How the FBI Used “Cop City” Protests to Snoop on Activists in Chicago
Environmental activists hold a rally and a march through the Atlanta Forest. Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis/Getty This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Last summer, a “Chicago Against Cop City” Twitter account was created and began sharing information about a campaign unfolding some 700 miles away. Its first tweet, posted…
Republicans Are Trying to Link Mass Shootings to Trans People
Tucker Carlson alleges there is a rising wave of trans terrorism, following the March 2023 school shooting in Nashville that killed six people. The vast majority of mass shootings are carried out by men believed to be cisgender.Fox News Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that…
Howard Schultz Came Out of Retirement to Destroy Starbucks’ Union—and His Legacy
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In November 2021, Victoria Conklin, a 23-year-old shift supervisor at a Starbucks near Buffalo, was talking to Rossann Williams, then the company’s president of North American retail. Workers at three nearby stores had recently petitioned to become the chain’s…
“Closed by Order of the Governor”: Teachers in the Crossfire of Florida’s War on Public Education
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On the morning of January 23, Jean Faulk opened her inbox to find an email labeled “urgent” from her principal at Bayshore High School in Bradenton, Florida. “Based on clarifications from the state in December, teacher-created classroom libraries fall…
The Government Subsidizes Electric Vehicles. Why Not E-Bikes?
Ivan Pantic/Getty This story was originally published by Slate and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Two years ago, US Reps. Earl Blumenauer and Jimmy Panetta introduced the Electric Bicycle Incentive Kickstart for the Environment Act, or the EBIKE Act, which proposed giving Americans up to $1,500 off the price of a new e-bike. The…
DeSantis Seeks to Expand “Don’t Say Gay” Rules for All K-12 Students
Phil Sears/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A year ago, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a sharply controversial bill restricting discussion of LGBTQ issues in public schools, claiming it would fight “indoctrination.” The legislation, known as the “Parental Rights in Education Bill” was dubbed…