President Biden Is Skipping King Charles’ Coronation. Good.
Then Prince Charles with President Joe Biden at the Cop26 summit in 2021.Jane Barlow/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The coronation next month of Kaiser Wilhelm’s and Tsar Nicholas II’s distant cousin, Charles Philip Arthur George, as King of England is a big event,…
Scientists Deliver “Final Warning” on Climate: Act Now or It’s Too Late
Getty his story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Scientists have delivered a “final warning” on the climate crisis, as rising greenhouse gas emissions push the world to the brink of irrevocable damage that only swift and drastic action can avert. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),…
20 Striking Images of Israeli Democracy Under Siege
Israelis were out in force for a “Day of Resistance” rally in Tel Aviv on March 11. Amir Terkel/Anadolu Agency/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Since late January, hundreds of thousands of Israelis have been loudly protesting an impending judicial overhaul by the nation’s…
At CPAC, Brazil’s Former President Jair Bolsonaro Blames the Left for Insurrection
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Alex Brandon/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Saturday, Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro, who has become a darling of the US far-right, attended the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington,…
Did the US Military Take Out a $12 Hobbyist Balloon With a $400,000 Missile?
A US fighter jet. Both F-22s and F-16s have been used to shoot down objects in US and Canadian airspace in recent weeks.bfk92/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The United States has popped a whole bunch of balloons lately. Earlier this month, famously, an American…
It’s Official: US Determines Russia has Committed “Crimes Against Humanity” in Ukraine
Sven Hoppe/dpa/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Saturday, Vice President Kamala Harris told an international security gathering that the United States has formally determined that Russian forces have committed “crimes against humanity” during their invasion of Ukraine. “Let us be clear: Russian forces…