Biden Administration Promises to Help School Districts That Defy DeSantis’ Mask Mandate Ban
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during the American Legislative Exchange Council Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The Biden Administration is offering a helping hand to school districts that are fed up…
“Impeachment or Death”: Scenes From Brazil’s Massive Protests Against Bolsonaro
Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.On the day Brazil recorded its 500,000th death from COVID-19, thousands of Brazilians took to the streets to protest the government’s disastrous response to the pandemic. This is the second round…
The House Voted to Finally Overturn the 2002 Iraq War Authorization
Doug Mills/New York Times/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Congress gave George W. Bush approval to invade Iraq in 2002 and, for the better part of two decades, lawmakers have shown little interest in repealing it,…
Why Are Moderate Democrats Channeling the Ghost of Paul Ryan?
Rep. Paul Ryan and Vice President Joe Biden at their vice presidential debate in 2012. David Goldman/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.In 2011, Ayn Rand acolyte, amateur weightlifter, and then House Budget Committee Chair Paul…
Facebook Makes an Awkward Legal Argument in Dispute With Muslim Advocacy Group
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday October 23, 2019 Washington, D.C. Aurora Samperio/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.In April, the civil rights group Muslim Advocates…
Cops Tased and Tackled Black Teenagers Just Because They Were Holding Vapes
Ocean City Boardwalk in 2020Caroline Brehman/Congressional Quarterly/Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This weekend, police officers enforcing a vaping ban violently arrested four Black teens in Ocean City, Maryland. Police tackled and repeatedly kneed a 19-year-old…