Harry Belafonte Turned 94 Yesterday. Revisiting His Living Legacy Today.
Harry Belafonte and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on March 24, 1965 in Montgomery, AlabamaBettmann/Getty 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.In 1956, a New York musician born to Caribbean immigrants “released the first million-selling LP in…
The First Online Chess Olympiad for People With Disabilities Is Expanding
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.More than 400 players from 45 countries competed in the first Online Chess Olympiad for People With Disabilities recently, and the games are growing. Programmers are developing a virtual platform for…
“Illegal Alien” No More: The Biden Administration Drops the Label
“Drop the I-Word” launched in 2010 as a campaign to change “illegal alien” and “illegal immigrant” to “undocumented immigrant” and other terms, a call answered by the Biden administration.Manuel Navarro/Picture Alliance/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that…
Catch the First Sounds Ever Recorded on the Surface of Mars
The first high-resolution color image sent back from NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover on February 18, 2021NASA via Getty 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.Since Mar-a-Lago isn’t going anywhere, let’s skip town for Mars. Far away, on…
Black Philanthropy Month, Far Beyond August, Rolls Year-Round at #BPM365
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.Last August was the ninth year running of Black Philanthropy Month, a designated stretch of observance that both amplifies and compresses a lot of history, justice, injustice, and joy. That month’s…
“In Honor of Rush Limbaugh,” $425,000 in Donations to Planned Parenthood
Mirroring the effort to drive donations to Planned Parenthood on Mike Pence’s birthday a few years ago, scores of people not-quite-mourning Rush Limbaugh’s death are rallying to mobilize similarly and donate in his name. “It’s what Rush would have wanted,” reads the Instagram pitch. The goal of donating $10,000 to reproductive health care has been…