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The House Just Voted to Decriminalize Marijuana

Demonstrators march in support of marijuana legalization in New York in 2017.Erik McGregor/Pacific Press/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.From time to time the House passes a bill that would never in a million years be…

The House Ag Committee Has Its First Black Chairman

Rep. David Scott( D-Ga.) will chair the House Ag Committee in the next Congress. Bill O’Leary/Associated 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 2020 election sent shockwaves through US food and farm policy circles. The defeat…

From Our Archives, an Incredible Cover

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 July 1979, this magazine ran a series of articles about the United States’ plans for a nuke war. As usual in a Mother Jones piece of the era, writers dove into…