Soccer Fans Fought Back Against Private Equity and Won
Christian Charisius/ picture-alliance / dpa / AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.If you’ve watched any German men’s professional soccer matches recently—and I can certainly forgive you if you haven’t—you’ve seen something even more unusual than an end-of-the-season trophy presentation without Bayern Munich. For…
The Smirnov Affair: MAGA Republicans Are Useful Idiots for Russian Intelligence
Mother Jones illustration; Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/AP; Aaron Schwartz/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In June 2020, a businessman and fixer named Alexander Smirnov, who was also an FBI informant, passed his handler at the bureau a potentially explosive tip: The owner of Burisma,…
Obsessed: It’s 2024 and Conservatives Still Can’t Stop Worrying About Michelle Obama
Molly Riley/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Conservative Political Action Conference, the largest right-wing convention in the country, kicked off this morning’s show with an all-star lineup. There were members of Congress like Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Florida) and Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama), a…
Methane-Spewing Gas and Oil Drillers Owe the US Billions—in Theory
Mario Tama/Getty/Grist This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Inflation Reduction Act, the 2021 US climate law abbreviated IRA, primarily reduces emissions through financial incentives, rather than binding rules. But in addition to all its well-known carrots, lawmakers quietly included a smaller number of sticks—particularly when it comes…
“What Can I Even Say Without Having to Go to Jail?”
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.When Heather Williams, an advocate with the Tulsa-based nonprofit Domestic Violence Intervention Services, gets a call from the local hospital, she has to drop whatever she’s doing and go. The call normally comes in when a survivor of sexual assault…
It’s No Secret Our Tax System Punishes Low-Income People. It Doesn’t Have To.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This story was published in partnership with the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates inequality. Oregon taxpayers will become some of the first in the nation to have the option to self-identify their race and ethnicity…