An Anti-Vaccine Doctor Turned Capitol Insurrectionist Was Just Released Early from Prison
Dr. Simone Gold speaks to a large crowd during a Frontline Doctor’s Uncensored Truth Tour event. John Clanton/Tulsa World via AP, File Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In June, Dr. Simone Gold was sentenced to 60 days in prison for taking part in the…
Elizabeth Warren Introduces Bill to Bolster Union Power
Michael Brochstein/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In the last decade, anti-union “right-to-work” laws have proliferated in Republican-led states. Late last week, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) reintroduced a bill that would ban these types of laws, in an effort to bolster unions’ power to…
Marjorie Taylor Greene Shows Up to Celebrate Vocational School She Won’t Support in Congress
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., waves at supporters as she arrives to speak ahead of former President Donald Trump at a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Mary Altaffer/AP Photo Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Here’s the latest installment of Republicans showing up for photo ops…
Climate Delegates Flock to Cairo to Prep for Next UN Summit
Families displaced by recent flooding set up this makeshift camp in Charsadda, Pakistan.PPI via ZUMA Press Wir This story was originally published by Canada’s National Observer and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. With only two months to go before the United Nations climate conference kicks off in Egypt, delegates are descending on Cairo this…
Electric Utilities Key Players in Climate Denial, Study Finds
Getty Images This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. America’s electric utilities were aware as early as the 1960s that the burning of fossil fuels was warming the planet, but, two decades later, worked hand in hand with oil and gas companies to “promote doubt around climate…
DC Mayor Responds to Months-Long Migrant Busing By Declaring a Public Emergency
Migrants get off bus from Texas within view of the US Capitol.Stefani Reynolds/AFP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Thursday, Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser declared a public emergency in response to the buses of migrants arriving from Texas and Arizona to the Nation’s…