Meet the Rich Guys Who Want RFK Jr. to Be President
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced his bid for the presidency at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel on April 19, 2023, he pledged to a cheering crowd to “end the corrupt merger of state and corporate power that is…
Supreme Court Rejects a Republican Effort to Hijack Elections
Mother Jones; United States Census Bureau; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In a hugely significant opinion on Tuesday, the Supreme Court rejected the “independent state legislature” theory pushed by Republicans that would have given state legislatures virtually unchecked power to draw new redistricting…
What It Was Like to Be in Russia and Watch a Failed Coup
Members of the Wagner Group military company load their tank onto a truck on a street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, before leaving the headquarters of the Southern Military District.AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Editor’s note: This essay is anonymous in order to protect the…
Railroad Workers Kept Applying Pressure For Sick Days. It’s Working.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) talks to reporters in December before meeting with U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh about a potential railroad strike. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Last fall, many union railroad workers in the United States…
Trump and DeSantis Are Competing to Show Who Hates Immigrants the Most
Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis hold a Covid-19 and storm preparedness roundtable on July 31, 2020. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.After signing one of the most draconian anti-immigrant laws in the country last month, 2024 presidential hopeful and Florida Gov. Ron…
During an Extreme Texas Heat Wave, Gov. Abbott Ended Local Rules Requiring Water Breaks for Workers
LM Otero/AP This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Amid a dangerous heatwave that has brought blistering temperatures across Texas, the state’s governor signed a law last week eliminating local rules requiring water breaks for workers. The measure, which will take effect later this year, will nullify…