Lost in the Crowd: The Hidden Biases of Medical Fundraising
Mother Jones; Marc Studer Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.More than 100 million Americans have medical debt, with half owing more than $2,000; disabled people are twice as likely to have it than those without disabilities. Annually, around half a million Americans are pushed into bankruptcy…
This Majority-Black City Has a Water Crisis That Privatization Won’t Fix
Joshua Lott/The Washington Post/Getty/Grist This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In the summer of 2022, heavy rainfall damaged a water treatment plant in the city of Jackson, Mississippi, precipitating a high-profile public health crisis. The Republican Governor Tate Reeves declared a state of emergency, as thousands of residents…
G20 Ministers Get Behind a Global Wealth Tax on Billionaires
Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad, left, with colleagues at a recent G20 news conference.Jose Luis Magana/AP This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The world’s 3,000 billionaires should pay a minimum 2 percent tax on their fast-growing wealth to raise about $313 billion a year for the global fight…
UAW Triumphs in Tennessee Volkswagen Union Vote
People celebrate after the United Auto Workers (UAW) received enough votes to form a union at a UAW vote watch party on April 19, 2024 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.For decades, unionizing in the American…
Ralph Nader Would Like to Stop Having to Explain Why the Spoiler Coverage Is Stupid
Frustrated by the two-party system? Polling shows you’re not alone, with more Americans than ever supporting the idea of a third party. But the winner of November’s presidential election will be either Biden or Trump, and voters weighing other candidates need to consider if a protest vote to end the duopoly might instead help end…
America’s 806 Billionaires Are Now Richer Than Half the Population Combined—a Lot Richer
Mother Jones; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Are you better off now than you were when Donald Trump was president? That’s a dumb question for Republicans to pose, because the answer by most measures would be, “Oh, heck yes!” But plenty of people…