We Need to Understand How We Got to January 6 Before We Can Move Forward
Julio Cortez/AP 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.The deadly insurrection at the US Capitol wasn’t the start of something, nor was it the end. What happened on January 6 had been planned for weeks, and the ideology…
A Radical Idea for Forcing Vaccine Companies to Share Knowledge With the World
Mother Jones illustration/Courtesy of Dean Baker 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.As the world grapples with the devastation of the coronavirus, one thing is clear: The United States simply wasn’t prepared. Despite repeated warnings from infectious disease…
“Queen Sugar” Author Natalie Baszile on How Black Farmers Can Help Save the Planet
Mother Jones illustration; Courtesy of Harper Collins 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.Natalie Baszile knew she was onto something when she got the call from Oprah’s people. A novelist and food justice activist, Baszile had been…
The Black Farmer Movement Battling History to Return to the Land
Tahz Walker stands on land that he and others own communally as part of Earthseed Land Collective in Durham, North Carolina on March 14, 2021. Walker and his partner Cristina Rivera-Chapman run Tierra Negra Farm which provides produce for farm shares as well as fresh vegetables to communities in downtown Durham.Madeline Gray Let our journalists…
“One Guilty Verdict Doesn’t Satisfy That Appetite for Actual Change”: Why Derek Chauvin’s Trial Is Not the End of the Fight
Protesters demonstrate outside the Hennepin County Government Center on March 9, 2021 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ImageSpace/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.Late Tuesday afternoon, the jury in the trial of Derek Chauvin delivered its verdict: guilty on…
America’s Wealth Gap Is Much More Obscene Than You Had Imagined
March 1, 2021: Senator Elizabeth Warren introduces the Ultra-Millionaire Tax ActTom Williams/CQ Roll Call/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.They have super-yachts, wine cellars, multiple homes, home movie theaters, private safe-rooms, and family office suites. The…