Why Progressive Activists Are Terrified of Andrew Yang
Mayoral candidate Andrew Yang holds press conference outside of Tweed Courthouse on May 11 in New York. Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via 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.In December, the month before he launched his…
The GOP Is Turning the January 6 Insurrection Into a New Lost Cause
Lev Radin/SIPA USA/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.On January 6, the day Congress was scheduled to certify the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election and declare Joe Biden the victor, thousands of supporters of…
To Really Slash Emissions, We’re Going to Need Electric Airplanes
SE Aeronautics sees this wide-body airliner concept as part of a new generation of “sustainable” aircraft.ZUMA 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.…
Flouting CDC Guidance, Some Schools Are Lifting Mask Mandates
Children join an anti-mask rally outside the Orange County Department of Education in Costa Mesa, California.Orange County Register/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.Last week, the country reached a pandemic milestone: The Centers for Disease Control…
Five Ways a Dark Money Group Is Trying to Rig Our Elections
Last week, Mother Jones and the watchdog group Documented broke the story of a top conservative dark money group boasting to donors about writing laws restricting access to the ballot in key battleground states such as Arizona, Georgia, Iowa, and Texas. “In some cases, we actually draft them for them,” Jessica Anderson, the executive director…
At Least 81 Pro-Trump Rioters Are Charged With Assaulting Police on January 6
On January 6, 2021, Trump supporters flooded Washington, D.C., to protest Donald Trump’s election loss. Hundreds later battled police and breached the US Capitol.Michael Nigro/Sipa USA/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.Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy…