Please. Can We Cut the Crap and Just Help People?
Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images 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.I don’t have any particular hook for this aside from the looming end of the year, but it’s depressing as hell to watch our leaders screw…
Noam Chomsky Turns 92 Today. He’s Celebrating With a Livestream on Planetary Peril and Democratic Uprisings.
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.It was just seven years ago that Mother Jones ran an article by Noam Chomsky titled “Destroying a Planet Without Really Trying.” In his sights: “dangers like pandemics.” He saw epidemiological…
After Trump Loosened the Rules of Engagement, Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan Rose by 95 Percent
Olivier Douliery/AFP/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.More than three years ago, President Donald Trump announced that he would “lift restrictions and expand authorities” for United States troops in Afghanistan—giving the military a freer hand to…
Here’s Another Look at COVID-19 Deaths in the US vs. Europe
Here’s a different look at the COVID-19 mortality rate in Europe and the United States: (Belgium is actually at the top, but I removed them because they wreck the scale and make the rest of the chart hard to read.) Excluding Belgium, the US is at the top of the chart in terms of cases,…
Trump Will Be Gone Soon. Don’t Expect Armed Gatherings to Leave With Him.
A Trump supporter holds a sign indicating the willingness to resist the election results during a rally on Cape Cod.Sue Dorfman/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.Jocelyn Benson and her young son were decorating the house…
Runoff Elections in Georgia Are Disasters for Democrats. Here’s Why This Time Is Different.
Raphael Warnock greets Stacey Abrams during a campaign event in Atlanta on November 3.Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP 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.On November 16, 2018, when she ended her bid to become…