Today Is World Press Freedom Day. Here Are Three Ways to Strengthen and Support It.
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.The press, where it’s free, is a central nervous system. It sends and receives signals, zaps and regulates information until the pathways are pinched by the malignant forces of misinformation or…
From Our Archives, Conspiracy Watch!
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.Each Friday, we bring you an article from our archives to propel you into the weekend. For some time, there was a short, lively feature in this magazine called Conspiracy Watch.…
How Roasting Pigs Year After Year Teaches Me to Love Filipino Food
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.Before the pandemic, for my birthday each year I’d roast a whole lechon in my Oakland yard and invite anyone I could to help eat it. It’s an odd tradition, but…
Can Restaurants Recover and Drive Food Justice After the Pandemic? Join Us for a Live Conversation.
Mother Jones illustration 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.Restaurants are still reeling from the pandemic, but opportunities are growing to transform the industry and explore new models for survival. Tune in Thursday for a conversation with…
Vaccine Materials and Supplies Are Finally Heading to Hard-Hit India
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.The devastation couldn’t be more severe. Yesterday, India recorded its highest single-day death toll from COVID for the ninth consecutive day, and the highest new number of cases anywhere in the…
From Our Archives, a Parody Piece About “Downsizing”
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.Each Friday, we bring you an article from our archives to propel you into the weekend. The word “downsizing” seems to have been downsized. Looking back in the newspaper archives, there…