Black Unemployment Is at a Historic Low—But Don’t Thank Trump
Nicholas Aikens waits to talk to employers at a career fair in Memphis, TennesseeKyle Kurlick/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ monthly jobs reports usually don’t make much of a splash, but the latest one, released last Friday, contained a quiet surprise. While the overall jobs…
The US Military Is Set to Meet With the Russian General Who Called For Cyberattacks Against the West
Gen. Valery GerasimovIliya Pitalev/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As the Mueller investigation continues to examine links between Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia, the Pentagon and State Departments are preparing for a slew of high-level meetings over the next two months with Russian government officials, Buzzfeed reported on Sunday. The…
For Sale by President Trump: A Leaky, Polluted Warehouse Caught Up in a Lawsuit
Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Anyone in the market for a polluted South Carolina warehouse that’s mired in a messy lawsuit? Did we mention it has a leaky roof? President Donald Trump’s company, known for its glitzy real estate developments, is trying to find a buyer for…
Here’s Yet Another Reason to Believe in Skyrocketing Income Inequality
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Continuing on our theme of the day, here’s the total net worth of the Forbes 400 list of the world’s richest people: This might actually understate things since it’s a global list, not just an American one. But even at that, the wealth of the world’s…
Ohio’s Voter Removal Law Is… Probably Not Illegal
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Ohio removes people from the voting rolls if they have failed to vote in the past two years and then fail to respond to a notice and fail to vote during the next four years after that. But federal law says that you can’t remove…
Democrats and Republicans Just Worked Together (!) to Make Progress on the Opioid Epidemic
President Trump signs the INTERDICT Act/White House Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Wednesday evening, President Donald Trump signed bipartisan legislation that will appropriate funds to buy machines that identify packages containing fentanyl, an opioid up to 100 times more powerful than morphine that is driving the overdose epidemic. The…