A Record Number of U.N. Aid Workers Have Been Killed in the Israel-Hamas War
United Nations workers prepare aid for distribution to Palestinians, who have fled their homes due to Israeli strikes and take shelter in a UN-run school, in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, on November 4, 2023.Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and…
Inside the Knock-Down, Drag-Out Fight Over the Soul of a Pennsylvania School District
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.When Lela Casey decided to speak up at a school board meeting of Pennsylvania’s Central Bucks School District in September, she was still troubled by an incident that had happened at a similar meeting in March. The mother of…
Donald Trump Freed a Convicted Medicare Fraudster. The Justice Department Wants Him Back.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On a Thursday in September 2019, Philip Esformes arrived for his sentencing at the federal courthouse in downtown Miami looking pale and gaunt. The previous April, after an eight-week trial, Esformes, heir to a large, successful chain of nursing…
Tens of Thousands Marched in DC, Calling for a Ceasefire in Gaza
Thousands of protesters rally during a pro-Palestinian demonstration at Freedom Plaza in Washington on Saturday.AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Tens of thousands of protestors on Saturday marched in Washington, D.C. to protest in support of Palestinians and against the Israeli…
UN Official: Palestinians in Gaza Are Living on Two Pieces of Bread a Day
People queue for bread in front of a bakery that was partially destroyed by an Israeli strike in the Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza.Majdi Fathi/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The average Palestinian in Gaza is currently living on two pieces of bread a…
The Misguided Stories Americans Tell Themselves About Israel and Palestine
President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on October 18 in Tel Aviv.Evan Vucci/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In 1951, three years after Israel came into existence, Shibley Telhami was born in a village outside Haifa that lacked running water…