Drought-Plagued California Orders Nestlé to Stop Hogging Water
A sign reading “Help! Solve the Water Crisis,” posted in California’s central valley. In Pictures Ltd./Getty 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 originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.…
What 26,000 Snakes Can Teach Us About Climate Change
Among the most successful reptiles in North America, garter snakes thrive from the tropics to the edge of the Arctic.Robert Mason 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 originally published by Atlas Obscura and is…
Child Protective Services Investigates Half of all Black Children in California
Mother Jones illustration; Getty 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.For decades, researchers have pointed out that the child welfare system is riddled with inequities. Black children are far more likely than their white counterparts to be investigated…
A “Superhero Pirate” Radio Host Is Gavin Newsom’s Strangest—and Most Dangerous—Threat
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.Randy Economy feels “blessed.” The conservative radio broadcaster and ex-Trump campaign volunteer says he’s spending up to 17 hours per day on what he calls his life’s greatest work: the drive…
“VC Lives Matter”: Silicon Valley Investors Want to Oust San Francisco’s Reformist DA
Mother Jones illustration; Jeff Chiu/AP; Getty 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.San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin was at home cooking dinner on a Thursday evening in January when he opened a new app called Clubhouse…
California Will No Longer Jail People Just Because They’re Poor
“No person should lose the right to liberty simply because [they] can’t afford to post bail,” the California Supreme Court ruled today.Shutterstock 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 a ruling likely to transform the bail system…