A Brave Journalist (And Friend of Mine) Just Got Arrested…For Going to a Public Meeting
Philip Jacobson, an editor at MongabayCourtesy of Mongabay Yesterday I woke up to horrible news, a Facebook message alerting me that a good friend had been arrested and detained while working in Indonesia. Philip Jacobson, 30, is an editor for Mongabay, a US-based nonprofit that covers environmental news in the Southeast Asian archipelago and around…
Fox News Really Doesn’t Want You to Tune Into Trump’s Impeachment Trial
At around 2 a.m. ET, after voting down all 11 Democratic amendments that would have permitted new documents and witness testimony into the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell finally adjourned the chamber for the evening. It had been an excruciating, marathon day, one that appeared to fit into…
Saved at Sea, a Family of Nurses Reunite 4 Decades Later With Their Rescuers
Thao Nguyen and Chip Reichert reunite almost 40 years after a rescue in the South China Sea.WGN-TV Welcome to Recharge, a weekly newsletter full of stories that will energize your inner hellraiser. See more editions and sign up here. In 1981, the USS John Young spotted a motorless fishing boat filled with people in the…
How a Reporter Discovered the Doctored Photo From the 2017 Women’s March
Original photo of protesters at the 2017 Women’s March. Mario Tama/Getty Images If you had stepped into the National Archives in the past few weeks and entered an exhibit meant to honor women’s suffrage, you would have seen an iconic photograph of the 2017 Women’s March in Washington, DC. But if you looked closer, you…
Why Does Bernie Sanders Love Trap Beats So Much?
In 1987, Mayor Bernie Sanders pauses at a recording session.Toby Talbot/AP On January 3, after U.S. military drones assassinated Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and Donald Trump began fumbling toward war with Iran, Sen. Bernie Sanders posted an anti-war video on Twitter. It shows the Democratic presidential candidate striding down a hallway, admonishing the camera. “I…
I Want to Punch Baby Yoda and Science Backs Me Up
Mother Jones Illustration; Shutterstock, Disney+ Whenever I see Baby Yoda, I’m overcome with the urge to harm it. Every time a Baby Yoda meme pops up on Instagram or Twitter, I want to punch it. I want to throttle it. I want to dropkick it the way Kyle punts his brother in South Park. My…