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…
Remarkable Photos Show What Harm Reduction Actually Looks Like
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The numbers are now frighteningly familiar: Last year more than 100,000 people died of drug overdoses, bringing the total death toll to more than 1 million since the invention of OxyContin in 1996. By 2030 another million people are…
How a Hostile America Undermined Its Black World War II Veterans
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In August 1944, just two months after President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act (a.k.a. the GI Bill of Rights), Harry McAlpin, Washington correspondent for the National Negro Publishers Association, warned that the new law, though race-neutral…
The Gruesome Attraction of Prison Tourism Is Being Challenged at Last
Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.This article was published in partnership with the Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the US criminal justice system. Sign up for their newsletters, and follow them on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Eastern State Penitentiary, a former prison…