Mandela Barnes Is Now the Clear Favorite to Face Off Against Ron Johnson in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mandela Barnes speaks at a recent rally at his alma mater, John Marshall High School in Milwaukee. Morry Gash/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.It’s looking all but certain that Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes will…
“Alito Was Using Phrases We Had Invented as Bumper-Sticker Slogans in a Supreme Court Decision”
Mother Jones illustration; Lauren Victoria Burke/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.This interview is a collaboration between Mother Jones and Interfaith Alliance, a national organization that champions an inclusive vision of religious freedom to protect people of all faiths and none. Religious freedom…
The Biden Administration Is Set to Lower Prescription Drug Costs
Yuri Gripas/CNP/Zuma Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.We may not be slashing child poverty or doing much of anything to counter the climate crisis, but at least we can (probably) count on lower prescription drug prices, thanks to one of the…
More Leaked Audio: Bannon Bragged That He Used Porn to Help Smear Hunter Biden
Mother Jones illustration; Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/ Getty; CBS Sunday Morning/ZUMA Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Steve Bannon’s machinations around the 2020 presidential race were, at least according to his own words, sleazier and more cynical than even some of his…
Where On Earth Is the GOP on Climate Policy?
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When Joe Manchin announced an abrupt end to Senate negotiations over major climate legislation last week, activists and even fellow Democrats expressed outrage against the West Virginia lawmaker. Manchin was attacked as a “modern-day villain” who had delivered “nothing short of a death…
Drought-Parched California Burns While Prospects for Federal Climate Action Dim
Flames from the Oak Fire consume a home on Triangle Rd. in Mariposa County, Calif., on Saturday, July 23, 2022. AP Photo/Noah Berger Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Over the past six months, prospects for serious federal action on climate change…