A Quick Guide to Legal Pot in California
Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. For Californians, legal cannabis is right around the corner. But we have questions. And as it turns out, many of you do, too. A couple weeks ago we wanted to know what questions you had about pot, and the responses were overwhelming.…
The Number of Homeless People in America Increased for the First Time in 7 Years
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. For the first time in seven years, the number of people without a safe, regular place to sleep in America has grown. On any given night in 2017, nearly 554,000 people across the country were homeless, just under a 1 percent rise above 2016 levels.…
Have Yourself a Porny Little Christmas
Kangah/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. It could be the gift-giving, the mistletoe, or the spiked eggnog—but something about Christmas seems to make people want to get it on. In a study published in the journal Scientific Reports, a group of researchers from Portugal and Indiana University analyzed Google searches between 2004 and 2014…
When Using Heroin With a Friend Gets You Charged With Murder
iStock/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In early August 2013, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, police arrested Jarret McCasland, then 24, ostensibly for a minor traffic violation. But at the station, they began questioning him about the death of his girlfriend, Flavia Cardenas. “Why are you treating me like this?” he…
6 Times Donald Trump Promised Not to Cut Medicare
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Earlier this week, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) made headlines when he suggested that after enacting a massive tax cut, Republicans would attempt to reign in deficits next year by cutting spending on entitlement programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid. “We’re going to have to…
A Hospital Charged $1,877 to Pierce a 5-Year-Old’s Ears. This Is Why Health Care Costs So Much.
knape/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Two years ago, Margaret O’Neill brought her 5-year-old daughter to Children’s Hospital Colorado because the band of tissue that connected her tongue to the floor of her mouth was too tight. The condition, literally called being “tongue-tied,” made it hard for the girl to…