“The Road From Raqqa” Is a Story of Two Brothers That Will Resonate With Anyone Who Has Left Home
Mother Jones illustration For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Back in 2015, Jordan Ritter Conn went to Turkey to report on a rebel Syrian soccer team for Grantland. There was one big problem: The reporter spoke no Arabic. He got a tip to go to a small restaurant north of…
A Portrait of a “Last Responder”: The Funeral Director Serving Louisiana’s Virus-Stricken Communities
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Courtney Baloney’s funeral home sits in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. It’s not far from New Orleans. It’s also not far from the more than 100 petrochemical facilities that line a stretch of the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Baton Rouge,…
Do Republicans Know “Hallelujah” Is About Sex?
Everett Collection/Shutterstock For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.As fireworks lit up the sky over the White House following Donald Trump’s acceptance of the Republican presidential nomination, speakers blasted two separate renditions of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.” But the song isn’t the Christian hymn Republicans seem to think it…
Without Journalists, My Mom Often Said, “We Just Would Not Know.”
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Hi, I’m Jahna Berry. I’ve never started a story like that before, because I spent 15 years as a reporter. But I’m writing to you today as Mother Jones’ chief operating officer. I was director of product here a few years ago,…
Neil Young’s Lawsuit Against Trump Is As Weird and Iconoclastic as He Is
Frazer Harrison/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Earlier this week, on August 4, the Hollywood Reporter was the first major media outlet to report the news that Neil Young is suing Donald Trump for playing his songs at campaign rallies. It has become a major news story since then.…
Help, I’m Stuck in a Trump Time Loop. And So Are You.
Mother Jones; Axios/HBO For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Tuesday, Axios released an interview with President Donald Trump in which he falsely claimed South Korea was lying about its coronavirus deaths, complained that the late Rep. John Lewis didn’t attend his inauguration, and once again crowned himself…