Hundreds of Schools Are Using This Air Purifier to Fight COVID. A Lawsuit Says It Releases Toxic Chemicals.
Frederic J. Brown/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.Researchers have long known that the coronavirus is airborne, lingering in floating particles that spread whenever an infected person coughs, sneezes, or simply exhales. It’s the reason public…
The Right Is Very Excited an Unelected Monarch Announced a New Voter Suppression Policy
In an unusual move for a party leader, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday directly inserted himself in the issue over voting rights, taking a lead role in the latest Senate hearing on the For the People Act, the most consequential elections reform bill since the Voting Rights Act of 1965. 56 years ago today…
ICE Allowed COVID-19 Breakouts and Concealed Hospitalizations, New Report Shows
A still from surveillance footage included in a Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General report from March about pandemic-era violations of detention standards at the La Palma immigration detention center in Arizona. The people being pepper sprayed had been peacefully protesting to demand better protection from COVID-19./DHS OIG Let our journalists help you…
Before Elise Stefanik Became a Trump Cult Leader, She Said He Was Misogynistic and Soft on Putin
Jacquelyn Martin/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.Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) is poised this week to become the highest ranking elected Republican woman in the House of Representatives, as the beneficiary of the GOP mutiny against…
It’s Not Just a Pipeline. Ransomware Attacks are Proliferating Across the Country.
Colonial Pipeline’s facility in Linden, New Jersey.Debra L. Rothenberg/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.On Saturday, Colonial Pipeline, a company that runs large fuel storage and transfer facilities, announced it was the victim of a ransomware attack.…
FEMA Offers Cash to House Local Homeless, but Cities Aren’t Claiming It
A man walks past tents housing the homeless in Los Angeles.Frederic J. Brown/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.This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Two weeks after…