Charlottesville Finally Removes Its Robert E. Lee Statue
John C. Clark/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On Saturday morning, a statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Virginia, which sparked a deadly white supremacist rally in 2017, was finally removed. New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie captured the moment on…
“America Turned Its Back on Afghanistan”: Stranded Afghan Journalist Sees US Betrayal
guvendemir/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The US government is marching toward its goal of pulling most military forces out of Afghanistan by the end of August. The abrupt departure from Bagram Airfield—according to Afghan officials, the Americans gave no warning and…
The Olympics’ Dumb Rules Could Keep Black Women Off the Podium
Charlie Riedel/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The governing bodies around the world responsible for determining who competes at the Olympics—and who doesn’t—seem to have it out for Black women. In two weeks, what should have been the 2020 Summer Olympics will kick…
The Anti-War Movement Still Wants Biden to Get Out of Afghanistan, Even if It Gets Messy
Pete Marovich/New York Times/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The US military withdrawal from Afghanistan is nearly complete, well ahead of the Biden administration’s September 11 deadline. That speedy approach, though, has led to bizarre moments of miscommunication with Afghan allies and…
Joe Biden Won’t Back Down on Afghanistan War Withdrawal Even as Taliban Violence Increases
Tom Brenner/Bloomberg/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.When Joe Biden defended the US military withdrawal from Afghanistan on Thursday afternoon, he took care to note how “no nation has ever unified Afghanistan.” “Empires have gone there and not done it,” he said. …
Is Trans Telehealth the Future—or Just a Cash Grab?
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.By August, Felicity Giles knew it was time. Her happiness was long overdue. The 36-year-old trucker changed her name, adopted the middle name Saoirse—freedom in Gaelic—and started looking into transitioning medically. “It was an attempt to break…