“There Is Still Respect”: How One Latinx Family Is Navigating Their Political Differences
Rosangela, Ana, and Juan in 2008Mother Jones illustration; photo courtesy of the Canino-Vázquez family I met the Canino-Vázquez family back in 2015, as the 2016 presidential election was starting to heat up and stories of “the Latino Vote” began to multiply across newsfeeds. I was reporting for Latino USA on NPR, and we were doing…
A Record Number of Americans Now Say Climate Change Is a Top Priority. So Now What?
Thousands of people participate in the People’s Climate Movement march in Washington, D.C., April 29, 2017, to protest President Donald Trump’s attack on the climate and the Environmental Protection Agency.Astrid Riecken/Getty This piece was originally published in the Guardian and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. A growing share of voters list climate and the…
The Wine Wars Continue: Warren Had a Winery Fundraiser in 2018
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks as South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg listens during the Democratic presidential primary debate at Loyola Marymount University on December 19, 2019 in Los Angeles.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images It wasn’t in wine cave. But in June 2018 Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren had a fundraiser at the City Winery Boston, where guests…
Here’s What’s Missing From Mayor Pete’s Plan for Climate Justice in Latinx Communities
Democratic presidential candidate South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg has lunch with a few supporters at Panaderia on November 26, 2019 in Denison, Iowa.Scott Olson/Getty Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg released a white paper on Monday focused on a slew of policy proposals aimed at Latinx voters. Entitled “El Pueblo Unido/A People United: A New…
The “Wine Cave” Debate Was One of the Campaign’s Most Consequential Arguments
Chris Carlson/AP It was always going to be the wine cave debate. It was just a question of when the subject would finally come up. On Sunday, just a few days after caving to pressure and agreeing to release a list of campaign bundlers (incomplete, it turned out) and open his fundraisers to the press,…
Bloomberg Just Bought CityLab—and Put Half Its Reporters Out of a Job
Rick Scuteri/AP Journalism has had a rough year full of layoffs across the country, and Bloomberg Media, the company owned by the latest entrant in the 2020 Democratic primary, just made life worse for a handful of reporters. Earlier this week, Bloomberg Media announced its first acquisition in more than a decade, buying CityLab, an…