From Toxic Mold to Fraud: How Privatizing Military Housing Became a Nightmare for Service Members
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In December 2021, Army Sergeant Johny Dudek, his wife, and their 2-year-old son moved into a three-bedroom house next to the Fort Bliss military base in El Paso, Texas. The Dudeks had a baby on the way, and they…
Without Heat Protections, Florida Laborers Brace for a Cruel Summer
Peter Kneffel/DPA/Zuma This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For Javier Torres and other workers whose jobs are conducted outdoors in south Florida, the heat is unavoidable. A new law recently signed by Ron DeSantis, Florida’s Republican governor, that prohibits any municipalities in the state from passing heat protections…
New York Is Suing Crisis Pregnancy Centers for Promising “Abortion Reversal”
Mother Jones; Lev Radin/Sipa USA/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Abortion rights advocates might be surprised to learn that, in deep-blue New York, anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers outnumber abortion clinics. There are more than 120 such centers (known as CPCs, though they also go…
Kristi Noem Takes Aim at Second Target: Biden’s Dog
Mother Jones; Michael Brochstein/Sipa USA/AP, Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Fresh off the heels of attracting bipartisan repulsion over the admission that she killed her own dog, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on Sunday suggested that President Joe Biden’s dog, Commander,…
The Promise of Health Chatbots Has Already Failed
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Not long ago, I noticed a new term trending in social media wellness circles: “certified hormone specialist.” I could have investigated it the old-fashioned way: googling, calling up an expert or two, digging into the scientific literature. I’m accustomed…
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,…