Climate Denial Group Is Masquerading as a Charity, Critics Say
Charles Koch in 2019. Donors Trust, a fund backed by the Kochs, has given more than $600,000 in recent years to the Global Warming Policy Foundation’s US arm.David Zalubowski/AP This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Global Warming Policy Foundation, a climate skeptic think tank, has been…
Elon Musk Wants to Buy Twitter, Even After a Federal Judge Says He Used It to Spread Lies
Suzanne Cordeiro/Getty Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.While Elon Musk might be on the cusp of buying Twitter, he could also be on the cusp of losing a securities fraud case over how he has used it. On Friday, court filings…
Joe Biden Reveals His Enemies List—the Good Kind
President Joe Biden delivers his first State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, as Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi watch.Saul Loeb/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.You can often judge a…
How Congress Made Sure the Rich Retire in Luxury—at Taxpayer Expense
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Diane Weiss and Kristen Svihlik live 1,700 miles and a generation apart. Weiss, 60, is twice divorced with a grown daughter, and resides by herself in a one-bedroom apartment in Mesa, Arizona. Svihlik is 38 and lives…
How Unemployment Insurance Fraud Exploded During the Pandemic
A cyclist rides past the U.S. Department building in Washington, D.C.Erin Scott/Bloomberg/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.This story was originally published by ProPublica. A Bronx man allegedly received $1.5 million in just ten months. A California real estate broker raked in…
Will This Court Case End the Mining Industry’s 150-Year Dominance of the West?
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Early one May morning, I escaped Tucson’s unrelenting grid and drove south through Pima County on Arizona’s state Route 83, into the heart of the Madrean Sky Islands, an almost mythical landscape of shadowy, isolated peaks where…