Senate About to Hit This Weed Bill. But Some Democrats Don’t Want to Be Part of the Rotation.
A marijuana activist smokes a vape in front of a 51-foot inflatable joint during an October 2019 rally at the US Capitol to call on Congress to pass cannabis reform legislation. Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Senate…
Biden and Trump Both Trashed Private Equity’s Favorite Tax Dodge. Surprise! It’s Still Here.
Over the past four decades, private equity has become a powerful, and malignant, force in our daily lives. In our May/June 2022 issue, Mother Jones investigates the vulture capitalists chewing up and spitting out American businesses, the politicians enabling them, and the everyday people fighting back. Find the full package here. If you were to sit down with a…
Another Billionaire Tax Bites the Dust
Sen. Joe Manchin, Democrat of West Virginia.Michael Brochstein/ZUMA Press Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Another day, another foiled billionaire tax. Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin wasted little time signaling his lack of support for Joe Biden’s new proposal to tax the richest of…
Silicon Valley’s New Promise: Your Snacks Delivered “Faster Than 911”
The tech world’s idea of a bodega: A covered up storefront where workers do the shopping.G. Ronald Lopez/ZUMA Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.You live in San Francisco and don’t want to go outside, but the shelves are bare. No milk. No Katz’s…
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…
Republicans Aren’t Even Pretending They’ll Make Your Life Better Anymore
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) speaking at a press conference in Washington, DC, this month.Michael Brochstein/ZUMA Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.In 2016, Donald Trump became president by appealing to white people who resented both people of color and billionaires. Trump’s economic populism was…