This Majority-Black City Has a Water Crisis That Privatization Won’t Fix
Joshua Lott/The Washington Post/Getty/Grist This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In the summer of 2022, heavy rainfall damaged a water treatment plant in the city of Jackson, Mississippi, precipitating a high-profile public health crisis. The Republican Governor Tate Reeves declared a state of emergency, as thousands of residents…
Ruby Bridges Blasts Book Bans As “Ridiculous” Attempts to “Cover Up History”
Ruby Bridges, the first Black student to integrate an elementary school in the South, thinks book bans are “ridiculous.” Rogelio V. Solis/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Civil Rights icon Ruby Bridges is an integral part of U.S. history lessons in classrooms nationwide, given…
Black Alabamans Urged Officials to Stop a Plant Polluting Their Neighborhood
Walter Moorer observes fumes emitted from the Hosea Weaver asphalt plant near Chin Street in the historic Black community of Africatown.Patrick Darrington/Inside Climate News This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Walter Moorer likes to say he lives at 411 “Death Row Street.” At least that is…
Oakland’s Progressive DA Just Wants to Do Her Job. In an Age of Recalls, That Job Is Changing.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Almost as soon as I get into the car, District Attorney Pamela Price makes it clear that she doesn’t want to talk to me, or at the very least she doesn’t have time to. “I have to get some…
Elon Musk Keeps Spreading a Very Specific Kind of Racism
Alex Gallardo/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Racist pseudo-science is making a comeback thanks to Elon Musk. Recently, the tech billionaire has been retweeting prominent race scientist adherents on his platform X (formally known as Twitter), spreading misinformation about racial minorities’ intelligence and physiology…
SCOTUS Ducks High School Diversity in Admissions Case
Justice of the Supreme Court Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito attend a private ceremony Justice of the Supreme Court Sandra Day O’Connor before public repose in the Great Hall at the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, Dec. 18, 2023.Pool Via Cnp/CNP via ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and…