A North Carolina Farmer Was Accused of Abusing His Workers. Then Big Tobacco Backed His Election.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This story is a collaboration between The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, Mother Jones, and Enlace Latino NC. When the tobacco giant Reynolds American cut a check for Brent Jackson’s political campaign in November 2019, it was well aware of…
Inside Anti-Abortion Groups’ Campaign to Sell Women on Unreliable Birth Control “Alternatives”
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.About five years ago, Kat decided to stop taking her birth control pills. She wanted to give her menstrual cycle a chance to return to normal before trying to get pregnant in the future—and anyway, she was beginning to…
The Colorado River Is Dying. Can Its Aquatic Dinosaurs Be Saved?
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.“You’re looking at the most endangered fish in North America,” Zane Olsen, the manager of the Ouray National Fish Hatchery tells me as he points to a deep open-topped water tank. Inside are dozens of juvenile bonytail, the rarest…
Forced Parenthood and Failing Safety Nets: This Is Life in Post-Roe America
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Melissa Kearse, a 38-year-old single mother of five, has never had an abortion. She never wanted one. “I come from a very religious background,” she explains, “where my-body-my-choice is not necessarily my body and my choice.” But in her…
What Happened to Royce White?
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.It is a brisk April evening in downtown Minneapolis. A haphazard crowd of about 20 people gathers. Some carry American flags. A homily from the mid-20th century Catholic archbishop Fulton Sheen—famous for bringing the Word of the Lord to…
In the GOP’s New Surveillance State, Everyone’s a Snitch
Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.It was a cold, blustery weekend in February when Neesha Davé opened the door to her Austin, Texas, home and found a process server standing on her front step. She felt sympathy for the woman waiting…