“Implacable Champion of the Oppressed—and the Fervent Opponent of Tyranny” Desmond Tutu Has Died
Desmond Tutu in Washington, 2008. Gerald Herbert/AP Photo Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Nearly a half-century ago, when apartheid, a racial caste system rooted in colonialism, ruled South Africa, a middle-aged cleric became the first Black dean of Johannesburg, which is an…
The High Human Cost of America’s Sugar Habit
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.It was 5 a.m. and still dark as we rolled west out of Santo Domingo, on a cool morning in May 2019. We rode through the tourist zone, past whitewashed Spanish colonial buildings, pointing our truck toward…
As the US Fled Kabul, Its Final Airstrike May Have Targeted an Innocent Man
The car targeted by the US’s August 29 strike.Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.A blockbuster New York Times investigation released late on Friday used security camera footage and witness testimony to poke holes in the official US military account of a retaliatory…
The Afghanistan Debacle: How Bush, Obama, Trump, and Biden Bamboozled the American Public
Taliban fighters are seen on the back of a vehicle in Kabul, Afghanistan after seizing control of the city.AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Editor’s note: This must-read essay from David Corn appears in his new newsletter, This Land. We’re still piloting the project,…
I’m Angry That I’m Grateful That My Brother Survived a Traffic Stop
Mother Jones illustration; 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.I don’t recall the date, but I know it was before COVID and before the world knew the name George Floyd. I know that I was undisturbed…
Vaccine Materials and Supplies Are Finally Heading to Hard-Hit India
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.The devastation couldn’t be more severe. Yesterday, India recorded its highest single-day death toll from COVID for the ninth consecutive day, and the highest new number of cases anywhere in the…