Brazil’s Top Court Rejects Attempt to Thwart Indigenous Land Claims
Women embrace as they celebrate Brazil’s supreme court ruling to enshrine Indigenous land rights.Gustavo Moreno/AP This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Brazil’s supreme court has blocked efforts to dramatically strip back Indigenous land rights in what activists called a historic victory for the South American country’s original inhabitants. Nine…
Autoworkers Staged Their First Big Strike in the 1930s. Here’s How They Won.
A scene from the sit-down strike at GM’s Fisher Body No. 1 plant in Flint, Michigan, which began on December 30, 1936, and lasted 44 days.UAW Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Tuesday, leaders of the striking United Auto Workers vowed to expand their…
Climate Protesters Arrested en Masse at Federal Reserve Bank
Monday’s action was organized by a coalition of groups including New York Communities for Change and Extinction Rebellion NYC.Matthew Rodier/Sipa USA/AP This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. One day after the largest climate march since the start of the Covid pandemic, hundreds of climate activists blockaded the…
Why Does Starbucks Stall Union Negotiations? Because It Can.
Gene J. Puskar/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This piece was originally published by Capital & Main. In January of 2022, Jacklyn Gabel and her co-workers at the Starbucks Coffee location on Mission Street in Santa Cruz began considering the idea of organizing. Four months later,…
For Some Islanders, Deep Sea Mining Evokes Colonialism
Rarotonga is the largest of the Cook Islands’ 15 islands. Tourism currently drives the country’s economy, but deep-sea mining is being touted as a way to diversify the economy and provide much-needed services and amenities.Svetype26/Shutterstock/Hakai This story was originally published by Hakai Magazine and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Cook Islands’ main…
Why Reddit Is Destined to Turn to Crap
Mother Jones illustration Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Thousands of Reddit communities went dark this week to protest the webforum giant’s money-making plans. Ahead of an expected IPO later this year, the company’s CEO announced it would start charging for access to its application programming…