How 99 Black Americans Gained—Then Lost—Land on an Idyllic Georgia Island
Aerial view of Skidaway Island, Georgia.Carol Highsmith/Library of Congress Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Skidaway Island, off the coast of Georgia, “not one blade of grass feels out of place.” Giant oak trees provide shade from the heat. Nature surrounds you, but…
This Week’s Episode of Reveal: 40 Acres and a Lie (Part 1 of 3)
Michael Johnson Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Patricia Bailey’s four-bedroom home sits high among the trees in lush Edisto Island, South Carolina. It’s a peaceful place where her body healed from multiple sclerosis. It’s also the source of her generational wealth. Bailey built…
How a Battle Over Solar Power Tore One New York Community Apart
A solar farm in Harmoney, FloridaPaul Hennessy/Sipa/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. “There are lots of people who say, ‘Nimby, nimby, nimby,’ and the people who say, ‘Nimby, nimby, nimby,’ they don’t live right next door to it.” That’s what one retiree told…
Not All Votes Are Created Equal
Nicolás Ortega Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. As any schoolkid might tell you, US elections are based on a bedrock principle: one person, one vote. Simple as that. Each vote carries the same weight. Yet for much of the country’s history, that hasn’t…
The Spy Inside Your Smartphone
Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Known for its investigative reporting, El Faro has been referred to as “a breakthrough digital newspaper blazing an independent and ethical trail in Central America.” So when reporters at the Salvadoran news outlet…
A Gazan Mother’s Harrowing Journey to Give Birth
Palestinians inspect the damage at Al-Shifa Hospital complex, following a two-week military operation by the Israeli army in Gaza City.Omar Ishaq/Picture-Alliance/DPA/AP Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In Gaza, the health care system has collapsed, but nearly 200 women each day still need to find…
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