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The East Coast Is About to Get Hit by a “Bomb Cyclone”

Sub-zero temperatures are expected across the northeastern United States.Vianney Le Caer/REX/Shutterstock/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Much of the eastern United States has been assaulted by brutally cold temperatures over the last week. New Year’s Eve revelers in New York City rang in 2018 in 9 degree weather—the coldest midnight…

Here Are 2017’s Best Protest Posters

Jessica Hill/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The year is nearly over, and politically speaking, it hasn’t been pretty. Plenty of outrageous, terrifying, shameful things have happened since Donald Trump took office, but from the very first day of his presidency, a massive contingent of the nation has taken to the…

Christmas Came Early for America’s UFO Community

Robin Loznak/Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On December 16, UFO researchers and enthusiasts, along with the general public, were treated to an unexpected gift from the New York Times. In a front-page investigation, the country’s most august news organization grappled with a topic that’s usually relegated to the fringes, detailing…

Here Is the Worst Anti-Science BS of 2017

Mother Jones Illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On a rainy day in April, 100,000 demonstrators—led by some of the nation’s most prominent scientists—converged on the National Mall for the first ever March for Science. It was Earth Day, and many of them were there to protest the environmental policies…

A Quick Guide to Legal Pot in California

Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. For Californians, legal cannabis is right around the corner. But we have questions. And as it turns out, many of you do, too. A couple weeks ago we wanted to know what questions you had about pot, and the responses were overwhelming.…