United States Gets an F for Failing to Help Its Neediest
Jerry Kinchen, 61, accepts food from a religious mission pantry in Holiday, Florida, in August 2009.Kainaz Amaria/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A blistering report delivered to the United Nations’ Human Rights Council Friday morning slammed America’s record on poverty, two days after ambassador Nikki Haley announced that the United States…
We Need to Figure Out How to Fight Weaponized Disinformation
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As I mentioned a few weeks ago, we’re raising money for a new team to fight disinformation here at Mother Jones. Our fundraising drive is nearly over, so I wanted to make one more pitch for contributions. I think that conventional wisdom says that fundraising…
The White House Tried to Suppress a Bombshell Study Because They Were Afraid of the PR
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Juan Torres Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by The New Republic and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Trump administration feared it would be a “public relations nightmare”: a major federal study that concluded contaminated groundwater…
Researchers Find a Link Between Trump Voters and Opioid Use
Stuart Ritchie/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A study published on Friday by scientists at the University of Texas and the University of Toronto points to a connection between Trump country and the nation’s opioid crisis. The report, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, gathered data at…
Donald Trump Takes His Fanciest Condo Off the Market
AP Photo/Evan Vucci Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Visits to Donald Trump’s hotels and resorts by the president and people seeking to influence him have been seen as boons for his business empire, but his real estate business seems to be stagnating. Since he took office, there have been few…
Chart of the Day: Immigration Is a Good Thing
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