Here’s Some Friendly Advice If You’re Attending the Minnesota State Fair This Weekend
Sen. Amy Klobuchar Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.August is state- and county-fair season—a time to pay $15 to park on someone’s lawn, inspect displays of unreasonably large produce, and ingest something you really shouldn’t. In northern California, Guy Fieri bought a boy’s 266-lb…
Spanish Soccer’s Toxic Chief Is One of Many
Jorge Vilda (left) and Luis Rubiales.Ane Frosaker / SPP / AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Spain’s victory over England in last Sunday’s World Cup final was an exclamation point on the country’s rapid ascent in the hierarchy of women’s soccer. The country only…
Is Florida’s SAT Replacement Exam A) Christian Nationalism or B) Woke Propaganda?
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In his crusade to stamp out progressivism in his home state, Florida Governor and presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis has made a particular obsession out of de-woke-ifying education: He has passed legislation that made it illegal for elementary school teachers…
Donald Trump Was Just Arrested, Fingerprinted, and Photographed in Georgia RICO Case
Mother Jones illustration; Fulton County Sheriff’s Office; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Donald Trump surrendered Thursday to Fulton County authorities after being charged with conspiring to overturn Georgia’s 2020 presidential election results. Trump, who is facing 13 felony counts in the case, including violation…
Trump’s Arrest Is a Reminder Mugshots Are Bad
Mother Jones; Ron Elkman/Sports Imagery/ Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.One of the glaring ironies of former president Donald Trump (and his cronies) facing accountability for their attempts to subvert the democratic process is that Republicans have been forced to acknowledge the indignities…
Deported and No Way Back Home
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Carlos Sauceda called the United States home for 27 years, more than half of his life. In 1992, he left Honduras as an 11-year-old boy to reunite with his mother, who had moved north when he was just 18…