The Democrats Have a Discipline Dilemma
Michael Brochstein/Sipa via AP Images Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.For 45 seconds, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) bit her lip, leveled her gaze, and held her cellphone steady before a pair of microphones as a hateful voicemail unfurled from its speaker. “We…
In Syria’s Endless War Health Workers Are Not Only Collateral Damage—They’re Targets
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Adapted from Perilous Medicine: The Struggle to Protect Health Care from the Violence of War by Leonard Rubenstein (Copyright 2021, Columbia University Press). Used by arrangement with the Publisher. All rights reserved. In 1996, I started a…
Cancer Is the Leading Cause of “Death From Disease” in Children. Here’s Why.
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.This story is a collaboration between Public Health Watch and the Investigative Reporting Workshop. In April 2008, Jonathan Agin’s 27-month-old daughter, Alexis, was diagnosed with DIPG, a rare brain tumor. Agin, then a civil defense lawyer in Washington,…
The House Just Did Its Part to Avoid a Government Shutdown. Now GOP Senators Hold the Cards.
Tasos Katopodis/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On Thursday afternoon, the House passed a bill temporarily funding the government through the middle of February. The 221–212 vote comes after several days of concern that Democrats and Republicans in Congress would be unable…
Lauren Boebert Is Only Going to Get Worse
Graeme Sloan/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.A video of Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) effectively describing her colleague Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) as a terrorist went viral over Thanksgiving weekend. In the obviously false tale, she tells a story of being in…
Georgia Election Workers Sue Right-Wing Bloggers Over 2020 Conspiracy Theories
Jim Hoft, publisher of the Gateway Pundit, listens as President Donald Trump speaks during the “Presidential Social Media Summit” in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, July 11, 2019, in Washington.Evan Vucci/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.In the aftermath…