Why the Hell Isn’t Jared Kushner’s $2 Billion Saudi Payment a Big Scandal?
As a White House senior adviser, Jared Kushner watches a ceremony at the Royal Court Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 2017. Evan Vucci/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Editor’s note: This column by David Corn first appeared in his newsletter, Our…
Stanford Threatens to Cut Health Care for Nurses Who Go on Strike
Over 8,000 registered nurses and health care workers with Sutter Health participated in a one-day strike on April 18th.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Nurses at Stanford Health Care and Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital are ready to exchange thermometers…
Report: Democratic Party to Ban Consultants From Union-Busting
A coalition of labor rights groups rallied in front of Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz’ penthouse at 155 West 11th Street in New York City on April 14, 2022.Karla Ann Cote/NurPhoto/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.The Democratic Party has taken steps…
The Agonizing Life of a College Student in Ukraine
Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.A week before Russia invaded Ukraine, Azad Mamedov’s father, feeling the war could break out soon, had asked him to return home from college to be with the family. Azad, a 19-year-old second-year student of economics…
EPA Has Finally Opened Civil Rights Investigations Over Pollution in “Cancer Alley”
Emily Kask/AFP/Getty Images This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has opened a series of civil rights investigations into state agencies in Louisiana to examine whether permits granted in the highly polluted industrial corridor, known locally as Cancer Alley, have violated Black citizens’…
Oceans Aren’t Just Warming—Their Soundscapes Are Transforming
Anadolu Agency/Contributor/Getty Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.This story was originally published in Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Wander into nature and give a good shout, and only nearby birds, frogs, and squirrels will hear you. Although…