“I’m Doing the Best I Can”: Stories From California’s Unsheltered Community
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Nearly one-third of all Americans experiencing homelessness live in California. Each night, more than 170,000 people sleep outside or in temporary shelters across the state. The vast majority—90 percent—were living in California when they became unhoused. And 75 percent…
Utah’s Suicide Pact With the Fossil Fuel Industry
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The GPS coordinates weren’t especially helpful last May as we drove across the remote Tavaputs Plateau in Utah’s Uinta Basin. Cell service was spotty in the vast expanse of land crosshatched with unpaved roads identified on the map only…
Scenes From the Spectacular and Totally Wacky Donald Trump Arraignment Circus
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Whatta mess. Donald Trump’s arraignment in Manhattan drew more press than, well, everyone else, including photographer M. Scott Brauer, who covered the circus for Mother Jones. Brauer heard one NYPD officer say he’d never seen so much media in…
20 Striking Images of Israeli Democracy Under Siege
Israelis were out in force for a “Day of Resistance” rally in Tel Aviv on March 11. Amir Terkel/Anadolu Agency/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Since late January, hundreds of thousands of Israelis have been loudly protesting an impending judicial overhaul by the nation’s…
These Images Tell the Stories of Families Reeling From the East Palestine Fiasco
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In early February, days after a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying toxic chemicals including vinyl chloride, butyl acrylate and isobutylene derailed in the town of East Palestine, Ohio, authorities opted to burn off the materials to avoid an explosion.…
Insurrection: January 6, Up Close and Firsthand
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The work of photographer Nate Gowdy should be familiar to regular Mother Jones readers, especially those who’ve followed our January 6 reporting. His black-and-white photos captured the chaos as protesters marched from the “Stop the Steal” rally to the…