The Rich History and Underestimated Political Clout of the Black Working Class
Mother Jones; Katrina Wittkamp Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The 2024 presidential election cycle has begun, and the white working class once more has commanded the spotlight. Pollsters obsess over how their economic struggles and resentments influence their political choices. Democrats and Republicans jockey to win…
Some Real Revelations From Prince Harry’s Ghostwriter
Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via ZUMA Pres Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In this week’s New Yorker, JR Moehringer breaks all the rules of ghostwriting by ceasing to be invisible and asserting his hiding-in-plain-sight presence as the writer for Britain’s exiled Prince Harry’s blockbuster memoir Spare. Moehringer offers plenty…
Ned Blackhawk Wants to Unmake the US Origin Story
Mother Jones; Dan Renzetti/Yale University Press Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In recent years, there has been greater awareness of the need to recast American history by including the stories of this nation’s original inhabitants. Museums have created lesson plans to impart to students…
Insurrection: January 6, Up Close and Firsthand
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The work of photographer Nate Gowdy should be familiar to regular Mother Jones readers, especially those who’ve followed our January 6 reporting. His black-and-white photos captured the chaos as protesters marched from the “Stop the Steal” rally to the…
America, It’s Time to Free the Pill
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.If you’re one of the estimated 10 million people in the United States taking oral contraception, you probably needed a prescription to get it. But that could soon change: In July, a Paris-based company, HRA Pharma, announced it asked…
Trump Casts a Vote for Further Political Violence, Calling Nancy Pelosi “an Animal”
Trump points to supporters after speaking at a campaign rally in support of Ohio Senate candidate JD Vance at Dayton International Airport on Nov. 7, 2022.Michael Conroy/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Two days after a 42-year-old man broke into the San Francisco home…