Dianne Feinstein Had a Complicated Environmental Record
Oliver Contreras-Pool/Grist/Getty This story was originally published by the Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Senator Dianne Feinstein, who died on Thursday evening at the age of 90, leaves behind a long and complex legacy on climate and environmental issues. Feinstein represented California as a Democrat in the US Senate for more than 30…
New York City Is Underwater. There’s More Trouble in the Pipes.
A flooded street due to heavy rain in Hoboken, N.J., on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023.Stefan Jeremiah/AP New York City is underwater. As heavy rainfall hits the northeast, making the city’s roads impassable and halting train and subway service, social media videos show flooding through holes in subway walls and water rushing into buses and cars—as well…
Dianne Feinstein and the Knife Fight in the Phone Booth
Kim Komenich/Getty; Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call/via Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.“As president of the Board of Supervisors, it’s my duty to make this announcement. Both Mayor Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk have been shot and killed. The suspect is…Supervisor Dan White.” —Dianne Feinstein,…
Whistleblower: GOP Investigators Didn’t Want to Hear Allegations of Russian Influence Over Rudy
Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Md., and other Democrats pushed Republicans to subpoena Rudy Giuliani during a House impeachment inquiry hearing. Jacquelyn Martin/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.House Republicans really don’t want to hear from Rudy Giuliani. Though their impeachment crusade grew out of the former New…
The Last Government Shutdown Was a Disaster for Fragile National Parks
August 30, 2020, Joshua Tree, California, United StatesAurora Samperio/Zuma This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. By the time superintendent David Smith decided to close Joshua Tree national park on January 7, 2019, the list of problems was already long. Tire tracks wove through the wilderness…
What the United States Can Learn From Brazil About Asylum
Katherine Jensen, author.Mother Jones illustration; The University of Chicago Press Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A couple of months ago, four Nigerian stowaways traveled 3,500 miles above the rudder of a cargo ship all the way from Lagos to the southeastern coast of Brazil—without…