Right-Wing Climate Denial Is Being Replaced—by Nativism
“Those who are nomadic,” said far-right French leader Marine Le Pen, “do not care about the environment.”Claude Paris/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Standing in front of the…
More People Have Died of COVID This Year Than Last
One simple trick to boost your Thanksgiving dinner, FG Trade/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.In the popular imagination, 2020 gets all the bad press, but this year has been no sunny day at the beach, either. Sure, several effective COVID-19 vaccines…
The Parable of the Average American and the $90 Bottle of Wine
Time to party like it’s 1979? Fotostorm/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.It’s starting to feel a lot like the late 1970s, when rising prices hammered US households. At least, according to the financial press. “The highest annual US inflation rate in almost…
Kyle Rittenhouse Goes to Washington?
Kyle Rittenhouse in court, Nov 11, 2021. Mark Hertzberg /Pool Photo via AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.As the jury deliberated in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial this week in Kenosha, Wisc., one pro-defense protester outside of the courthouse openly carried an…
These Democrats Are Helping Companies Take Gold From Public Lands for Free
Sen. Joe Manchin confers with Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto at a June meeting of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee.Tom Williams/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…
Kyle Rittenhouse Was a Minor. Prosecuting Him as One May Have Been Better.
Kyle Rittenhouse broke down describing the events leading up to the shooting of Joseph Rosenbaum as he testified at during his trial in Kenosha, Wisc., Circuit Court. Sean Krajacic-Pool/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On November 10, three days into his trial,…