This Pennsylvania Special Election Is a 2024 Litmus Test
Orange barricades are erected outside of the Pennsylvania Capitol on January 14, 2021 after an FBI bulletin warned that armed protests were planned at state capitols ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. Paul Weaver/SOPA Images via ZUMA Wire Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Democrats…
As Israel Attacks Rafah, Biden’s Warnings to Netanyahu Seem “Meaningless”
President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York in 2023.Susan Walsh/Associated Press Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Using a “wave of attacks” this weekend, Israel bombed Rafah—a southern city in Gaza holding more than 1 million displaced people—killing dozens. The…
The Trouble With Convicting Parents for Their Children’s Violent Crimes
Carlos Osorio/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.While some advocates have heralded a Michigan jury’s decision to convict Jennifer Crumbley of involuntary manslaughter as an important step in the right direction to stop mass shootings, others fear the legal precedent will stretch far beyond…
These Four States Want Big Oil to Pay for Climate Damage
John Tully / The Washington Post/Getty This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Last July, the normally warm and humid but still pleasant New England summer was disrupted by a series of unusually heavy rain storms. Flash floods broke creek banks and washed away roads, inundating several…
How the FBI Infiltrated Denver’s Racial Justice Movement
People protest for racial justice near the Colorado State Capitol on June 6, 2020.Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In case you missed it, Mother Jones has officially merged with the nonprofit investigative news outlet Reveal. Among many other exciting changes, this means that going forward…
The Kansas City Chiefs Still Have a Racist Name
Ed Zurga/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.As the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers head to Las Vegas for the Super Bowl on Sunday, Native activists will for the fourth time in five years travel to the stadium where the championship…