The Supreme Court Is About to Have a Very Busy Week
US Supreme Court justices arrive for the State of the Union address at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on February 4, 2020. Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Monday marks the…
UAW Triumphs in Tennessee Volkswagen Union Vote
People celebrate after the United Auto Workers (UAW) received enough votes to form a union at a UAW vote watch party on April 19, 2024 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.For decades, unionizing in the American…
Criminalization of Indigenous Land Defenders on the Rise, Says UN Report
Indigenous leaders and their water-protector allies set up camp to protest a pipeline in front of the Minnesota Capitol Building. Michael Nigro/AP This story was originally published by Grist as part of the Global Indigenous Affairs Desk, an Indigenous-led collaboration between Grist, High Country News, ICT, Mongabay, Native News Online, and APTN. It is reproduced here…
House Votes to Pass $95 Billion Foreign Aid Package for Ukraine and Israel
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson. Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Saturday, the US House of Representatives voted to pass a $95 billion foreign aid package to assist Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan, as well as a TikTok ban requiring the…
This Week’s Episode of Reveal: What Happens When Tribal Cops Vanish?
Tailyr Irvine Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.When Braven Glenn, a 17-year-old boy, was killed in a car wreck, the early details made little sense to his mother, Blossom Old Bull. Officials told her police chased Glenn for speeding, and he ended up in…
In Eagle Pass, Fewer Migrant Crossings Leave Law Enforcement Idle
Members of the Texas National Guard on duty in Eagle Pass. Liu Jie/Xinhua/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Joshua Rubin, a Brooklyn software developer and founder of the pro-immigrant grassroots group Witness at the Border, spent his 72nd birthday in Eagle Pass, Texas. He…