False Barriers: These Things Should Not Prevent You From Getting a COVID Vaccine
A woman receives a COVID-19 vaccine at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. United States Army/ 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 was published in partnership with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.…
If You’re 16 or 17, We Want to Hear Your Ideas for Repairing America
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Let’s face it, we are all struggling. The devastation from the last four years, the pandemic, the climate crisis, the terrifying shredding of the norms we thought would somehow endure and protect our democracy, all seem to be…
We’re Launching a Better Commenting Experience. And We Want Your Feedback.
Mother Jones illustration At Mother Jones, we’ve said time and again that we depend on our readers to support our journalism. And over the past year, we’ve begun engaging with you far more deeply than we have before: We asked you to participate in our reporting, to tell us why you donate, and to help…
How Are You Cutting Down on Plastic Waste?
Katarzyna Bialasiewicz/Getty Images The United States—and the world—is facing a plastics crisis. Experts predict that if we continue using plastics at the current rate without proper disposal, there could be more plastic than fish in the oceans by 2050. The problem has only gotten worse after China stopped accepting contaminated recycling last year. The United…
Thousands of Transgender Troops’ Lives Are About to Change Radically. But the Military Still Hasn’t Figured Out the Details.
Rep. Anthony Brown (D-Md.) talks to transgender military members Army Capt. Alivia Stehlik (left), and Army Capt. Jennifer Peace (right), at the conclusion of a House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel hearing in February.Manuel Balce Ceneta/Associated Press On the January day when five Supreme Court justices agreed to revive President Donald Trump’s ban on…
I Was an Anti-Vaxxer—Until My 13-Year-Old Daughter Asked Me to Vaccinate Her
Melissa Wilcox and her daughter; courtesy of Melissa Wilcox; illustration by Mother Jones; Getty Earlier this year, we asked Mother Jones readers about their vaccination secrets, following the story of 18-year-old Ethan Lindenberger, who recently got vaccinated against his mother’s wishes. Melissa Wilcox, a mother of two in Tacoma, Washington, responded with a story about…