Bar Rescue Host and Laura Ingraham Discuss Cutting Unemployment Aid to Make Workers “Hungry” Like an “Obedient Dog”
Photo by Marcus Ingram/Getty Images Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Jon Taffer, the host of the reality show Bar Rescue, has got a plan to stop the ongoing crisis of people not wanting to work crap jobs for low pay in the…
The Logic of Corporate Accounting Took Over Our Language, and We Hardly Noticed
Huston Wilson Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Recently, while volunteering as a union organizer for freelance journalists, I spoke with a skeptical member. “Really, what is my ROI?” he asked. I tried to explain that the union is not a business. There…
How Unemployment Insurance Fraud Exploded During the Pandemic
A cyclist rides past the U.S. Department building in Washington, D.C.Erin Scott/Bloomberg/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.This story was originally published by ProPublica. A Bronx man allegedly received $1.5 million in just ten months. A California real estate broker raked in…
Jeff Bezos Thanks Amazon Workers and Customers for Making Him So Rich He Can Go to Space
Chuck Bigger/Space Symposium via ZUMA Press Wire Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On Tuesday, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos became the second billionaire in as many weeks to sort-of go to space. The world’s richest man spent several minutes in zero gravity on…
Here’s How Biden’s New Executive Order Could Shake Up Big Ag
President Joe Biden signs an executive order aimed at promoting competition in the economy, with antitust stalwart Lina Khan, chair of the Federal Trade Commission, directly to his left. Evan Vucci/AP Photo Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Last Friday, President Joe Biden…
What the Pandemic Has Given Us: The Good, the Bad, and the Stupid
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.Since the arrival of COVID-19, our lives have shifted in ways big and small. Most likely, the pandemic will not end with a bang—we’ll be dealing with some version of it…