How Last Year’s Wildfires Reignited a Battle Over Water Rights on Maui
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Native Hawaiians have always understood the value of water. In the Hawaiian language, the word for fresh water is “wai”—and the word for wealth is “waiwai.” An essential asset, water was a resource Hawaiians shared, and they made…
National Black Farmers Group Says Supporting GOP Ticket Is “Off the Table” After JD Vance’s Attack
John Boyd, founder and president of the National Black Farmers Association, said Sen. JD Vance’s comments about federal benefits for Black farmers were “disgraceful, deplorable, dumb, degrading, and disrespectful.”Courtesy John Boyd Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) said a lot…
The End of Russia and Ukraine’s Grain Deal Is Bad News For The Global Food Supply
A worker cleans grain after trucks unloaded in a grain elevator in Melitopol, Ukraine.AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In July 2022, the United Nations and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan helped broker the Black Sea Grain Initiative: A deal between Russia and Ukraine…
A North Carolina Farmer Was Accused of Abusing His Workers. Then Big Tobacco Backed His Election.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This story is a collaboration between The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, Mother Jones, and Enlace Latino NC. When the tobacco giant Reynolds American cut a check for Brent Jackson’s political campaign in November 2019, it was well aware of…
The Trump Administration Used Its Food Aid Program for Political Gain, Congressional Investigators Find
Alex Edelman/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.This story was originally published by ProPublica. A $6 billion federal program created to provide fresh produce to families affected by the pandemic was mismanaged and used by the Trump administration for political gain, a…
The Climate Bill Even Big Ag Loves
valentinrussanov/Getty 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.Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) normally doesn’t see climate change as a major societal threat in need of a policy response. A magnet for agribusiness and oil-industry campaign contributions, she pleaded…