The Pope Welcomed Biden. So Why are US Catholic Bishops Waging a Holy War?
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On November 17, 2020, the head of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), Archbishop José Gomez, announced that Joe Biden, who had just been elected president, presented “a difficult and complex situation…
How Dangerous Is Peter Thiel?
Tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s speech in October on free thought and dogmatism was incoherent and alarmingly super-nationalistic. Visual China Group/Getty Editor’s note: This essay from David Corn first appeared in his new newsletter, This Land. Given the importance of covering big money in politics and the move toward authoritarianism on the right, we want to make sure as…
All 3 Defendants Were Just Found Guilty of Murdering Ahmaud Arbery
Richard Ellis/ZUMA Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.A jury in Brunswick, Georgia, on Wednesday afternoon found all three defendants involved in the 2020 shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery guilty of murder. Gregory McMichael, his son Travis McMichael, and their neighbor William “Roddie”…
Behind the Tweet That Became the Rallying Cry for the Insurrection
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.This article is a collaboration between Mother Jones and Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, which is a nonprofit investigative newsroom. Sign up to get their investigations emailed to you directly. On the evening of Monday, November 2, 2020, the 35-year-old…
Kyrsten Sinema Is Thankful for All Your Feedback
Rod Lamkey/CNP via ZUMA Press Wire Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Perhaps the defining characteristic of Kyrsten Sinema’s first nine months in the Senate majority was a persistent, intractable silence. The Arizona Democrat, whose corporate-friendly centrism and dogmatic embrace of bipartisanship has…
Dear White People: Here’s How to Honor Native Americans
Chiricahua Apache children at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in 1885Library of Congress Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.November is my annual season of ambivalence. Although I love autumn, its poignant air of loss and the promise of renewal, it has the…