EPA Chief Michael Regan Relishes “Clean Slate” After Years of Trump Chaos
Michael Regan speaks during his confirmation hearing before the Senate.Caroline Brehman/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.This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Michael Regan has perhaps the most…
What We Should Talk About When We Talk About Root Causes of Migration
U.S. Army trainer during an exercise in San Miguel, El Salvador, in 1984.Robert Nickelsberg/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.Few expressions have gained as much currency in recent weeks than “root causes of migration.” Paradoxically, the more…
Yesterday Was World Health Day. Here Are 3 Unconventional Recharge Health Tips.
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.A good rule to live by is always stay skeptical of world days as substitutes or surrogates for action year-round, but not so skeptical that you underestimate a healthy reminder to…
US Gun Violence Is an “International Embarrassment,” Biden Says
Yuri Gripas/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.Less than a month after mass shootings in Atlanta, Georgia, and Boulder, Colorado, left 18 people dead, President Biden called gun violence an “international embarrassment,” called for a ban…
One Important Lesson from the HIV Epidemic: Optimism Is a Powerful Public Health Weapon
Mother Jones illustration; University of California San Francisco 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.As the world grapples with the devastation of the coronavirus, one thing is clear: The United States simply wasn’t prepared. Despite repeated warnings from…
How HBO Helped the Guy Hosting QAnon Dodge a Serious Accusation
Filmmaker Cullen Hoback and Jim Watkins in Washington, D.C. on January 6.Courtesy of HBO 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.Over the course of his new six episode HBO documentary, Into The Storm, filmmaker Cullen Hoback exhaustively…