Fossil Fuel Interests Caught Peddling Propaganda to Schoolchildren
Mother Jones illustration; GraphicaArtis/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 Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Gleb Bahmutov found something strange in his nine-year-old son’s backpack earlier this…
You Just Paid Your Taxes. Here’s How the Super-Rich Avoid Them.
Comstock 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.With taxes due this week, it’s an apt time to consider some of the ways our federal tax code favors America’s wealthiest, and how a subset of those fortunate folks…
If You’re 17 to 24, Here’s a Powerful New Way to Drive Disability Justice
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.Today is the third Thursday in May, making it Accessibility Awareness Day, launched 10 years ago to expand digital access and cement the political power and gains of people with disabilities.…
Bernie Sanders Is Set to Introduce a Resolution to End Arms Sale to Israel
Melina Mara/Pool/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.Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is set to introduce a resolution condemning the United States’ sale of $735 million in weapons to Israel, according to a draft obtained by multiple…
Enjoy Provoking Unhinged Tweets From Conservatives? Wear a Mask!
vgajic/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.If you thought the mask culture wars couldn’t get any more absurd (remember the unmasked white woman who went on a tirade about her alleged breathing problems at a California…
Pence and Pompeo Headlined an Event Mounted by a Group That Says the “Christian Era Has Ended”
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.On May 8, former Vice President Mike Pence and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo headlined a virtual rally organized by an offshoot of the Unification Church, a controversial religious movement…