Juneteenth at the Border: Families Reunite With Hugs and Benedictions. Then Their Three Minutes Are Up.
Andrea Guzman Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.After a four-hour drive from Albuquerque, the Silvas stood at the foot of the Rio Grande in El Paso, Texas, waiting for permission to walk onto a narrow wooden…
“Impeachment or Death”: Scenes From Brazil’s Massive Protests Against Bolsonaro
Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.On the day Brazil recorded its 500,000th death from COVID-19, thousands of Brazilians took to the streets to protest the government’s disastrous response to the pandemic. This is the second round…
A Bundy-Linked Group Is Rallying Farmers in Drought-Stricken Oregon. Things Are Getting Weird.
A group of roughly 30 people affiliated with People’s Rights Oregon gathered in May at Klamath Irrigation District headquarters in Klamath Falls, Ore., to protest after federal regulators shut off irrigation water to farmers from a critical reservoir due to drought conditions. Alex Schwartz/The Herald and News via AP Let our journalists help you make…
Scientists Can Now Turn Used Soda Bottles Into Vanilla Flavoring
Laborers sort through polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles at a recycling factory in BangladeshKazi Salahuddin Razu/NurPhoto/Getty Images Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of…
Nothing Proves The End of Bipartisanship Like Gun Control
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) at a gun violence memorial on the National Mall on April 14, 2021.Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.To hear Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) tell it,…
Republicans Declare War on Biden’s Nonexistent Plan to Grab Farmland
Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Farmers, sharpen your pitchforks: President Joe Biden is coming for your land. At least, that is, according to Fox News, various Republican politicians, and the farm trade press. The outrage centers…