Joe Biden Is Moving to Stop a Rail Strike. Workers Are Upset.
Natalie Behring/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Joe Biden, the Amtrak-obsessed president who has prided himself on being “pro-labor,” is urging Congress to step in and halt a looming railroad strike. This move is a massive change of course for a president known to…
An Investigation: Who Is Mitch McConnell Condemning?
Cliff Owen/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.One week after Donald Trump entertained an unrepentant antisemite and white nationalist at his Mar-a-Lago residence, Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell has offered an uncharacteristically harsh assessment of the former president’s hopes for reelection. Or at least…
Blake Masters to Explain Things to the RNC
Christopher Brown/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.After dismal predictions for Democrats around the country, the red wave never arrived. Instead, Stop the Steal performed miserably on the ballot. A murderer’s row of extremist candidates preferred by Donald Trump lost. And despite polling noting concerns…
You Can’t Keep the World Out of the World Cup
Gregg Berhalter and Tyler Adams.Jia Haocheng/Xinhua via ZUMA Press Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The political subtext of the 2022 men’s World Cup in Qatar has never been particularly well hidden, because the politics is sort of the point. During every match of the…
How Did a State Known for Its War on Immigrants Approve In-State Tuition for Undocumented Students?
Angelica Hernandez poses for a photo at the Arizona State University campus.Ross D. Franklin/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Jose Patiño remembers how his mother cried when the acceptance letter from Arizona State University arrived in the mail in late 2006. There it was,…
How Did a State Known for Its War on Immigrants Approve In-State Tuition for Undocumented Students?
Angelica Hernandez poses for a photo at the Arizona State University campus.Ross D. Franklin/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Jose Patiño remembers how his mother cried when the acceptance letter from Arizona State University arrived in the mail in late 2006. There it was,…