Does Banning the Taliban From Social Media Actually Help Afghans?
A Taliban fighter searches for a network signal for his mobile phone at a hospital in the Andar district of Ghazni province.Wakil Kohsar/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.When earlier this month the Taliban overtook Kabul, gaining control of Afghanistan, accounts on…
Why Facebook Won’t Stop Pushing Propaganda
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Joyce Jones’ Facebook page is almost an archetype of what the social network is supposed to look like: Pictures of her kids, her kids’ friends, her sports teams, her kids’ friends’ sports teams. Videos of her husband’s…
Yes, Let’s Mandate Vaccines for Eligible School Children, Fauci Says
A healthcare worker administers a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to a student during a “Vax To School” campaign event at a high school on Staten Island, New York. Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.A week and a half…
Odds of Escape Waning for At-Risk Afghans, Despite Assurances
People wait to be evacuated at Hamid Karzai airport, August 18, 2021.Staff Sgt. Victor Mancilla/US Marine Corps/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.With just two days to go before the August 31 deadline for US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the evacuation effort from…
COVID and Ida Are a Brutal One-Two Punch for Hospitals in the Storm’s Path
Jodie Ford, an ICU nurse, tends to a COVID-19 patient at the Willis-Knighton Medical Center in Shreveport, Louisiana.Gerald Herbert/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.As powerful Hurricane Ida bore down on Louisiana on Sunday, bringing 150 mph winds, a large storm surge,…
Voting Rights Marches Draw Crowds, But They’re Losing the War
Voting rights supporters rally in Washington, DC, on Saturday.Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly via ZUMA Press Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On Saturday, the 58th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington, thousands of supporters of voting rights held major marches on…