California Farm Labor Bill Puts Gavin Newsom on the Spot
Mother Jones illustration; Mandel Ngan/AP; Hans Gutknecht/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Thanks to an epic organizing campaign by the United Farm Workers (UFW), which began in the 1960s and faced violent opposition, California became a farm labor paradise, relatively…
How the Most Powerful Union in Pro Sports Just Got Stronger
Tony Clark, executive director of the Major League Baseball Players AssociationRichard Drew, File/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The life of a major league baseball player involves bright lights, celebrity, a minimum salary of $700,000 a year, and representation in a powerful labor union.…
Indigenous Leaders Beg US Firms to Stop Supporting Deforestation
Andre Penner/AP This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Indigenous leaders from the Amazon have implored major western brands and banks to stop supporting the ongoing destruction of the vital rainforest through mining, oil drilling, and logging, warning that the ecosystem is on the brink of a disastrous…
New York Attorney General Sues Trump and Children for $250 Million
New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a press conference, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in New York. New York’s attorney general sued former President Donald Trump and his company on Wednesday, alleging business fraud involving some of their most prized assets, including properties in Manhattan, Chicago and Washington, D.C. AP Photo/Brittainy Newman Fight disinformation:…
The Super-Rich Are Already Plotting Their Escape From Trumpism
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This is not a time of optimism in America. People are reeling from inflation, gun violence, partisan rancor, race-baiting, a ruthlessly divisive Supreme Court decision, the long tail of a pandemic, and the very real prospect…
Judge Rejects Trump’s Classification Tomfoolery: “You Can’t Have Your Cake And Eat It”
Could the phrase “TOP SECRET” in big red letters mean a document is classified? Hmm.Department of Justice/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Donald Trump’s lawyers would like you to believe that the boxes the FBI seized from the former president’s Mar-a-Lago estate last month…