Ocean Vuong Wrote One of the Summer’s Most Anticipated Books. He Doesn’t Care If It “Matters to Whiteness.”
Tom Hines Ocean Vuong’s first act of writing, as he describes it, was an act of preservation. When his grandmother died in 2008, he felt a “sudden panic.” “I’m the only one that can write in the family,” he tells me, “so if I don’t write down her stories, they’ll be gone.” Vuong began penning…
We’re Launching a Better Commenting Experience. And We Want Your Feedback.
Mother Jones illustration At Mother Jones, we’ve said time and again that we depend on our readers to support our journalism. And over the past year, we’ve begun engaging with you far more deeply than we have before: We asked you to participate in our reporting, to tell us why you donate, and to help…
Sarah Huckabee Sanders Embarks on Media Tour to Defend Her Lies
Among the string of explosive and damaging revelations that emerged from the Mueller report Thursday was White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ admission that she had lied to reporters in order to damage the reputation of former FBI Director James Comey. After Trump abruptly fired Comey in 2017 the midst of the FBI’s Russia…
Mexico’s Monarch Butterflies Are in Grave Danger. Scientists Are Moving an Entire Forest to Save Them.
Monarch butterflies on a rock at the El Capulin Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Macheros, Mexico.Richard Ellis/ZUMA Welcome to Recharge, a weekly newsletter full of stories that will energize your inner hellraiser. See more editions and sign up here. Tree by tree, Mexican scientists are planting the first stages of a new forest in the mountains…
We Need to Bury the Columbine Shooters
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Two of the future shooters were just infants and a third wasn’t even born yet when Columbine happened. But by the time they each attacked their schools last year, all three young men had drawn inspiration from the pair who committed suicidal mass murder at their Colorado high school on April…
Everyone in the World Wants to Fix Facebook. Here’s Why No One Can.
Abaca Press / AP While the US holds congressional hearings to listen to tech giants explain they want to do better, other countries are passing and promising new laws that aim to take action against the virulent spread of disinformation, violence, and hate speech. Last week, British Prime Minister Theresa May unrolled a proposal that outlines…