What the Heck Is Sea Snot, Anyway?
The Marmara Sea in Istanbul, Turkey, is plagued by sea snot.Erhan Demirtas/ZUMA Pres Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This story was originally published by Atlas Obscura and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For months,…
“Twitter Philanthropists” Bail Out a Lucky Few—and Leave Millions More Behind
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.When Tralana Mace, a special education teacher in York, Pennsylvania, got a message on Twitter in March telling her she’d won $10,000, she broke into tears. In…
Inside the Anti-GMO Movement’s Obsession With Virology Research and Lab Leaks
Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.The Center for Food Safety is the kind of organization that most progressive foodies can get behind: Its website features photos of graceful monarch butterflies and dairy cows with big, doleful…
Teachers Across the Country Are Protesting Laws That Stop Them From Talking About Systemic Racism
Students keep social distance as they walk to their classroom in Highwood, Illinois, in 2020.Nam Y. Huh/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This weekend, teachers in more than 30 cities protested against new laws that would…
One More Perk for Getting Your Vaccine? Free Weed.
LordHenriVoton/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.If the promise of free beer or free subway rides wasn’t enough to lure some people to get their coronavirus vaccines, officials in at least a few states are now…
Biden and G7 Announce Progress on Climate Change with One Major Failure
Smoke rises from a factory as a truck loaded with cars crosses a bridge in Paris.AP Photo/Michel Euler, File Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.President Joe Biden and leaders of some of the world’s richest countries…