Big Tech Doesn’t Want You Fixing Your Gadgets. This Federal Agency Is Calling BS
Amelia Bates/ Grist 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. For the past several years, as state legislators across the country have held hearings to…
See Myanmar’s Crisis Through the Eyes of the Photographers Risking Their Lives to Bear Witness
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.Civilians first took to the streets in Myanmar three months ago, after the Tatmadaw, as the country’s armed forces are known, seized power from the democratically elected National League for Democracy…
House Dems and Republicans Strike a Deal on a 1/6 Commission—But There’s One Big Catch
John Minchillo/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.On Friday morning, big news hit: Democrats and Republicans in the House had reached a compromise to set up a bipartisan, independent commission that would investigate the January 6…
Canada Declares Plastics Toxic, Paving the Way for Restrictions
Pierre Gleizes/Greenpeace 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 Canada’s National Observer and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Plastic is now considered toxic under Canada’s primary environmental…
If You Are Vaccinated, You Can Go Without a Mask in Most Situations. The CDC Now Says So!
Alexi Rosenfeld/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.(Some) sense of normality is finally, officially here: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday that people who are fully vaccinated can go most places, both inside…
Leaked Video: Dark Money Group Brags About Writing GOP Voter Suppression Bills Across the Country
In a private meeting last month with big-money donors, the head of a top conservative group boasted that her outfit had crafted the new voter suppression law in Georgia and was doing the same with similar bills for Republican state legislators across the country. “In some cases, we actually draft them for them,” she said, “or…