Wildfire Smoke Is Loaded With Microbes. Is That Dangerous?
A firefighter battles a wildfire during the Bond Fire burns in Silverado, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. (Ringo H.W. Chiu/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 Wired and is reproduced…
Heroes of 2020: All Gas No Brakes
Mother Jones illustration; Youtube 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.“Sunlight is the best disinfectant.” As an allegorical aphorism, it is almost never true. Enabled by social media, conspiracists, white supremacists, and general hoax types have garnered…
Hero and Monster of 2020: TikTok
Mother Jones illustration; Brands of the World 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 month while washing dishes, my dad jokingly asked my mom, “Can you talk right now or are you doing ‘hot girl shit?’”…
Heroes of 2020: Local Political Reporters
Mother Jones illustration; The Climate Reality Project/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.It was a Tuesday night in mid-November, and, like many Americans, I was staring at my phone in disbelief. Two Republicans on the board…
Trump, Turmoil, and 2020: Our MoJo Podcast Team Replays the Year’s Defining Moments
Aaron Jackendoff, Nicolas Roses, Jason Whitman/AP, Zuma 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 disease, global in reach but intimate in its cruelty. A nation plunged into economic ruin. A president raging and incompetent. Society’s unforgiving disparities…
Heroes of 2020: Ed Yong and His Prescient, Terrifying, and Inspiring Coronavirus Writing
Urszula Sołtys/Harper Collins; Mother Jones Illustration 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.There was a point for all of us, somewhere near the beginning of the pandemic, where we said to ourselves, oh shit. One of my…