REI Calls Itself a Co-op. But That Doesn’t Mean It’s Worker-Friendly.
The SoHo REI store where workers have filed to unionize. LightRocket/Getty. Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.REI, the Seattle-based outdoor gear retailer whose name is practically synonymous with camping, doesn’t want you to think it’s anti-union. Unions are fine, a great choice for…
That Time Edmund Hillary Set Out in Pursuit of the Yeti
Famed mountaineer Edmund Hillary displays a yeti rendering at a 1960 news conference before departing for the Himalayas.Bettmann archive/Getty Images This story was originally published by Atlas Obscura and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. September 9, 1960 — Kathmandu hums with the discordant music of drums and flutes. People disguised as dancing deities have…
The Trumps Must Comply With Subpoenas, Judge Rules
Olivier Douliery/Abaca/Sipa USA/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.A New York judge ruled Thursday afternoon that former President Donald Trump and two of his children—Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr.—must comply with subpoenas issued by New York Attorney General Letitia James as…
“This Is a Moment of Peril”: Antony Blinken Warns of Imminent Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Michael Sohn/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.In a Thursday speech to the United Nations Security Council, Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivered the bleakest warning yet of a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine in the coming days. “As we meet today,…
All the US Convoy Extremists Need Now Are Some Actual Truckers
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.As the anti-vaccine protests in Canada drag on, American groups are furiously planning their own domestic versions of the truck convoys. As I wrote last week, organizing efforts are gathering steam on the…
Steve Bannon’s Patron Claimed to Be a Billionaire. Now He Says He’s Broke.
Don Emmert AFP via Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Gou Wengui, an exiled Chinese businessman and patron of Steve Bannon, who has described himself as a billionaire and touted his luxurious residences and a $28 million yacht, filed for bankruptcy Tuesday,…