“We Need Shade”: America’s Hottest City Rushes to Plant More Trees
Tony Berastegui Jr., right, and his sister Giselle Berastegui drink water, July 17, 2023, in Phoenix during a historic heatwave.Ross D. Franklin / AP This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It was a relatively cool spring day in Phoenix, Arizona, as a tree-planting crew dug large holes in…
Police Loom as Pro-Palestine Students Occupy Columbia University
Najib Aminy Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.New York City Police gathered in force outside of Columbia University on Wednesday, after students convened in the pre-dawn hours to erect dozens of camping tents on a campus lawn. The demonstration backing Palestine was launched hours…
Sen. Rick Scott Says He’s a China Hawk. But He’s Made Lots of Money With China-Related Investments
Mother Jones; Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In November, ahead of President Joe Biden’s meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) issued a press release casting himself as a fierce opponent of China. It declared, “Since being…
Trump Could Use the 1873 Comstock Act to Ban Abortion Nationwide. Here’s How.
Mother Jones; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Last week, in a bid to clarify his historically nebulous stance on abortion, Donald Trump said that if reelected, he intends to leave abortion rights “to the states,” seemingly contradicting his prior stance in favor of…
A Firm Bought Up Land in a Tiny Arizona Town—Then Sold Its Water to a Faraway Suburb
Water from the Colorado River diverted through the Central Arizona Project fills an irrigation canal.Matt York / AP Images This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. One of the biggest battles over Colorado River water is being staged in one of the west’s smallest rural enclaves.…
SCOTUS Justices: Why Isn’t DOJ Treating Dobbs Protesters Like January 6 Attackers?
Eric Lee/ZUMA; mpi34/MediaPunch /IPX Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Conservative Supreme Court justices on Tuesday questioned the Justice Department’s use of a 2002 statute against obstructing an official proceeding to prosecute a number of people involved in the January 6 attack on Congress. In…