See Myanmar’s Crisis Through the Eyes of the Photographers Risking Their Lives to Bear Witness
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.Civilians first took to the streets in Myanmar three months ago, after the Tatmadaw, as the country’s armed forces are known, seized power from the democratically elected National League for Democracy…
Biden Promised to Crack Down on Egypt’s Dictator. Why Is the President Still Sending Him Weapons?
Brendan Smialowski/AFP/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.This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Egyptian revolution that toppled the three-decade rule of Hosni Mubarak and ushered in a chaotic sequence of crackdowns, a brief period…
Biden Calls to Cut US Emissions in Half by 2030
April 22, 2021, Washington, District of Columbia, USA: President Joe Biden speaks during a virtual Leaders Summit on Climate, in the East Room of the White House, on Thursday, April 22, 2021 in Washington (Credit Image: © Al Drago/CNP via ZUMA Wire) Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the…
“Dearest Beyonce”: Myanmar Activists Beg American Brands to Help Them End the Military Coup
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.One evening in March, Nann, a 20-year-old medical student in eastern Myanmar, sat in bed with her phone and composed a Twitter message to Beyoncé. “Dearest @Beyonce,…
A Medic at the Myanmar Protests: “We Don’t Count the Dead.”
Anti-coup demonstrators prepare to confront police during a protest in Tarmwe township, Yangon.Mg Ny@n/AP 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.“If there’s a head wound and we cannot detect a pulse, we move right away to another…
Why a Protest Leader in Myanmar Is Reluctantly Giving Up Nonviolence and Preparing for Combat
Anti-coup protesters flee military forces during a demonstration in Yangon.AP 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.Desperate times breed desperate measures and often desperate challenges of faith. Late Monday night, I spoke by encrypted video with a…