“The Road From Raqqa” Is a Story of Two Brothers That Will Resonate With Anyone Who Has Left Home
Mother Jones illustration For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Back in 2015, Jordan Ritter Conn went to Turkey to report on a rebel Syrian soccer team for Grantland. There was one big problem: The reporter spoke no Arabic. He got a tip to go to a small restaurant north of…
A Portrait of a “Last Responder”: The Funeral Director Serving Louisiana’s Virus-Stricken Communities
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Courtney Baloney’s funeral home sits in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. It’s not far from New Orleans. It’s also not far from the more than 100 petrochemical facilities that line a stretch of the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Baton Rouge,…
Republicans at the Convention Did Not Lay Out a Plan for Climate Change—Much Less Acknowledge It
The president’s son, Eric Trump.RNC Video Feed/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This piece was originally published in The Guardian and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. The Republican National Convention, dominated by veneration of Donald Trump and bleak warnings of the dangers of socialism, has…
Sami Tamimi’s “Falastin” Is an Ode to the Complex Food and History of Palestine
Traditionally, chicken musakhan was made around the olive oil pressing season in October or November to celebrate (and gauge the quality of) the freshly pressed oil.Jenny Zarins For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On the international stage, discussion of the Occupied Palestinian Territory (as the United Nations calls…
Obamacare Is No Longer a Republican Punching Bag
As long as we’re taking a look at public opinion, here’s a remarkable turnaround: Opposition to Obamacare Becomes Political Liability for GOP Incumbents In the 2014 elections, Republicans rode a wave of anti-Affordable Care Act sentiment to pick up nine Senate seats, the largest gain for either party since 1980…Six years later, those senators are…
Friday Cat Blogging – 28 August 2020
I had two pictures ready to go this week. One was of Hilbert and Hopper taken at my house. The other was of Stripey taken at my mother’s house. I asked her to make a totally unbiased choice of which picture to use, and she chose the picture of Stripey. “You never get to see…