Amazon Labor Union Wins Historic Election at New York City Warehouse
Workers at the Staten Island facility march during a March, 2020 protest.Spencer Platt/Getty Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.The JFK8 warehouse in Staten Island is set to become Amazon’s only unionized worksite in the United States. On Friday, the National Labor…
Report: Largest Study Yet Shows Ivermectin Failed to Reduce Covid Hospitalizations
Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto/Getty Images Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Antiparasitic drug Ivermectin became a partisan battleground during the Covid-19 pandemic, as anti-vaccine influencers and Republican politicians hawked it as a miracle cure, to the widespread skepticism of infectious disease experts. A peer-reviewed study…
Florida Advised Against Covid Vaccines for Kids. This Pediatrician Is Appalled.
Floriday Governor Ron DeSantis signs bills to limit COVID-19 vaccine mandates.Ivy Ceballo/Tampa Bay Times/Zuma Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On Monday, Florida surgeon general Joseph Ladapo announced that the state would no longer recommend Covid vaccines for healthy children. This change in…
Pro-Putin Disinformation on Ukraine Is Thriving in Online Anti-Vax Groups
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Since the beginning of the pandemic, we’ve seen how conspiracy theories can overlap and collide. I’ve documented how anti-vaccine groups embraced QAnon disinformation about liberal elites conspiring to unseat Trump, and how white nationalists find willing audiences for…
Anti-Vaxxers Have a New Obsession: Keeping Your Kids From Seeing Their Doctors
Mother Jones illustratoin; John Rudoff/Sipa/AP; Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.This week, activists in anti-science groups that I monitor are sharing memes suggesting that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed its developmental milestones for babies and toddlers to account…
Canadian Police Are Removing Protesters Blocking Ambassador Bridge
The Ambassador Bridge, which connects Canada and the United States, stands empty after Canadian truckers blocked the bridge on Canadian side of the border in response to a protest against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions.Brian Dempsey/ZUMA Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Canadian…