The Mayor of Detroit Turned Down Thousands of J&J Vaccines. Public Health Experts Say That’s a Bad Idea.
A Tyson Foods employee received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in Iowa.Tyson Foods/Zume 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.Local governments are doing what public health officials had feared: turning down the Johnson & Johnson vaccine under the false…
Roxane Gay Says Cancel Culture Does Not Exist
MasterClass 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.Roxane Gay is one of the most prolific and versatile writers of our generation. Her works include a best-selling collections of essays (Bad Feminist), a blockbuster memoir (Hunger), the Black…
Two Big Reasons Why Now Is a Terrible Time to Lift Mask Mandates
A Houston, Texas, Bartender talks with customers shortly after Governor Greg Abbott lifted the state’s mask mandate. Associated Press 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.Earlier this week, Texas and Mississippi became the first states in recent…
Big Polluters Just Power-Stomped Cities Seeking Greener Building Codes
(David J. Phillip/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.This story was originally published by HuffPost and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The private consortium that oversees the model building codes for…
The USA Needs a Reckoning. Does “Truth and Reconciliation” Actually Work?
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 October, the city council in Greensboro, North Carolina, met for a special session. The meeting was held at 7 p.m. over Zoom, and with most of the nine commissioners connecting…
I’m Obsessed with Decadent and Deviant Instagram Cakes
Mother Jones illustration; Getty; Unsplash 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.A good night out used to mean draping a silver chain around my neck, tending to the melodrama of a friend spotting their crush at the…