Remembering Robert Hershon, Poet of the “Mimeo Revolution”
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 New York Times has a touching obituary of the New York poet Robert Hershon, who died this week at 84. Across a 50-odd-year career, Hershon and his collaborators at the…
A New Online Film Festival Seeks Solutions to Injustice Globally
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.An ambitious new series, Solutions Cinema, is off to a strong start. The monthlong festival searches for action and accountability around entrenched injustices through a slate of interactive films. Instead of…
A Growing Website Visualizes and Archives Every Music Genre in the World (or Tries To)
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.As my colleague Maddie Oatman wrote in her interview with the musician Jake Blount back in December, “genres” are neatly parceled networks of marketability, a bit of code to construct artistic…
From Our Archives, an Interview With Novelist Larry McMurtry
Brent Humphreys/Redux 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. Today it was announced that Larry McMurtry, one of the great novelists of…
“The Hug I Got Was Unimaginable”: More Nursing Homes Are Easing Restrictions After Vaccinations
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.No hugging sprees just yet, but yes, senior centers and assisted-living homes are easing restrictions following loosened federal guidelines for vaccinated adults. Ninety-four-year-old Gloria Winston of Rhode Island rejoiced in an…
Duets on Justice, Poetry, and Music: A Livestream With Nikki Giovanni, Evie Shockley, and Christian McBride
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.“I say to my students all the time, ‘If you want to learn how to write, if you want to learn history, listen to jazz,’” Nikki Giovanni said Tuesday in a…