A Plane of Monkeys, a Pandemic, and a Botched Deal: Inside the Science Crisis You’ve Never Heard Of
Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.On May 15, 2020, a US-bound cargo plane was scheduled to depart Mauritius, an island about the size of Maui that’s just east of Madagascar. There were four key things I knew about the flight: It…
Title IX Built Women’s Sports. Now, It’s Time for it to Change.
Alex Milan Tracy/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.The law that transformed sports for women and girls is turning 50. On June 23, 1972, President Richard Nixon signed into law Title IX, prohibiting sex-based discrimination in schools, as part of sweeping…
Red Flag Laws May Have Helped Prevent Dozens of Mass Shootings, New Research Shows
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.After high-profile mass shootings, Republican officials and gun lobbyists always point to mental illness as the cause and call for keeping firearms away from dangerous people. “We as a society need to…
Justice Department Questions Sidney Powell’s Funding for January 6 Defendants
Sidney Powell launched outlandish election fraud conspiracy theories at a November 19, 2020 presser.Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via ZUMA Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.The US Justice Department on Wednesday questioned payments to high-profile January 6 defendants from a nonprofit run by…
Of Course Rusty Bowers Would Vote for Trump Again
Rusty Bowers, Arizona House Speaker departs after testifying before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.Chris Kleponis/Sipa USA/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine. “If (Trump) is the nominee, if he was up against Biden,…
Why Red States Will Rebel Against the Gun Bill’s Most Important Measure
Two family members of one of the victims killed in the shooting at Robb Elementary School comfort each other during a prayer vigil in Uvalde, Texas, on May 25.Jae C. Hong/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.The 18-year-old gunman who shot…