A Post-Trump Guide to Stopping the Lies and Healing Our Politics
Oxford University Press/Mother Jones illustration 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.Cass Sunstein is a public intellectual and provocateur—and he has been pondering a timely issue: public lying. A longtime Harvard law professor and an expert on…
Big Banks Have Piped $3 Trillion Into Fossil Fuels Since the Paris Climate Deal
JPMorgan Chase is the biggest financial backer of oil and gas companies, according to the report.Alex Tai/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 originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of…
San Francisco Janitors Are On Strike for COVID Safety—And the Fight Doesn’t End There
Thousands of SEIU custodial workers stage a strike in Philadelphia in 2019. Cory Clark/ 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.More than 700 San Francisco janitors represented by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) walked off…
Virginia Just Abolished The Death Penalty
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Lawmakers Spar Over Need for New Domestic Terrorism Laws
Militia members at a Michigan Capitol rally.Adam J. Dewey/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press 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 rise in threats against public officials in Michigan has become so intense that new procedures and extra resources…
Nothing Will Test Biden’s Quest for Bipartisanship like Republicans Blocking Gun Control
Patrick Semansky/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.In April 2013, then-Vice President Joe Biden sat in his office just off the Senate floor as he watched the chamber reject an expansion of background checks for gun…