Canada Is Beating the United States at Vaccination
People queuing at a Toronto vaccination site in June.Creative Touch Imaging/NurPhoto via Zuma Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Just a few months ago, the United States was far ahead of Canada in its COVID-19 vaccination rate. Not anymore. Now, compared to Americans, a…
Illinois Becomes the First State to Block Cops from Lying to Kids
Rose Palmisano/OC Register/Zuma Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.This week, Illinois became the first state in the nation to make it illegal for police officers to lie to children during interrogations. The new law signed this week by Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker…
The Pandemic Is Roaring Back Where Vaccination Rates are Low
Paul Christian Gordon/Zuma Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On July 17, 2020, more than four months into a global pandemic, Arkansas was averaging 708 new COVID-19 cases per day. One year and three FDA-approved vaccines later, Arkansas is now averaging 1,017 cases…
Facebook Official Bites Back at Biden, Insisting That the Platform “Saves Lives”
Employees from Facebook, Google, and Twitter are sworn in at a 2017 Senate hearing on Russian disinformation.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.“They’re killing people,” President Biden told reporters on Friday. The president was responding to a question about the role…
Biden Vows to Appeal Judge’s Ruling Suspending DACA
Protesters march to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in Phoenix in support of Dreamers.Matt York/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.President Biden vowed Saturday to appeal a court decision that effectively suspended an Obama-era program that shields younger immigrants…
Two Men Were Just Charged With Planning to Bomb a Democratic Party Building to Avenge Trump
Two men were charged with plotting to bomb this Democratic Party building in California.Rich Pedroncelli/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.This winter, two men who wrongly believed that Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election allegedly concocted an elaborate plan to bomb…