Spotify Pulls 70 Episodes of Joe Rogan’s Podcast
Rogan at a 2017 fight weigh-in.Gregory Payan/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The controversy over podcast host Joe Rogan reached a new stage on Saturday when Spotify quietly removed 70-some episodes from his show’s archives. Though the company hasn’t officially explained why…
Four Days After Saying Brian Flores’ Racism Claims Were “Without Merit,” NFL Decides He Has a Point
Elsa/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Earlier this week, former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores filed a lawsuit accusing the league of “systemic racism” and identified examples of teams conducting “sham interviews” with Black coaching candidates without any intention of hiring…
Iowa Republican Introduces Bill to Put Cameras in Every Public School Classroom
Joe Raedle/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Amid the ongoing Republican freakout over Critical Race Theory and the teaching of other supposedly objectionable material in public schools, an Iowa Republican has introduced a bill that would take the policing of the state’s…
Will Minneapolis Pass a Law That Helps Renters Buy Their Homes?
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Arianna Anderson had just gone into labor with her fifth child in March 2021 when a bathroom pipe burst. She scrambled to pack for the hospital and, with her husband working out of state, shuttle her young…
School Boards Have Long Been a Tool of White Supremacy
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.At raucous school board meetings across the country, disgruntled parents have grabbed the mic to represent the political desires of the Republican Party. Once-innocuous local gatherings have become anti–critical race theory caucuses administered by white people. In…
On Day One, Virginia’s New Republican Governor Ends Mask and Vaccine Mandates
Steve Helber/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Glenn Youngkin, the first Republican governor of Virginia since 2014, is wasting no time enacting policies that will harm the state’s people of color. On Saturday, his first day in office, he signed 11 executive actions…