The Deep Roots of Outdoor Recreation’s Diversity Gap
The author at Glacier National Park in Montana, July 2020.Courtesy of Joe Kanzangu Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.This story was originally published by Undark and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. During the blistering summer of 1919, an oppressive heat…
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Went on Fox News to Blame the COVID Surge on Black People
Fox News Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On Thursday night, as the Texas Supreme Court rebuked Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s ban on school mask mandates and Texas’ education agency temporarily backed off enforcing it, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick fled to the safe…
The Moral Panic Over Critical Race Theory Is Coming for a North Carolina Teacher of the Year
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.In the first week of classes in August, Rodney D. Pierce, a social studies teacher at Red Oak Middle School in Battleboro, North Carolina, set the stage for his 8th graders by sharing a quote from James…
Charlottesville Finally Removes Its Robert E. Lee Statue
John C. Clark/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On Saturday morning, a statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Virginia, which sparked a deadly white supremacist rally in 2017, was finally removed. New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie captured the moment on…
Could A Third Term Possibly Be What Atlanta Needs? Former Atlanta Mayor, Kasim Reed Makes His Bid.
Written by Ashley Nelson and Jim Welcome Atlanta, our nation’s cultural capital, home of the Black experience, Black excellence, and to what most would presume…
Teachers Across the Country Are Protesting Laws That Stop Them From Talking About Systemic Racism
Students keep social distance as they walk to their classroom in Highwood, Illinois, in 2020.Nam Y. Huh/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 weekend, teachers in more than 30 cities protested against new laws that would…