Heroes of 2020: The Women of Pop
Henry W. Laurisch/WIki;Eva Rinaldi/WIki; Kevin Winter/Getty; 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.In 2020, women ruled the pop charts. There were the big hitters: Taylor Swift, Kesha, Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande. The overseas queens:…
Pharoahe Monch’s “Fight” Takes a Torch to the Moving Targets of American History
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 the morning after media outlets reported that Joe Biden had won the 2020 election, Pharoahe Monch tweeted a parting message to the dearly departing 45th president: “SIMON SAYS! GTF(OUT)!” The…
Monsters of 2020: The Queen’s Gambit
Netflix; 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.The protagonist of The Queen’s Gambit, the Netflix show about a child chess prodigy who ascends to the game’s greatest heights, is Beth Harmon. Harmon is what…
Monsters of 2020: Trump’s Fascist Fist Pump
Mother Jones illustration; Patrick Semansky/AP Photo 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 October 5, President Donald Trump lumbered out of the doors of Walter Reed Medical Center, three days after he’d been checked in with a…
“Misleading” and “Propaganda”: Advocates Slam DOJ’s New “Myths and Facts” Immigration Report
Mail boxes for various departments line a hallway as detainees walk through the Stewart Detention Center, Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, in Lumpkin, Ga. David Goldman/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.This month, the Executive Office for…
Wildfire Smoke Is Loaded With Microbes. Is That Dangerous?
A firefighter battles a wildfire during the Bond Fire burns in Silverado, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. (Ringo H.W. Chiu/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.This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced…