The Promise of Health Chatbots Has Already Failed
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Not long ago, I noticed a new term trending in social media wellness circles: “certified hormone specialist.” I could have investigated it the old-fashioned way: googling, calling up an expert or two, digging into the scientific literature. I’m accustomed…
Forcing Workers Back to the Office Could Be Terrible for the Environment
Software engineer Leisen Huang working at Wonder Workshop, San Mateo, California, in 2015. Mother Jones; Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle/Getty This story was originally published by Grist and Fast Company and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When office workers stopped working in offices in 2020, trading their cubicles for living room couches during COVID-19 lockdowns,…
Kristi Noem’s Book Includes a Fake Story About Her Meeting Kim Jong Un
Turns out Gov. Kristi Noem’s new book is also dogged by some other problems.Ron Sachs/CNP/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.After it emerged recently that Gov. Kristi Noem recounts a graphic, disturbing story in her forthcoming book about killing her puppy with a gun,…
Sen. Tim Scott, a Rumored VP Pick, Backs Trump’s Election Denial
Sen. Tim Scott, a rumored Trump VP contender, repeatedly refused to commit to accepting the 2024 election results no matter the outcome.Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.As the November election approaches, several of Donald Trump’s vice presidential contenders have taken…
Native Hawaiʻians Seek Self Determination After 2023’s Lāhainā Inferno
Orange light radiates from wildfires burning over Lāhainā, as seen on August 8, 2023. Gonzalo Marroquin / Getty Images via Grist This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. On the evening of August 8, hours after a wildfire ravaged West Maui, Maui County’s top emergency management official, Herman Andaya,…
Reproductive Rights Advocates Close in on Abortion Ballot Measures in Missouri and South Dakota
Ed Zurga/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Reproductive rights organizers in two states with near-total abortion bans, Missouri and South Dakota, submitted roughly double the signatures needed to allow ballot measures that would put abortion before voters. In South Dakota, organizers have submitted 55,000…