This Terrifying Book Is a Must-Read for Every World Leader
Mother Jones illustration; photo by Hilary Jones Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Nuclear war is a topic few care to think about. We sometimes call it unthinkable. But we need to think carefully, and to talk—particularly with high-ranking foreign officials whose motives we may…
America’s Nuclear War Plan in the 1960s Was Utter Madness. It Still Is.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This article was adapted from Nuclear War: A Scenario, published March 26, 2024, by Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC. Copyright 2024 by Annie M. Jacobsen. Nuclear war is madness. Were…
Defense Secretary Austin’s Mysterious Hospital Stay Is a Mess
AP photo/ Maya Alleruzzo Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spent some time last week in the hospital, a fact that staff failed to mention to the White House, according to numerous reports. Problematic in any job, Austin oversees the 1.4…
Republican Candidates Waste No Time Pinning the Hamas Attack on Biden
President Joe Biden with Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks on the attacks in Israel on Oct. 7.Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Sipa USA/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Hours after Palestinian militants launched a deadly multi-pronged assault on Israeli towns from the Gaza Strip yesterday, and…
Russian Military Continues to Kill Aid Workers in Ukraine
A Ukrainian soldier near Bakhmut, the site of fierce battles with the Russian military, on September 4. AP Photo/Libkos Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Russian military killed two foreign aid workers in eastern Ukraine this weekend and injured two more, launching a missile…
The US Nuked Nagasaki 78 Years Ago Today. “Oppenheimer” Barely Mentions It.
A man pushes his bicycle through the remains of Nagasaki roughly a month after the United States detonated its second atomic bomb over the city.Stanley Troutman/ACME/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Seventy-eight years ago today, on August 9, 1945, the US military detonated a…