Virginia GOP Candidate Boosted by Prominent QAnon Backer
Mother Jones illustration; Wikipedia; Paul Weaver/Pacific Press/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On Wednesday, Donald Trump and a group of far-right conservatives sought to whip up the Republican base in Virginia for GOP gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin, who’s facing former Democratic Gov.…
Don’t Expect Any Justice for Haitians Who Were Abused at the Border
US Border Patrol officials expelled thousands of Haitian migrants who arrived at the small Texas city of Del Rio. Eric Thayer/Bloomberg/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.“They’re deporting evidence right in front of our eyes,” Patrice Lawrence told me recently. “We saw…
If the Dems Won’t Act on Climate, We’re Cooked, Environmentalists Say
Rev. Lennox Yearwood, president of the nonprofit Hip Hop Caucus, holds a press conference with the Sunrise Movement, Evergreen Action, and several US senators in DC earlier this month.Allison Bailey/NurPhoto/Zuma Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The once-ambitious budget bill being hammered out…
A Harvard Study Is Going Viral Among Anti-Vaxxers. The Author Says They Are All Wrong.
A medical worker prepares a shot of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Belgrade, Serbia.AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Anti-vaxxers say that they’ve found a smoking gun: a new blue-chip paper that proves COVID vaccines are ineffective. The vaccine “doesn’t stop…
The Kids the Pandemic Left Behind
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On the night Esteban’s mother went to the hospital, five ambulances crowded the street in front of their red-brick walk-up in the DC suburbs. It was late May 2020, and COVID-19 had swept through their densely packed…
Alabama Will Spend Nearly 20 Percent of its Federal COVID Relief Money to Build Human Cages
Kim Chandler/Andrew Harnik/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.After years of searching for a way to finance a massive prison-building scheme, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has found her cash cow: Federal coronavirus aid. Under legislation signed by Ivey at the end of…