The Washington Post Asked Every Congressional Republican If Biden Won. Damn, This Is Depressing.
Jacquelyn Martin/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 week, my colleague Kevin Drum asked the question on everyone’s mind: “How long will it be until Donald Trump goes away?” Trump, Kevin had thought, “was a blip,…
Coronavirus Growth in Western Countries: December 4 Update
The US surpassed 6 deaths per million on Friday. Our trajectory looks scary as hell, though it’s possible that some of this is just making up for the artificial Thanksgiving dip. It might flatten out a bit by next week, though it will certainly keep climbing. Here’s the coronavirus death toll through December 4. The…
The Number of Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells Is on The Verge of Exploding. What Happens Now?
Yegor Aleyev/TASS/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 piece was originally published in Grist and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. Bobby Wright says the seed of the idea was planted about a…
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…