Heroes of the 2010s: Lenny Kravitz’s Giant Scarf
Mother Jones Illustration The staff of Mother Jones is rounding up the decade’s heroes and monsters. Find them all here. Before Americans bastardized the Danish coziness lifestyle trend called hygge, before HBO revolutionized winter wear with a hit series about media ownership and turtlenecks (mostly turtlenecks), before Baby Yoda sipped tea in a sheepskin cloak, there was Lenny…
Heroes of the 2010s: Kain Colter, Jock Revolutionary
John Mersits/Cal Sport Media/ZUMA The staff of Mother Jones is rounding up the decade’s heroes and monsters. Find them all here. By June 2013, when I wrapped up my time at Northwestern, I knew Kain Colter as the school’s star quarterback, wide receiver, and team captain. He’d led the Wildcats to a Gator Bowl victory, the school’s first…
Heroes of the 2010s: Angelica From the Dunkin’ Donuts in West Haven, Connecticut
Getty The staff of Mother Jones is rounding up the decade’s heroes and monsters. Find them all here. Let’s set the scene. It’s March 3, 2013. Angelica (she does not provide her last name) is working the drive-through window at a Dunkin’ Donuts in West Haven, Connecticut. At 11:06 p.m., according to the local NBC affiliate, a man…
Monsters of the 2010s: The Pivoters to Video
Chris Hughes (left) and Mark ZuckerbergJohn Green/San Mateo County Times/Getty The staff of Mother Jones is rounding up the decade’s heroes and monsters. Find them all here. If there was one phrase that would summon dread in a newsroom in the 2010s it was “the pivot.” I lived through a sort of pivot: I was hired as a…
Monsters of the 2010s: Drake
Mother Jones illustration; Frazer Harrison/Getty The staff of Mother Jones is rounding up the decade’s heroes and monsters. Find them all here. Aubrey Graham is a person. “Drake” is a social phenomenon. He’s that dude who lives in sweatpants and Adidas slides, who ignores your texts for weeks then sends “Wyd” at 2 a.m. and you end up…
“Go After the Truth No Matter Who It Benefits”
It’s easy to feel lonely right now—this time of year, this moment in history. You might be surrounded by people you love but who no longer seem to share your core values. You might be separated from loved ones by a border or wall. Or you might just be following the news, watching journalists calmly…