Russia’s New Motto: “We Are Not Ashamed”
Editor’s note: This essay’s author is anonymous to protect the writer from potential reprisals. There are relatives with whom one must talk because one is obligated to do so, and undeclared wars make this especially tedious. Some won’t be bothered to discuss “politics” because they think the “special military operation” is not really that big…
The White House Is Shifting Its Tone on Supplying Weapons to Ukraine
Damaged houses and Russian tanks in Bucha, a town recently recaptured by the Ukrainian forces .Daniel Ceng Shou-Yi/Zuma Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.President Joe Biden’s National Security Adviser said Sunday that the United States is giving Ukraine the “weapons it…
I Work With Refugees. After Fleeing Irpin, I’m Now Displaced Myself.
Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.In 2018, my partner and I—she is Ukrainian, I am American—put together a Google spreadsheet called “Home – Kyiv.” I was due to finish a mission with a humanitarian organization in western Africa and planned to…
The Worst People on the Planet Are Cheering the Reelection of Hungary’s Authoritarian Leader
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (C, Front) speaks to supporters at a rally in Budapest, Hungary, on April 3, 2022.Attila Volgyi/Xinhua/ZUMA Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Last night, Hungary’s authoritarian leader Viktor Orbán took the stage to crow about his fourth…
Russia’s Neighbors Look at Putin and Ask “Who’s Next?”
Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Aapo and Konsta, 22-year old university students from northeastern Finland, were basking on the long, wide stairs in front of the white and green-domed Helsinki Cathedral. They had wandered down to Senate Square on Saturday, March…
Many People Have Thoughts About Biden’s Off-Script Putin Remarks
President Joe Biden meets refugees of Russia’s war with Ukraine at PGE Narodowy Stadium on March 26, 2022, in Warsaw, Poland.BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.It was no surprise that Biden’s scripted speech on Saturday from Warsaw,…