A Last-Minute Trump Move Threatens to Send Released Prisoners Back to Prison After the Pandemic
Nikki Kahn/Washington Post/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.On his way out the door of the White House, President Donald Trump issued leases for Arctic oil drilling, attacked civil rights protections, and commuted the sentences of his…
Damage Wrought by Trump’s Border Wall “Will Not Ever Be Remediated or Mitigated”
Roberto E. Rosales/ Albuquerque Journal/ 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 is the first of three installments published by High Country News and Arizona Public Media and is reproduced here as part of the…
New Research Confirms the British COVID-19 Variant Is Running Rampant Across the US
Andreas Arnold/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.In mid-January, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned that a coronavirus variant first identified in the United Kingdom was likely going to, as the New York…
Report: Trump Campaign Paid an Arizona Lawmaker Amidst Efforts to Overturn State Election Results
Mark Finchem (left) at the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix, Arizona.Gage Skidmore/Johnny Louis/Wikimedia Commons/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.A Republican member of the Arizona state legislature took more than $6,000 from the Trump campaign in…
This Cheesy Documentary About the US Capitol Dome Sure Hits Differently These Days
/Architect of the Capitol 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.There isn’t much to do on a Saturday night these days. So last night I found myself down a YouTube rabbit hole, learning about the history of…
Gripping Photos: Anti-Coup Protesters Are Defying Myanmar’s Military in the Streets
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’s been roughly a week since Myanmar’s civilian government was deposed in a coup. Military leaders declared a state of emergency citing disputed fraud allegations dating back to last November’s elections. Aung…