We Need to Understand How We Got to January 6 Before We Can Move Forward
Julio Cortez/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.The deadly insurrection at the US Capitol wasn’t the start of something, nor was it the end. What happened on January 6 had been planned for weeks, and the ideology…
January 6 Conspiracy Case Deepens Against Oath Keepers
Storming the Capitol on January 6: Oath Keepers Kenneth Harrelson (selfie) and Graydon Young (tactical gear) are among the group’s members facing conspiracy charges.Saul Loeb/AFP/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.Federal prosecutors have broadened their January…
QAnon Conference Organizer Won’t Answer Questions About Whether Michael Flynn Was Paid
/Sipa USA via 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.Michael Flynn made some news this Memorial Day weekend. Not in a good way for a retired lieutenant general. Appearing at a “For God & Country” conference…
Biden in Tulsa: “This Was Not a Riot. This Was a Massacre”
Evan Vucci/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.During his Tuesday visit to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of a massacre that killed scores of Black people and destroyed a once-thriving Black community, President Biden…
Here’s How Deb Haaland Wants to Address the Crisis of Violence Against Indigenous Women
United States Representative Deb Haaland looks on during a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on her nomination to be Interior Secretary. February 23, 2021.Graeme Jennings/CNP/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.Less than a…
How Inflation Became the Gasbags’ Favorite Moral Panic
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.Well into the 19th century, the word “inflation” referred mostly to bodily phenomena. It meant an enlargement of hot air in your stomach, a cancerous growth, a swollen organ, an imminent…