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 Is Joe Biden Keeping Trump’s Nuclear Expansion Plans in Place?
Michael Reynolds/Bloomberg/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.When Joe Biden was elected president, critics of nuclear proliferation had high hopes. Here was a president who had gone on record opposing wasteful spending on nuclear weapons, someone…
With Anti-Asian Attacks on the Rise, Democrats Need to Figure Out How to Talk About China
Pat Mazzera/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.Roughly three months ago, Evanna Hu realized something had to change. For months, she and other Asian Americans working in the national security field had heard a startling number…
Four Months After Deadly January 6 Attack, National Guard Troops Are Leaving the Capitol
National Guard troops walking in the US Capitol in April.Michael Brochstein/Sipa USA via AP Images 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.More than 2,000 National Guard troops are packing up and leaving the Capitol Sunday, more than four…
Democrats Have Veered to the Left on Israel Policy. Why Hasn’t Joe Biden Caught Up?
Debbie Hill/AFP/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.Progressive activists were surprised when the Democratic Party platform was approved last August. The party’s policy planks were largely crafted based on recommendations from Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders’…
The Progressive Backlash to Biden’s Foreign Policy Has Only Just Begun
Thousands of activists supporting Palestine converged in New York on Saturday, May 15, 2021. Kavin Hagen/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.When President Joe Biden told reporters last week that Israel, in the midst of a…