Why Are Successful Black Men Assumed to be Athletes or Entertainers?
Oprah Winfrey and Michael Jordan in May 2011Charles Rex Arbogast/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.During a trip to Las Vegas, I arranged to interview a wealthy source in his fancy hotel suite. At the resort in question (and probably at all…
Banks Really Don’t Like Biden’s Push to Make It Easier to Move Your Money
President Joe Biden delivers remarks and signs an executive order on promoting competition in the American economy.Alex Edelman/CNP/Zuma Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Earlier this month, President Biden signed a sweeping executive order aimed at creating more competition in the US economy.…
Public Transit Is a Public Good. It’s Time to Fund It That Way.
Angelica Alzona Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Since the arrival of COVID-19, our lives have shifted in ways big and small. Most likely, the pandemic will not end with a bang—we’ll be dealing with some version…
How the White House’s Shift on Unemployment Insurance Could Undermine Its Own Economic Agenda
Leon Neal/Press Association via AP Images Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.A team of White House economics advisers had, ostensibly, convened a brain trust of left-leaning think tanks and policy experts on Monday evening to discuss…
Biden Just Decided Not to Protect Meatpacking Workers from COVID
Workers at a JBS meatpacking plant in Logan, Utah protest after hundreds of their colleagues tested positive for COVID-19 in June, 2020. Eli Lucero/The Herald Journal via AP) Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.On the campaign…
New York’s Immigrant Bicycle Couriers Are Banding Together to Demand Change
Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.On a sunny Saturday in March, Gustavo Ajche and Ligia Guallpa welcomed two dozen food delivery couriers to a morning rally in lower Manhattan. As mimosa drinkers filled SoHo cafes’ outdoor…