NPR’s “Tiny Desk” Gets an Actual Tiny Desk, Courtesy Pharoahe Monch
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.We interrupt your pandemic programming with a breaking news bulletin from our Recharge desk at Mother Jones: Down the hall, on your left, past the deranged conspiracy babble of Rep. Marjorie…
How Trump Unleashed a Domestic Terrorism Movement—And What Experts Say Must Be Done to Defeat It
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.Even the wifi password was a signal. Attendees at President Donald Trump’s rally in Dalton, Georgia, on January 4 who wanted to log in to the Make America Great network had…
Trump May Be Gone, But He Left Plenty of Lackeys Behind. Here Are Some of the Worst.
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 the time between his election loss and Joe Biden’s inauguration, Donald Trump rushed through dozens of federal appointments. Most rewarded loyalists with cushy, largely ceremonial positions on boards and commissions.…
The Forgotten History of Wyoming’s Black Miners
James E. Shepperson was pictured in the Seattle Republican, a now-defunct Black newspaper, on Oct. 26, 1900. 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 High Country News and is reproduced here as part of…
So Long, And Thanks For All the Pixels
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.After 12½ years at Mother Jones, this is finally it: my last blog post. This has, literally, been a dream job, getting paid to do something I’d be happy to do…
Here’s a Month-End Look at Vaccinations
As of the end of the month, here’s where we stand on vaccinations compared to every country in Europe. Note that this counts the number of doses, not the number of people vaccinated, since some people have already received two doses. Some countries are doing better than others, but overall the US is at 9.4…