Zombie Fires in the Arctic Are an Environmental Time Bomb
Peat fires will get more frequent with hotter summers and melting ice.Khosrork/iStock/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 Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Each winter, as snow blankets…
One Family’s Escape From Trump’s Border Hell: A 130-Week Diary
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. Their story—the one I was writing, and the one I wasn’t—had to have a happy ending. There was no other way. Juan Carlos Perla, a man of faith and a…
Donald Trump’s Parting Gift to Washington Was a Party of Shitposters
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.I’ve seen many things at the Conservative Political Action Conference over the years, including many things I wish I hadn’t. But until Ted Cruz spoke to a ballroom of activists from the…
Facebook Intends to Crack Down on Bullying Politicians: Report
Jakub Porzycki/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.Facebook intends to reverse the policy that exempts politicians from content moderation on its platform, the Verge reports. The social media giant’s decision comes weeks after its oversight board…
The Indiana County Known for Its Historic HIV Outbreak Just Voted to Shut Down Its Needle Exchange
The entrance to the syringe exchange in Austin, IndianaTyler Stewart/AP 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.Among public health experts, Scott County, Indiana is a case study in how syringe exchange programs can transform a community. In…
New Front in Ride-Hailing Wars: Stopping Blue States From Treating Drivers as Workers
Delivery bike workers at an April protest in New York City organized by Los Deliveristas Unidos, a movement pushing for better conditions for delivery workers.John Marshall Mantel/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.Two days after ride-hailing…