Rupert Murdoch, 92, Is Engaged for the Second Time in 12 Months—This Time to a Woman He Met Through His Third Wife
Lewis Whyld/Associated Press Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.When I tell people about our package on American oligarchy at Mother Jones, everyone wants to know about the yachts. As I wrote in an essay for the magazine, these gleaming vessels have come to symbolize both…
The Congressman Who Yelled “Lies” During the State of the Union Has a History of Crazy Outbursts
Rep. Derrick Van Orden at the Capitol last year.Tom Williams/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wisc.) has an obvious problem with anger management. The latest example came on Thursday when the freshman Republican from Wisconsin shouted “lies” at President Joe…
Lara Trump Is All About Meritocracy
Lara Trump speaks at the NCGOP state convention in front of former US President Donald Trump on June 5, 2021 in Greenville, North Carolina.Melissa Sue Gerrits/Stringer/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Before she married Eric and became a Trump, Lara Trump was a dabbler.…
The Retail Workers Demanding More
This story is a collaboration with the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Magnum Foundation. We asked photographers to show us the paradox of today’s labor movement. Even as the popularity of unions has grown over the last decade, actual membership has continued to decline. Can new enthusiasm revitalize American labor? Read about this unique moment…
Can American Labor Seize the Moment?
This story is a collaboration with the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Magnum Foundation. We asked photographers to show us the paradox of today’s labor movement. Even as the popularity of unions has grown over the last decade, actual membership has continued to decline. Can new enthusiasm revitalize American labor? The American public seems to…
On the Front Lines of UAW’s Historic Strike
This story is a collaboration with the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Magnum Foundation. We asked photographers to show us the paradox of today’s labor movement. Even as the popularity of unions has grown over the last decade, actual membership has continued to decline. Can new enthusiasm revitalize American labor? Read about this unique moment…