Hero of 2022: The Movement to Bring Brittney Griner and Pay Equity Back Home
Mother Jones; Charlie Neibergall/AP On December 8, grainy footage showed WNBA star Brittney Griner landing in San Antonio after being released from 294 days in Russian detention. Griner wore a beanie over her hair that had been chopped off to avoid freezing conditions at the remote Russian penal colony in which she was, until recently, expected to…
They Weren’t Rich But They Wanted to Invest. Then They Lost Everything on FTX.
Grace Molteni/Mother Jones; Unsplash Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In early November, Iqbal Kassam, a Vancouver-based 30-year-old, had decided to take a couple of days off. His marketing business was running smoothly and the crypto markets, which he had been actively following and investing…
A Preschool on Wheels Drives Opportunity to Immigrant Families in Colorado
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This article was co-published with EdSurge, a nonprofit newsroom that covers the future of learning through original journalism and research. In a valley renowned for its world-class ski resorts and unrivaled outdoor recreation, with 14,000-foot peaks that pierce the horizon, five-star…
UK Study Reveals Huge Emissions Gap Between Top 1% and Poorest
Getty Images This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The top 1 percent of earners in the UK are responsible for the same amount of carbon dioxide emissions in a single year as the bottom 10 percent emit over more than two decades, new data has…
The Supreme Court Is Set to Kill Affirmative Action. Just Not for Rich White Kids.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.When he was eight years old, Michael Wang decided he wanted to go to Harvard. “I don’t know if it’s the Asian stereotype,” he told me, “but I saw it as an avenue to social mobility.” Though he wouldn’t…
State and Local Taxes Make Inequality Much Worse
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This story was published in partnership with the Center for Public Integrity. As she opened her $1,600 property tax bill in February, Edith Baltazar suddenly lost her appetite for the eggs she’d prepared for lunch with her daughter. Her…