A COVID Outbreak at a California Meatpacking Plant Started a Year Ago—and Never Went Away
A woman wears a facemask while walking past the Farmer John Slaughterhouse in Los Angeles, CA. Frederic J. Brown/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 Food and Environment Reporting Network.…
Why HR 1 Is the Most Significant Democracy Reform Bill in Decades
Screenshot/Mother Jones 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.House Resolution 1, the For the People Act, includes a slew of pro-voter policies. It would expand automatic registration and two-weeks early voting, across all 50 states; it would…
The Senate Confirms Deb Haaland to Be the First Native American Cabinet Secretary in US History
Deb Haaland speaks during the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on her nomination to be Interior Secretary on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, in February.GRAEME JENNINGS/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.In a…
Peter Thiel’s Huge Donation Backing J.D. Vance Could Upend the Ohio Senate Race
Peter Thiel speaks during the final day of the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland. J. Scott Applewhite/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.Silicon Valley venture capitalist Peter Thiel dropped an enormous bomb on the 2022…
The Elusive Dream of the Driverless Car
Autonomous vehicles race in the California desert as part of the DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) challenge in 2004. David McNew/ 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 Undark and is…
Democrats Are Pushing to Make the Stimulus Package’s Historic Anti-Poverty Measures Permanent
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.)Stefani Reynolds/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, President Biden signed into law historic anti-poverty measures as part of the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package. Now, Senate Democrats are pushing…