The Parable of the Average American and the $90 Bottle of Wine
Time to party like it’s 1979? Fotostorm/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.It’s starting to feel a lot like the late 1970s, when rising prices hammered US households. At least, according to the financial press. “The highest annual US inflation rate in almost…
Kyle Rittenhouse Goes to Washington?
Kyle Rittenhouse in court, Nov 11, 2021. Mark Hertzberg /Pool Photo via AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.As the jury deliberated in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial this week in Kenosha, Wisc., one pro-defense protester outside of the courthouse openly carried an…
These Democrats Are Helping Companies Take Gold From Public Lands for Free
Sen. Joe Manchin confers with Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto at a June meeting of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee.Tom Williams/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…
Kyle Rittenhouse Was a Minor. Prosecuting Him as One May Have Been Better.
Kyle Rittenhouse broke down describing the events leading up to the shooting of Joseph Rosenbaum as he testified at during his trial in Kenosha, Wisc., Circuit Court. Sean Krajacic-Pool/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On November 10, three days into his trial,…
Kyle Rittenhouse Didn’t Break the Law. That’s Terrifying.
Adam Rogan/The Journal Times/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Kyle Rittenhouse and Gaige Grosskreutz—two young men who were both foolishly armed—faced off, for a split second, in the middle of a street in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on August 25, 2020, Wild West style.…
FDA Approves Booster Shots for All Adults. Now It’s Up to the CDC.
Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.In a critical and near-final step toward making all Americans eligible for COVID-19 booster shots, the Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized third doses of both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines for anyone who…