Why Not Turn Our Airfields Into Solar Farms?
A solar installation at Denver airport.Courtesy of Denver International Airport 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 Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. THE NEXT TIME you’re…
Donald Trump Has a New Website But It’s Bad
The Right View/ZUMA Wire 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 then-President Donald Trump permanently lost his tweeting privileges in January, he entered uncertain territory: How would the second president ever to have a Twitter account communicate…
America’s New Climate Normal: Sweltering
Rising temperatures mean more wildfires, like this one in Riverside, California in 2019.Will Lester/SCNG/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.In case you needed further proof that the world is heating up, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…
McCarthy Makes It Clear: Embrace Trump’s Election Lies or Get Kicked Out of Leadership
Tom Williams/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.Rep. Liz Cheney’s refusal to go along with the GOP’s increasing embrace of Donald Trump’s lie, that the 2020 election was stolen from him, appears to have reached a…
In 2015, Caitlyn Jenner Wanted Trans Athletes to Play As “Who They Really Are.” What Changed?
Caitlyn Jenner speaks at the 4th Women’s March last year in Los Angeles. DPA/ 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.In July 2015, Caitlyn Jenner had just publicly come out as a trans woman. She took…
Arizona Republicans Make Climate Fears Their Latest Anti-Immigrant Tactic
The Specter Of ‘Ecofascism’ It is also a sign that a more nefarious ideological view could be making its way into mainstream politics: the idea that the response to ecological collapse and rising seas should be to limit who gets a seat in a finite number of civilizational lifeboats. That view has already gained traction…