Students Are Demanding Universities Divest From Israel—and Dirty Energy
Milo Hess/Zuma This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Campus organizers at three universities filed legal complaints on Monday arguing that their schools’ investments in planet-heating fossil fuels are illegal, the Guardian has learned. The students from Columbia University, Tulane University, and the University of Virginia each wrote…
Utility That Bribed Ohio Regulators Secretly Bankrolled Republican Mike DeWine’s 2018 Governor Bid, Records Show
FirstEnergy, which is embroiled in a bribery scandal, secretly gave $2.5 million to help elect Gov. Mike DeWine, seen here at a 2022 forum. Graham Stokes/Ohio Capital Journal via Floodlight Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This story was produced by Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom…
Time for Georgians to cast primary election ballots for Congress, state Supreme Court, local seats
A roll of stickers sit on a table as people vote during the Georgia primary at the Metropolitan Library on May 24, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia. Georgia voters head back to the polls again starting Monday. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Georgia voters will start casting ballots in person Monday, kicking off a three-week early voting period…
Mike Johnson’s Visit to Columbia Wasn’t a Hit
Anthony Behar/Sipa USA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.When House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) emerged onto the steps of Columbia University’s Low Memorial Library on Wednesday afternoon, he was greeted with a deafening sound: hundreds of booing students. Johnson had just emerged from meetings…
Idaho Wants the Supreme Court to Ignore Reality. The Justices Seem Ready to Oblige.
Mother Jones; Sarah A. Miller/Idaho Statesman/AP; Unsplash; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that presented the grim reality of the post-Roe v. Wade world the justices have created. Without a constitutional right to…
DOJ Filing: Steve Bannon Is a “Co-Conspirator” in a $1 Billion Fraud Case
Mother Jones; Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In a little-noticed court filing earlier this month, federal prosecutors described Steve Bannon as a “co-conspirator” in a massive criminal fraud and racketeering case against a flamboyant, far-right Chinese fugitive, compounding the legal headaches of…