How a Top House Race Became a Fight Over Communism, Immigration, and Asian American Identity
Left: Rep. Michelle Steel (R-Calif.). Right: Democrat Derek Tran campaigning in Little Saigon.Mother Jones illustration; Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/Zuma; Christina House/Los Angeles Times/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. “This Jay Chen for American Congress, he’s perfect for China,” one agent told his colleague…
The Hawaii Senator Who Faced Down Racism and Ableism—And Killed Nazis
Sen. Daniel Inouye in 1964, during his first term in the Senate.Wally McNamee/Corbis/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Daniel Inouye wanted to serve the United States from a young age. Growing up in Hawaii, he was rattled by the attack on Pearl Harbor;…
Vance Dodged a Simple Question About Trump Calling Climate Change a “Hoax”
Mother Jones; Matt Rourke/AP; Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In a debate-night surprise, climate science got near-top billing during the vice presidential face-off between Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. JD Vance in New York on Tuesday, as the sprawling impacts of…
The Curious Case of Tim Sheehy’s Gunshot Wound
Mother Jones illustration; Chip Somodevilla/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. There appears to be a bullet lodged in Tim Sheehy’s right forearm. That is not in dispute. But how and when it got there has become the subject of an ongoing mystery that…
Rep. Ilhan Omar to Introduce Major Long Covid Bill
Jacquelyn Martin/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Friday, Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) will introduce a potentially groundbreaking piece of federal legislation in the House of Representatives—one allocating $10 billion in funding to fight Long Covid, the increasingly widespread, chronic condition that…
Raising Efficiency Standards for New Home Mortgages Could Save Families a Bundle
Mario Tama/Getty Images/Grist This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Buried deep within the minutiae of federal regulation is a seemingly tiny policy switch that, if flicked, would dramatically raise the energy efficiency standard for new homes. Such a move would save homeowners thousands of dollars on their energy…