Mother Jones Congratulates Judge James Ho on His Decision to Boycott Yale
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Have you been following what’s going on at Yale? I haven’t, because I’m 35 years old and didn’t go there. But James Ho, a Trump-appointed judge who sits on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals,…
Two Texas Men Are Accused of Killing a Migrant. Their Governor Blames Joe Biden.
Lev Radin/Pacific Press via ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Earlier this week, two West Texas men—one of whom was a former warden of a migrant detention center—were arrested and charged with manslaughter in the death of a Mexican national who had recently crossed…
Inside Anti-Abortion Groups’ Campaign to Sell Women on Unreliable Birth Control “Alternatives”
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.About five years ago, Kat decided to stop taking her birth control pills. She wanted to give her menstrual cycle a chance to return to normal before trying to get pregnant in the future—and anyway, she was beginning to…
Interrogations, Electric Shocks, Detention—This Is What Russian Occupation of Ukraine Looks Like
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.When the Soviet Union still existed, Anatolii Harahatii made his career as a photographer in the small village of Savintsi in northeastern Ukraine. Snapshots of him as a younger, sharply dressed man appear on many surfaces in the cozy, one-story…
Brazil’s Upcoming Presidential Elections Are the Most Hate-Filled in Recent Memory
Vendor’s towels for sale featuring Brazilian presidential candidates.Eraldo Peres/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Every other day, my WhatsApp bursts with messages from friends in Brazil and abroad expressing equal parts of excitement and apprehension as Sunday’s Brazilian presidential elections approach. On Wednesday, my…
How One Man Helped Make America a Global Tax Haven
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.During the mid-1990s, trust and estate lawyer Jonathan Blattmachr had an innovative idea that would come to revolutionize the American trust industry. Blattmachr is a veteran of the wealth management field, cutting his teeth at…