in Staten Island in April 2022. Seth Wenig/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.More than eight months after workers at Amazon’s JFK8 warehouse in Staten Island voted to unionize, the National Labor…
England Will Ban Single-Use Cutlery and Plates
Eric Baradat/AFP/Getty Images This story was originally published by Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Single-use items such as plastic cutlery, plates, and trays are to be banned in England in a bid to reduce pollution, the government has confirmed. Figures suggest that every year England uses about 1.1 billion single-use plates and 4.25 billion pieces…