Is Canceling Student Debt Regressive? Actually It’s the Opposite, a New Study Finds.
zimmytws/Getty 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.Nearly six months into the Biden presidency, the student debt cancellation that he campaigned on is nowhere close to becoming reality. That’s in part due to the persistence of the idea…
This Geoengineering Trick Could Maybe Save the Great Barrier Reef
A Hawksbill sea turtle off Lady Elliot Island, Australia, one of the three island resorts in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.Mark Kolbe/Getty 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…
Should Facebook Be Held Liable if Its Advertising Algorithm Discriminates?
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law on July 29, 2020. MANDEL NGAN/POOL/AFP via 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.Last year, Samantha Liapes wanted to…
Activists are Protesting a Pipeline. A DHS Helicopter Blasted Them With Debris.
Anti-pipeline protestors outside the state capitol in St. Paul, Minnesota in MarchTim Evans/NurPhoto/Zuma 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.In an apparent attempt to disperse a crowd of people protesting the construction of an oil pipeline in…
Huge Land Purchase Could Be “Nail in the Coffin” for Alaska’s Pebble Mine
Commercial fisherman in Bristol Bay in 2009Christopher S. Miller/Design Pics/Zuma 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.In a major win for conservationists and Alaska Natives, an environmental nonprofit just bought 44,000 acres of land near Bristol Bay,…
Abbe Lowell Is the Go-To Lawyer for Embattled Politicians. Now He Faces a Controversy of His Own.
Abbe Lowell attending the September 1, 2018, funeral of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.)Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call 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.Abbe Lowell, one of Washington’s top attorneys, has spent decades helping high-profile clients engulfed in…