How Giving Native Americans Their Land Back Helps Protect Nature
The National Bison Range in Montana.Luke Franzen/Getty Images 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 Yale E360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In 1908 the U.S. government seized some…
Conservatives Are Hellbent On Attacking Critical Race Theory. They’re Whitewashing Structural Racism.
In response to a push for culturally responsive teaching that gained steam following last year’s police killing of George Floyd, Republican lawmakers and governors have championed legislation to limit the teaching of material that explores how race and racism influence American politics, culture and law. Mary Altaffer/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of…
In the Heights Transported Me Into My Childhood—And Back Again
Anthony Ramos as Usnavi in In the Heights Warner Bros Entertainment 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 chilly night under the bright stadium lights was a far cry from the dimly lit stage in Nueva York where…
Biden Administration Shutters Trump Pet Project Linking Immigrants and Crime
Protesters gather to demand the defunding of government agencies for border protection and customs enforcement, Tuesday, June 25, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington.Patrick Semansky/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.During his first week in office,…
Plastics From Takeout Food Are Clogging Up Our Oceans, Study Shows
(Andrey Nekrasov/Barcroft Media/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.This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Plastic items from takeaway food and drink dominate the…
How the White House’s Shift on Unemployment Insurance Could Undermine Its Own Economic Agenda
Leon Neal/Press Association via AP Images 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.A team of White House economics advisers had, ostensibly, convened a brain trust of left-leaning think tanks and policy experts on Monday evening to discuss…