Death by a Thousand Cuts
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The story of Wawarsing, New York, sounds a lot like the stories of small towns across the United States. Once a proud manufacturing hub known for producing high-quality knives in the Hudson Valley, its 150-year-old industry withered as companies were bought and sold, then squeezed for maximum profit until they packed up and moved…
The Very Strange Case of Two Russian Gun Lovers, the NRA, and Donald Trump
Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. For more than a year now, reports have trickled out about deepening ties among prominent members of the National Rifle Association, conservative Republicans, a budding gun-rights movement in Russia—and their convergence in the Trump campaign. Now attention is focused around a middle-aged…
Jessica Jones Had Her #MeToo Moment in Season One. Now She’s Having an Identity Crisis.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Jessica Jones is the hero we need in the #MeToo era, however reluctant she may be. Marvel’s misanthropic private eye with super strength returns to Netflix on Thursday—International Women’s Day—and the second season of Jessica Jones takes a markedly new turn. Having taken down the…
What Happened in Moscow: The Inside Story of How Trump’s Obsession With Putin Began
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This is the first of two excerpts adapted from Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin’s War on America and the Election of Donald Trump (Twelve Books), by Michael Isikoff, chief investigative correspondent for Yahoo News, and David Corn, Washington bureau chief of Mother Jones. The book will be…
Grant-Lee Phillips’ New Album Is Witty and Indignant
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Grant-Lee PhillipsWiddershinsYep Roc Though he can pass for a rootsy troubadour, there’s also a poppier, more playful side to Grant-Lee Phillips—meaning he’s as likely to echo David Bowie or T. Rex as Bruce Springsteen. Widdershins beautifully encapsulates his eclectic range, offering snappy tunes that filter…
Laugh, Dance, Drink, Love, Feel Everything, and Be Happy Always: Here’s Your Recap of Oscar Night
Mother Jones illustration; Armando Gallo/ZUMA; AMPAS/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. It’s 2018 and everyone is sad but in Los Angeles the world’s most glamorous celebrities and talented auteurs are getting ready for Hollywood’s biggest night as the film industry comes together to celebrate the best movies of the year.…