New Records Show Tax Money Paid for Madison Cawthorn’s Resort Booking
A “boutique mountain hotel” got thousands in government funds. AP Photo/Chris Seward Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.), a politician who has made it a point to rail against colleagues who “love wasting your hard-earned tax dollars,” appears…
The Pope Calls for Peace in Ukraine
At the Vatican’s first major Easter service since the pandemic, Francis condemns nuclear weapons. Pope Francis leaving his Easter address.Alessandra Tarantino/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Pope Francis called for peace in Ukraine in an Easter address before a crowd of…
Colorado Just Passed a Law Letting Cyclists Run Stop Signs. Your State Should Be Next.
Richard B. Levine/Levine Roberts/Zuma Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.If you’re a frequent bike rider, odds are, when you roll up to a stop sign on an empty street, you don’t always actually stop. Instead, you might slow down, look both…
Florida’s Anti-Woke Crusade Has a New Target: Math Textbooks
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) before signing the Parental Rights in Education law, also known as “Don’t Say Gay”Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Florida has a new addition to the long, absurd list of topics it…
Exclusive Audio: Far-Right Paramilitary Member Warned 1/6 Committee Witness Against Speaking Out
Michael Kenny, foreground, guarding Michael Flynn on December 12, 2020 in Washington.Tasos Katopodis/Getty Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.In a phone call last month, a member of a far-right paramilitary group warned an Arizona woman who gave congressional investigators information about…
Drought and Demand Is Threatening a Critical Component of the Western Grid
David McNew / Getty This story was originally published in High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Thirty-nine years ago, due to record-breaking snowfall in the Upper Colorado River Basin, Lake Powell rose substantially, catching river managers off-guard. By late June, the reservoir was nearly overflowing, forcing operators—for the first…