That Time a California Lawmaker Tried Getting Rid of Gas-Powered Vehicles
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Nicholas Petris, born to Greek immigrants in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1923, could remember a time when electric trucks were a common sight on the streets of Oakland. In fact, just a couple decades before his birth, both electric and…
Rideshare to Vote? Not So Easy When You’re Disabled.
Richard Vogel/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In 2020, Sharon Giovinazzo, who is blind as a complication of multiple sclerosis, wanted to vote independently—and in person. She knew that electronic voting machines in Little Rock, Arkansas, then her home, were her only option.…
Citing Health Concerns, Some Jewish New Yorkers Push Back Against Proposed Mask Ban
A masked subway rider in New YorkRichard B. Levine/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The day after the North Carolina legislature passed a bill restricting the use of masks, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul alarmed disability rights advocates when she announced that she…
You Don’t Want to Tell Voters That You Can’t Govern
Kyle Mazza/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The United States, as a rule, is not very good about pricing in negative costs, in part because the people responsible for those costs get very upset when you try. The federal gas…
What You Should Know About Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s New “Build Green” Bill
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), one of the senators who introduced the “Build Green” Bill.Francis Chung / AP This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Although the nation has seen record federal investment in infrastructure under President Joe Biden, the majority of the funds are flowing to…
Forcing Workers Back to the Office Could Be Terrible for the Environment
Software engineer Leisen Huang working at Wonder Workshop, San Mateo, California, in 2015. Mother Jones; Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle/Getty This story was originally published by Grist and Fast Company and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When office workers stopped working in offices in 2020, trading their cubicles for living room couches during COVID-19 lockdowns,…