I Escaped the Trauma of Homelessness—Only to Face Your White Savior Complex
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.This is the true story of what happened when all the trauma was supposed to be over, when I left my “home” on the park bench on the outskirts of Salt Lake City for the last time…
On Day One, Virginia’s New Republican Governor Ends Mask and Vaccine Mandates
Steve Helber/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Glenn Youngkin, the first Republican governor of Virginia since 2014, is wasting no time enacting policies that will harm the state’s people of color. On Saturday, his first day in office, he signed 11 executive actions…
How Explosives, a Robot, and a Sled Expose a “Doomsday” Glacier
A portion of the Thwaites Glacier. Erin PettitThis story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Two Decembers ago, Erin Pettit layered up, slapped on goggles, cued up an audio book, and went on a hike—across Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica. Behind her, she dragged a sled loaded with a ground-penetrating radar,…
Newly Released Documents Show Just How Much Trump Officials Meddled With the Census
AP Photo/Evan Vucci Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Former president Donald Trump made no secret of his interest in meddling with the 2020 Census. But newly released documents show the extraordinary measures his political appointees took to alter the outcome—and the strong…
DirecTV Just Announced It Will Drop Trump’s Favorite Far-Right News Network
Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Sipa USA (Sipa via AP Images) Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The far right-wing One America News Network will lose the vast majority of its distribution in April, thanks to a decision by DirecTV to drop the conspiracy-spouting pro-Trump channel. On…
Ohio Supreme Court Rejects Gerrymandered Congressional Maps
Members of the Ohio Senate Government Oversight Committee hear testimony on a new map of state congressional districts at the Ohio StatehouseJulie Carr Smyth/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.In a 4–3 decision Friday, the Ohio Supreme Court rejected the state’s new…