A Former State Department Staffer on Why She Publicly Resigned Over Gaza
Palestinians standing next to a vehicle in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on April 2, 2024.Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Last week, Annelle Sheline publicly resigned from the State Department in protest of the Biden administration’s support for Israel’s war…
Donald Trump and the United States of Amnesia
Donald Trump speaks at a political rally at Dayton International Airport in November 2022. Michael Conroy/AP Editor’s note: The below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides behind-the-scenes stories and articles about politics, media, and culture. Subscribing costs just $5 a month—but you can sign up…
This Kind of Fracking Can Help Solve Our Climate Problems
A surge tank on the injection well return line at the Blundell Geothermal Power Plant near Milford, Utah.Jon G. Fuller / ZUMA This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A limitless supply of heat exists beneath our feet within the Earth’s crust, but harnessing it at…
“They Don’t Want to Teach Black History”
David Carson/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This story was originally published by Capital & Main. The protests and student walkouts have stopped as an uneasy calm settles over St. Charles County, Missouri, after the community’s all-white school board threatened to eliminate both a…
With Famine “Imminent,” Israeli Military Kills Seven Aid Workers Delivering Food to Gazans
Seven aid workers from the World Central Kitchen were killed in an Israeli airstrike, according to the NGO.Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This week, Israel fired three missiles at an aid convoy for the World Central Kitchen (WCK), killing seven workers delivering…
The Biden Administration Just Rescued Parts of the Endangered Species Act
A Mantled Howler Monkey, which is listed as an endangered species by the US Fish & Wildlife ServicesJon G. Fuller/VW Pics/Zuma This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. During former President Donald Trump’s time in office, his administration rolled back a variety of safeguards for wildlife and…