Here Are the Things Ron DeSantis Thinks Are “Woke”
Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto/Zuma Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Big Tech? Woke. Infrastructure spending? Woke. Academia? Definitely woke. The word that was once a rallying cry for Black Americans to stay alert to racial injustices has been co-opted by the conservative right to denounce…
Chinese Police Manhandle a Reporter During a Live Olympics Broadcast
Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.One moment Dutch journalist Sjoerd den Daas was reporting live from outside the Olympic opening ceremony in Beijing. The next he was being “forcibly pulled” by a plainclothes security officer while another one blocked the…
This Era of Athlete Activism Is About to Collide With the Reality of the Beijing Olympics
Mother Jones illustration; Rich Clarkson/NCAA Photos/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The Olympics is a showcase for the world’s best athletes, but it also serves as an unforgettable chance to capture the global viewing audience’s collective attention: Think of Tommie Smith and John…
Olympic Sponsors Have “Entirely Ghosted” Activists Ahead of the Beijing Games
Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Once the International Olympic Committee awarded the 2022 Winter Olympics to Beijing more than six years ago, Mandie McKeown and her colleagues at the nonprofit International Tibet Network got right to work. McKeown had…
More Than 160 People Dead After Brutal Week of Protests in Kazakhstan
Abduaziz Madyarov/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Protests raged this week across Kazakhstan, killing at least 164 people, according to government figures cited by the Associated Press. The Central Asian country has been embroiled in turmoil since last week over an increase…
Biden’s Beijing Olympics Boycott Is a Good Start. What Happens Next Is Even More Important.
Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The Biden administration’s decision Monday to skip the Winter Olympics in Beijing, as part of a so-called “diplomatic boycott,” was historic—if a bit anti-climactic. The move had been telegraphed since November, when Biden publicly said…