“When There’s a Disaster, That’s When People Want to Know About Haiti”
The author with her parents and brother in 1989Nathalie Baptiste Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.One week ago, like everyone else in the world, I awoke to the news that Jovenel Moise, the president of Haiti, had been assassinated in his home.…
Joe Biden Won’t Back Down on Afghanistan War Withdrawal Even as Taliban Violence Increases
Tom Brenner/Bloomberg/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.When Joe Biden defended the US military withdrawal from Afghanistan on Thursday afternoon, he took care to note how “no nation has ever unified Afghanistan.” “Empires have gone there and not done it,” he said. …
Progressive Lawmakers Want Biden to Not Include Military Spending in Infrastructure Plan
Tasos Katopodis/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.On Friday morning, a group of progressive lawmakers publicly pushed against including military spending in the Biden administration’s compromise $579 billion infrastructure bill. In a letter to Speaker of the…
How are Biden’s Latest Airstrikes Not Just a War?
Brendan Smialowski/AFP/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.On a Friday in March, nearly 50 years ago, a young Joe Biden stood on the floor of the Senate and challenged the power of a president to unilaterally conduct…
With New Leaders in the US, Israel, and Iran, Nuclear Politics Remain Messy
Israel’s new Prime Minister Naftali Bennett attends the first cabinet meeting of the new coalition government on June 13, 2021. Jini/Xinhua via ZUMA 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. In 2015, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
The House Voted to Finally Overturn the 2002 Iraq War Authorization
Doug Mills/New York Times/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.Congress gave George W. Bush approval to invade Iraq in 2002 and, for the better part of two decades, lawmakers have shown little interest in repealing it,…