José Andrés Calls for ‘Deeper’ Inquiry into Israeli Strike that Killed Seven Aid Workers
Andrés visits Capitol Hill in March.J. Scott Applewhite/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.World Central Kitchen founder José Andrés said called for a “deeper” outside investigation of the airstrike that killed seven aid workers for his organization this week, and reiterated his claim that…
This Week From Reveal: Escaping Putin’s War Machine
Russian soldiers ride through Aleppo, 2017Christian Werner Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Are Russian military defectors spies? War criminals? Or heroes? That’s one of the central questions of this week’s episode of Reveal, which follows the dramatic journey of an officer who deserted the…
Uganda Cited Dobbs in an Anti-LGBTQ Crackdown. Americans Should Worry Too.
Human rights activists stand outside the constitutional court in Kampala, Uganda.Hajarah Nalwadda/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The ripple effects of Dobbs continue to emerge in unexpected places—and to threaten other civil liberties. Yesterday, Uganda’s constitutional court, the country’s second-highest judicial body, cited the…
With Famine “Imminent,” Israeli Military Kills Seven Aid Workers Delivering Food to Gazans
Seven aid workers from the World Central Kitchen were killed in an Israeli airstrike, according to the NGO.Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This week, Israel fired three missiles at an aid convoy for the World Central Kitchen (WCK), killing seven workers delivering…
She Has Investigated Allegations of Sexual Violence in War Around the World. Here’s What She Wants You to Know.
Mother Jones; Roberto Ricciuti/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Despite being “the cheapest weapon known to man,” sexual violence in war is “almost always ignored in the history books,” writes journalist Christina Lamb in her 2020 book, Our Bodies, Their Battlefields: War Through the…
Wall Street Journal Marks One Year Since Evan Gershkovich’s Arrest in Russia
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court, in Moscow, Russia, on April 18, 2023.Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Today marks one year since Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was…