Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Swarm UN Treaty Talks on Plastics Pollution
Workers sort used plastic bottles at a recycling factory in Dhaka, BangladeshJoy Saha/Zuma This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Fossil fuel and chemical company interests are out in force at the United Nations meeting in Nairobi, where delegates from about 170 countries are negotiating the…
“As if They Just Dropped Dead”: Navigating the Israel-Palestine War of Words
Mother Jones; Getty; Photo courtesy of Tamara Kharroub Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Open one social media platform and you’re hit with a fake video; open another and you’re hit with bigotry. Open a news article, and you’ll find some victims “killed” but others “dying.” Each account of events in Israel…
Henry Ford Perfected the Mass Production of Cars—and Antisemitism
Keystone/Getty; Wikipedia Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Henry Ford may be known for revolutionizing the automobile industry, but there’s another thing he mass produced: antisemitism. That’s one thing my colleague Dan Schulman explains in his new book, The Money Kings: The Epic Story of…
What to Know About the Hostage Deal Between Israel and Hamas
A woman plasters photos of Israeli children from Kibbutz Afar Azza missing and held captive in Gaza, in Tel Aviv on Tuesday.Ariel Schalit/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Hamas and Israel will free hostages and prisoners in a deal brokered by American, Qatari, and Egyptian…
New Yorkers Sure Don’t Seem to Trust, Much Less Like, Their Mayor
Richard Drew/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.“I know you don’t like to admit it,” New York Mayor Eric Adams told reporters last month. “But I know you get on your knees and pray every night, ‘Thank God Eric is the mayor of our…
Mexico Has Become a Haven for Americans Seeking an Abortion
Mother Jones illustration; YangYin/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.One last-minute round-trip flight from Biloxi, Mississippi, to Cancún, Mexico, runs about $171 USD; three nights at a three-star hotel there can cost as little as $129. A three-day car rental in the resort town…