A Bronx Tale: One Sperm Donor, 19 Siblings, and Six Decades of Secrets
Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.When Bob Eliot rushed to his parents’ apartment in Co-op City in the Bronx in the autumn of 2011, he was not expecting to discover a secret that would change how…
Old People in Prison Were Left to Die From COVID. It Didn’t Have to Be That Way.
Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the US criminal justice system. Sign up for The Marshall Project’s newsletter, or follow them on Facebook or Twitter. At first, Anthony…
How are Biden’s Latest Airstrikes Not Just a War?
Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.On a Friday in March, nearly 50 years ago, a young Joe Biden stood on the floor of the Senate and challenged the power of a president to unilaterally conduct…
Who Is Nick Fuentes, and Why Is a US Rep Buddying Up to the Segregationist, Holocaust-Denying Gen Z Influencer?
Nick Fuentes stands between Alex Jones and Ali Alexander during a November 2020 “Stop the Steal” rally at the Governor’s Mansion in Georgia.(Photo by Zach Roberts/NurPhoto via AP) Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Nick Fuentes, a…
Members of Congress Are Spending More Than Ever on Security
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Many Republicans are now trying to rewrite the history of January 6 to portray the assault on the Capitol that left five dead as a benign protest.…
The Progressive Agenda Is Being Thwarted by Manchin, Sinema…and Mark Warner?
Mother Jones illustration; Getty; Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.In February 1986, a few dozen people gathered at the Federal Communication Commission’s Washington, DC, headquarters to watch pingpong balls pop out of a plastic drum.…