Lady Bird Johnson Was a Falcon of a First Lady
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Don’t Listen to the GOP: Colorado May Stink at Baseball, But it Wins on Voting
Denver’s Coors Field.Russell Lansford/Icon SMI via 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.Being a willing fan of the Colorado Rockies is not easy. Our team is a national punchline, and we’re starting off the 2021 season…
This Former Trump Official Was Just Banned From Federal Office for Violating the Hatch Act
Kathy Willens/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.After making a video featuring New York City Housing Authority buildings and using it at the 2020 Republican National Convention, former Trump official Lynne Patton, who served as a…
False Barriers: These Things Should Not Prevent You From Getting a COVID Vaccine
A woman receives a COVID-19 vaccine at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. United States Army/ 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.This story was published in partnership with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.…
Fossil-Fuel Firms Reaped Billions in COVID Tax Breaks—Then Laid Off Thousands of Workers
A Marathon Petroleum refinery in Carson, California. Robyn Beck/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 The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Fossil-fuel companies have received billions of dollars…
Despite Pledge to Reduce Emissions, China Is Bingeing on Coal
A worker at the rail repair unit of a Chinese coal mine in 2015.Jie Zhao/Corbis via 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 Yale Environment 360 and is reproduced here as part…