Whale Deaths Are Now Culture War Fodder
A humpback whale washed up on the shore of Lido Beach in Long Island, New York, on January 31, 2023.Kena Betancur / Getty This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Thousands gathered at New Jersey’s Point Pleasant beach on Sunday with a united mission: to pause offshore…
Will SCOTUS Overturn This 1996 Law Governing the Internet?
People wait in line outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on February 21, 2023.Jim Watson/AFP via Getty images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In November 2015, Nohemi Gonzalez was a 23-year-old California State University, Long Beach, student studying abroad in Paris. That’s…
Virginia Has Its Own Ron DeSantis, and He’s Taking Aim at African American Studies
Shaban Athuman/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In his seemingly never-ending quest to remove “divisive concepts” from Virginia’s schools, Gov. Glenn Youngkin has taken a page right out of Ron DeSantis’ playbook and called for a review of Virginia’s AP African…
The Corruption at Fox News Is Worse Than You Assumed
Fox News host Tucker Carlson laughs it up with Donald Trump at Trump’s golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, on July 31, 2022.Seth Wenig/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Editor’s note: The below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter is written by David twice…
Big Oil Expands Assault on California’s Health and Climate Laws
A drilling rig near homes in Windsor Hills, Southern California.Reed Saxon/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This piece was originally published by Capital & Main. Over the last few years, as California has introduced stronger regulations on oil and gas drilling aimed at protecting public health, a pattern…
“Ludicrous and Life-Threatening”—Biden Just Announced a Transit Ban for Migrants
A couple from Cuba wait to be processed to seek asylum after crossing the border into the United States.Gregory Bull/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.After weeks of anticipation, the Biden administration has finally followed through with the plan to revive a policy first…