Flying Cars Are Finally Here*
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 is the news we’ve all been waiting for: *It turns out that nothing has really happened yet except the granting of some tax credits. And the flying taxis themselves are…
What Are You Hoping For?
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.Have you exhaled yet? So much of this election has felt like waiting by the phone for news of a loved one in the hospital—the knot in the pit of your…
Donald Trump Is Purging the Defense Department to Elevate His Most Fervent Supporters
Michael Brochstein/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.Six days ago, chief Pentagon spokesperson Jonathan Hoffman took to Twitter to shoot down an NBC story claiming that Defense Secretary Mark Esper had prepared a letter of resignation. “He…
Trump Wants to Throw Out Legal Votes from Detroit
A Republican election challenger watches Detroit election workers.David Goldman/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.As part of President Donald Trump’s continued battle to overturn his election loss, his campaign announced late Tuesday it would file a…
Trump Became President Because of Racism. The Next Trump Could Too.
Evan Vucci/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.On Saturday, when the major media outlets called the presidential election for Joe Biden, millions of people around the country took to the streets to celebrate. But as people popped champagne bottles, danced alongside their neighbors,…
Seventy-Two Thousand Food Workers Have Contracted COVID-19. OSHA Is Ignoring Them.
Dr. Niki Davis joins a protest in Salt Lake City on July 30, 2020, to lobby Gov. Gary Herbert to close meatpacking plants in the state. The protest was organized by members of the Washington-based Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, which contends meatpacking plants have contributed to too many coronavirus cases in Utah and across…