About to Break Down? You Might Be a Cybertruck.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk stands in front of the damaged Cybertruck after it fails a demonstration of its durability.Ringo H.W. Chiu / AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.At a live delivery event this November, where Elon Musk awkwardly opened the door for about a…
Cities Are Dialing Back Mandatory Minimum Parking Rules
Jason Hawkes/Getty/Grist This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In the beginning, parking lots were created to curb chaos on the road. But climate change has turned that dynamic on its head. Since the 1920s a little-known policy called parking minimums has shaped a large facet of American life.…
It’s Time to Let Cyclists Use Crosswalks
Joshua Rawson Harris/Unsplash; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Sometimes, my rage gets the better of me. To bike into downtown Denver, I need to take a left at a dangerous intersection. Despite being labeled as “cyclist friendly” by Google Maps, the crossing has…
Section of I-95 Collapses Near Philadelphia
/City of Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Bad news for drivers hitting the road this summer on the East Coast. On Sunday morning, a tanker fire beneath a Philadelphia overpass for I-95 caused a big section of the northbound…
Did Mailchimp Censor J.D. Vance?
Former President Donald Trump and Sen. JD Vance, (R-Oh), at the East Palestine Fire Department in the aftermath of the Norfolk Southern train derailment Feb. 3 in East Palestine, Ohio.Matt Freed/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Monday, Ohio Senator J.D. Vance accused the…
The Biden Administration’s Revolutionary Electric Cars Proposal
I’ve got mixed feelings on these bad boys.Dominick Sokotoff/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.If you’re not driving an electric car yet, you probably will be soon. (Provided, of course, that you drive a car at all.) The Environmental Protection Agency just proposed two…