Michigan Republican Party Chair Calls State Leaders “Witches”
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.Adam Schultz/Biden for President via ZUMA Wire 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.The chairman of the Michigan Republican Party is on the defensive after calling Michigan’s top three elected officials “witches” who need…
What So Many People Are Getting Wrong About the “Border Crisis”
Asylum seekers, including Karli, 4 months, from Honduras are taken into custody on March 25, 2021, in Hidalgo, Texas. John Moore/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.For the last few weeks there has been a lot…
Los Angeles Cops Bring the Echo Park Tent Community to a Violent End
Dozens of police officers line up in front of Echo Park. Sarah Zimmerman 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 Thursday evening, around 200 hundred people arrived at the corner of Sunset and Lemoyne in Los Angeles’…
Cutting Your Carbon Footprint Matters a Lot—If You’re Rich
Grist/Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images 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. It was the summer of 2012 when sustainability scientist Kimberly Nicholas decided she couldn’t live…
“Disturbing!” Black Georgia Lawmakers React to Arrest of Colleague Park Cannon
Rep. Park Cannon (D-Atlanta) is detained by Georgia State Patrol troopers on Thursday, March 25.TNS/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.The internet erupted on Friday after Park Cannon, a Black Georgia state representative, was arrested the…
Rep. Joaquin Castro Explains the Frustration—and Optimism—in Today’s Visit to a Migrant Detention Facility
Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) speaks alongside members of the Hispanic Caucus after touring inside of the Border Patrol station in Clint, Texas, in July 2019.Cedar Attanasio/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, about 50…