A Key Reason Jan. 6 Rioters Aren’t Facing Sedition Charges: They’re White
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.As of this writing, 695 people have been charged for federal crimes related to the January 6, 2021, Capitol breach—crimes motivated by the lie that Joe Biden won because of nationwide election fraud. Of those 695 people,…
A Look Back at 2021 in Photos, If You Can Bear It
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Whatta year! Wooooo boy. Phew. Is it over yet? Here in the (very small, one-person) Mother Jones photo department, we naturally tend to think visually. As such, we rounded up a few dozen photos that stuck with…
“I Was Trying to Protect My Family”
A boy receives a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from pharmacist Jazzmine Miller of Grubbs Pharmacy, at the Capitol Hill Day School in Washington, D.C.Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Sasha Taylor believes the COVID vaccine will keep her family together. Back…
Nearly 100 Confederate Monuments Were Toppled Last Year. What Happened to Them?
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.It’s been a long time since I sat in an American history class, but what I remember of my education in Jacksonville, Florida, in the 1980s and ’90s is how much of it was not fact, but…
Pro-Trump Doctors Invoke Civil Rights in Bid to Overturn New York’s Vaccine Mandate
Dr. Simone Gold of the controversial America’s Frontline Doctors group, speaks to the crowd at the pro-Trump Freedom Tour U.S.A. rally in Sacramento on September 19th, 2020. Ron Lyon/ZUMA Wire Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.African Americans have among the highest COVID-19…
There’s No Proof Sunscreen Prevents Cancer in Black People. Why Do Doctors Keep Pushing It?
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.In May 2019, the University of Texas dermatologist Adewole Adamson published an opinion piece in the Washington Post debunking recommendations that Black people should wear sunscreen to prevent skin cancer. “Many dermatology and skin-cancer-focused organizations (a few…