Fetterman and Feinstein Both Face Ableism. But Their Situations Aren’t the Same.
Francis Chung/Politico/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In recent months, there have been growing concerns about whether 90-year-old Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who has represented California in the Senate since 1992, can fulfill her congressional duties. No White House judicial nominees were able to be…
How a Bill to Ban Caste Discrimination Morphed Into a Fight About Wokism
California state Sen. Aisha Wahab’s (left) bill banning caste discrimination has ignited a firestorm of controversy.Mother Jones illustration; José Luis Villegas/AP; Sonia Paul Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The sun was ablaze and the energy was charged. Outside the California State Capitol in early…
One Politician Stopped California’s Fossil Fuels Divestment—Again
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This piece was originally published by Capital & Main.Environmental groups, faculty associations, and others seeking to slow climate change are pushing California to cut its investments in fossil fuels. Divestment supporters point to the state’s massive economy — the…
RFK Jr. Wants to Make It Easier for Doctors to Spread Medical Lies
Mother Jones illustration; John Lamparski/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Here is a bit of news involving Democratic presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. that, unlike his antisemitic remarks and the unfortunate soundtrack during one of his appearances, didn’t exactly go viral. Earlier this…
Cheaper Housing or More Homelessness? Your Call, California.
Levi Meir Clancy/Unsplash Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The primary reason people become unhoused in California is unaffordable housing, including due to loss of income, according to a study released Tuesday. Around a third of the United States’ unhoused population—some 170,000 people—lives in the state. The…
Utah’s Suicide Pact With the Fossil Fuel Industry
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The GPS coordinates weren’t especially helpful last May as we drove across the remote Tavaputs Plateau in Utah’s Uinta Basin. Cell service was spotty in the vast expanse of land crosshatched with unpaved roads identified on the map only…