Americans Are Poisoning Themselves With This Unapproved COVID Drug
The chemical structure of Ivermectin.Peter Hermes Furian/Getty Images Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Reports of poisonings have been pouring out of a handful of states hard-hit by the COVID surge, as desperate people attempt to self-medicate with a livestock de-wormer called Ivermectin.…
Donald Trump Says Osama Bin Laden Had Just “One Hit.” What?!?!
Dennis Van Tine/STAR MAX/IPx 2017 Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.As we near the 20-year anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks—which spurred two wars, including the one in Afghanistan that is currently causing so much pain and trauma for Americans and their…
Who’s Funding the California Recall Fight? It’s Not the People.
Rich Pedroncelli/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Recall elections are ostensibly designed to give citizens an opportunity to change the course of state politics from the bottom up. But when it comes to who is financing California’s recall battle, there is little…
The Deep Roots of Outdoor Recreation’s Diversity Gap
The author at Glacier National Park in Montana, July 2020.Courtesy of Joe Kanzangu 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 Undark and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. During the blistering summer of 1919, an oppressive heat…
I Taught English to Afghan Soldiers. Now I’m Part of the “Digital Dunkirk” Trying to Get Them Out.
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.As the US began its chaotic evacuation from Afghanistan last week, I couldn’t stop thinking about the many Afghans who have aided American forces and are now stuck in the country, potentially with targets on their backs.…
Armed Picnics and Snipers at Family Dollar: Life in a Town With a Government-Approved Militia
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On a dry, bright afternoon in late June, members of the Bedford Militia lined up on a grassy lot on the property of Bryan Buchanan Auto Auction, right off the county highway in Montvale, Virginia. The group…