Thanks to Inflation, You’re Spending $460 More Per Month. Here’s Where the Money is Going And Why
Elinor Mantin shops for groceries at Lorenzo’s Supermarket in North Miami, Florida in 2008.Joe Raedle/Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In June, the average price of gas in the US surpassed $5 for the first time in history. That grim milestone wreaked…
The Inflation Reduction Act Was a Huge Win for Democrats. Will It Help Them In the Midterms?
US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks as US President Joe Biden listens during a signing ceremony for the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC on August 16, 2022.MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter…
“It’s Potentially Illegal”: As Crypto Crashed, Coinbase Stopped Some Notifications
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Back in November 2021, cryptocurrencies, which saw a huge surge during most of the pandemic, suddenly began to nosedive. Joe Hovde, a New York-based data scientist, decided that this might be his moment to buy…
Kyrsten Sinema Is on Board With Democrats’ Climate and Tax Bill
Rod Lamkey/CNP/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), a crucial vote in an evenly divided Senate, announced last night that she would support a key piece of Biden’s legislative agenda—with some caveats. Last week, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), a longtime holdout,…
A Crypto Giant Froze Their Accounts. Now Customers Are Begging a Judge for Their Money Back.
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Before Celsius filed for bankruptcy last month, the company seemed optimistic about its future. In a June 7 blog post titled “Damn the Torpedoes, Full Speed Ahead,” the crypto-lending firm took aim at the “vocal…
How the “Soft” Dictatorship of Lee Kuan Yew Became a Template for the American Right
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In a 2021 interview with the Stanford Review, Blake Masters was asked for a historical figure he admired. He chose two. The first was George Washington, possibly the best-known military general, slave owner, and president in American history. “I…