Trump Appears to Mock Cummings Over Reported Burglary at Baltimore Home
Douglas Christian/ZUMA Days after picking a public fight with Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), President Donald Trump appeared to mock Cummings on Twitter following reports that the congressman’s Baltimore home had been burglarized. The tweet comes nearly a week after the president first attacked Cummings, a senior member of the Congressional Black Caucus, and called the…
Cory Booker Is Right: Rejoining the Paris Agreement Is Not a Climate Plan
John Nowak/CNN via Zuma Has Sen. Cory Booker (N.J.) been reading Mother Jones? Because the point he made, during the second round of presidential debates debate on Wednesday night about the significance of the Paris climate accord probably sounded familiar to anyone who has followed our attempts to contextualize the much-lauded agreement. “Nobody should get applause for rejoining the…
150 Years Later, Slavery Reparations Are on the Agenda Again
Marianne Williamson participates in the first of two Democratic presidential primary debates hosted by CNN, on July 30, 2019, in the Fox Theatre in Detroit.Paul Sancya/AP For a brief and all-too-rare moment in American politics, the case for slavery reparations took center stage Tuesday night, and William Darity Jr. was thrilled. Darity is a public…
Dating While Trans Is Complicated. HBO’s “Euphoria” Pushed Me to Unpack My Online Romances.
Mother Jones; Eddy Chen/HBO Like most girls in her generation, Jules, a character on HBO’s groundbreaking teen drama Euphoria, falls in love through her phone. “Literally just had the most amazing night talking to Tyler,” Jules, a high school junior, texts her best friend and classmate, Rue, referring to the crush she’s been messaging for…
Fake Media Misquotes Donald Trump Again
Typical fake media lies: Trump just promised to cure cancer. Yes, really. pic.twitter.com/K8lKOI2WoD — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 2, 2019 Trump only promised to cure childhood cancer. And AIDS. “Very shortly.” Looking for news you can trust? Subscribe to our free newsletters. FACT: Mother Jones was founded as a nonprofit in 1976 because we knew…
Progressive Activists Say Cory Booker Won Wednesday’s Debate
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) takes questions from reporters after Wednesday’s Democratic debate in Detroit.Carlos Osorio/AP Cory Booker was the clear winner of Wednesday night’s Democratic presidential debate, according to members of the progressive activist group Indivisible. Indivisible conducted a flash poll via text message at the end of the party’s debates on Tuesday and Wednesday,…