In “Quiet on Set,” Justice Isn’t So Simple
Dan Schneider accepts the lifetime achievement award at the 2014 Kids’ Choice Awards in Los Angeles.Matt Sayles/Invision/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.As a kid, I spent countless hours watching The Amanda Show, a sketch comedy series starring Amanda Bynes that aired on Nickelodeon…
Taylor Swift’s Super Bowl Jet-Setting Highlights Carbon Removal Problems
This private jet is thought to have taken Taylor Swift from Tokyo’s Haneda Airport to LAX on Saturday so she could make it to the Super Bowl.Eric Thayer/AP This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. To get to the Super Bowl on time, Taylor Swift took a…
Moms for Liberty Has a Nudity Problem
These books were returned to school library shelves with clothing added.Courtesy Judd Legum Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This story was originally published on Judd Legum’s Substack, Popular Information, to which you can subscribe here. Since its initial publication in 1970, millions of children…
Receipts. Proof. Timelines. Screenshots: Why We Can’t Look Away From Rich People’s Drama
When the US targeted Russia’s oligarchs after the invasion of Ukraine, the trail of assets kept leading to our own backyard. Not only had our nation become a haven for shady foreign money, but we were also incubating a familiar class of yacht-owning, industry-dominating, resource-extracting billionaires. In the January + February 2024 issue of our magazine, we…
Is Matt Rife the Manosphere’s Next It Boy?
Charles Sykes/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Matt Rife ends his new comedy special, Natural Selection, with a literal mic drop. It’s a bold move considering the special, released on Netflix November 15, garnered almost immediate criticism for being misogynistic, ableist, racist, and generally unfunny. …
The Disturbing Story of How America Saved the Buffalo
Mother Jones; Library of Congress; Unsplash Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.If you attended high school in the United States, you likely learned about the “Great Slaughter” of the American buffalo: During the 19th century, with the aid of the railroad, hide hunters poured into…