Why Are Biden’s Spokespeople Being All Authoritarian?
White House press secretary Jen Psaki during the daily White House press briefing on February 2. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.In America, you can question or criticize your government and its claims, even if your views overlap with the…
In Syria’s Endless War Health Workers Are Not Only Collateral Damage—They’re Targets
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Adapted from Perilous Medicine: The Struggle to Protect Health Care from the Violence of War by Leonard Rubenstein (Copyright 2021, Columbia University Press). Used by arrangement with the Publisher. All rights reserved. In 1996, I started a…
How are Biden’s Latest Airstrikes Not Just a War?
Brendan Smialowski/AFP/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.On a Friday in March, nearly 50 years ago, a young Joe Biden stood on the floor of the Senate and challenged the power of a president to unilaterally conduct…
Sheryl Sandberg and Top Facebook Execs Silenced an Enemy of Turkey to Prevent a Hit to the Company’s Business
People look on as smoke rises on the Syrian side of the border in Hassa, near Hatay, southern Turkey, on January 28, 2018, as Turkish jet fighters hit People’s Protection Units (YPG) positions.Ozan Kose/AFP/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap…
These Rare Seeds Escaped Syria’s War and Now Are Helping to Feed the World
Svalbard Global Seed Vault.Yonhap News/Zuma 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.This piece was originally published in Wired and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. In 2014, the remaining staff of the International Center for…
“The Road From Raqqa” Is a Story of Two Brothers That Will Resonate With Anyone Who Has Left Home
Mother Jones illustration For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Back in 2015, Jordan Ritter Conn went to Turkey to report on a rebel Syrian soccer team for Grantland. There was one big problem: The reporter spoke no Arabic. He got a tip to go to a small restaurant north of…