Eleanor Holmes Norton’s Long, Lonely Fight to Gain DC Voting Rights
Mother Jones illustration; Jacquelyn Martin/AP; 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.There’s a rectangular patchwork quilt that hangs above the doorway leading into US Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton’s office that’s easy to miss. It overlooks the…
Emails Tie Top Trump Exec Allen Weisselberg to Yet Another Trump Financial Scandal
Allen Weisselberg, center, stands between Donald Trump and Donald Trump Jr. at a 2017 news conference.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.Allen Weisselberg is in the hot seat—and that’s bad news for Donald Trump and…
A Shot and a Beer: Do Vaccine Incentives Work?
Anthony Behar/Sipa USA/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.Free crawfish in New Orleans. Beers on the house in New Jersey. Million-dollar lottery jackpots in Ohio. A week of complimentary subway rides in New York City—no turnstile-jumping…
Nature Will Help Protect Us From Climate Doom—If We Let It
In Brazil, some farmers are switching from raising cattle to growing cocoa, which has been shown to boost biodiversity there.Paulo Fridman/Bloomberg/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 Wired and is reproduced…
One Year After George Floyd’s Murder, the Racial Reckoning Gave Way to a Backlash
Daniel Cole/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.It has now been a year since white police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd by kneeling on his neck for approximately nine minutes, while a crowd of bystanders…
“Rinse and Repeat”: Gavin Newsom Laments America’s Mass Shooting Epidemic
Women leave a gathering area for rail yard workers and family members after a gunman killed eight people at a union meeting.Noah Berger/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.In a press conference responding to the shooting…