A Virtual Dinner Party With Anand Giridharadas, Free and Open to All
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Author, MSNBC analyst, Time editor, no fan of plutocracy, and possessor of one of the most stylishly written, justice-driven Twitter accounts Anand Giridharadas is inviting you to dinner. Join him tomorrow, Friday, for food and drinks. It’s part…
3 Chefs to Watch, Rewatch, and Celebrate for Recipes to Ease the Pandemic’s Grip
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.If you haven’t heard, everything is solved: the pandemic, presidential corruption, climate armageddon, systemic injustice, the cratering economy, raging wildfires, and assaults on human rights everywhere. All set. Pack it up. We did it! Well, no. But when…
When the Runway Lights Broke, They Used Their Cars to Land a Medevac
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Last Friday in Igiugig, a village on the Kvichak River in Alaska, residents of the town (population 70) drove at least 20 vehicles to the airport to cast light on the runway as a medevac plane circled above.…
Black Philanthropy Month Sets a New Record for Giving and Growth, and It’s Running Far Beyond August
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.As the month comes to a close, the scope and power of Black Philanthropy Month continue beyond the confines of any calendar or designated stretch of days; it’s running all year long at #BPM365. This month’s haul was…
From Our Archives, a Visit to the Culture Wars (of the 1990s)
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Do you remember the hysteria of the “culture wars”? In the 1990s—across magazine pages and college campuses and in books (Arthur Schlesinger Jr., hello!)—there was a growing concern about the culture. Ah, that vague noun. Much like today, discussions of the problem with the…
A Top Court Resoundingly Affirms Trans Rights in Gavin Grimm’s Battle for Equality
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.After a yearslong fight for equal protection in a bathroom access battle that’s made Gavin Grimm a trans hero, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that it’s a violation of Title IX to bar students from bathrooms that match their…