She Was on the Front Lines of Whale Conservation. Now She’s on the Front Lines of War.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The first time I spoke with Olga Shpak, I made the mistake of beginning as I often do when interviewing researchers: by asking for some basic biographical information. “I used to be a scientist,” she said, not sounding bitter,…
Report From Russia: The Country’s “Special Military Operation” Is a Bloody Fiasco
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A version of this essay originally appeared in the London Review of Books. The “Special Military Operation” (the law forbids calling it anything else) got off to a bad start—Russian armed forces crossed into Ukraine and found themselves stuck…
Trump Said He Might Have Let Russia “Take Over” Parts of Ukraine. Fox News Edited It Out.
Donald Trump greets Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and President Vladimir Putin on July 7, 2017. Mikhail Klimentyev/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Last week, Donald Trump told Fox News’ Sean Hannity that he could have stopped the invasion of Ukraine by allowing Russia…
Steve Bannon, an Exiled Mogul, and the Ukraine Rescue Effort That (Mostly) Wasn’t
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.As Yana Ibragimov and her two young children waited at the Lviv train station, it was snowing. This was March 7, 2022, early in the war in Ukraine. Russian troops were advancing. A day earlier, Russian shells had killed…
One Year Into Russia’s Brutal Invasion of Ukraine, Zelenskyy Vows to Fight for Victory
AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In a speech marking the first anniversary of Russia’s brutal invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday vowed to push for victory and praised Ukrainians for their enduring strength. “Our faith has grown stronger. Our morale has been…
How the Case of Arrested FBI Agent Charles McGonigal Is Tied to a Russia-Linked Influence Effort
Joe Minchillo/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.It was shocking news: Charles McGonigal, a former counterintelligence chief for the FBI, was arrested for his alleged role in two separate schemes. In one, he purportedly accepted $225,000 from an Albanian American businessman, while he was…