These 17 Books Made 2017 a Little Less Terrible for Our Readers
Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The events of this year have some Mother Jones readers turning to books for perspective and comfort. Leonard Jay Hastings of Manchester, Michigan, picked up The Plot Against America and tells us this book about a dictatorship “reminds the reader that the corrective measures lie with the…
RoseAnn DeMoro Has Political Enemies Everywhere. But the Nurses Union Chief Might Save Our Health Care.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Taylor CalleryOf the many public takedowns of RoseAnn DeMoro, the boss of the largest nurses’ union in America, one of the funniest is a campy YouTube video called “The Devil Wears Scrubs.” The DeMoro character arrives for a job interview wearing a red cape and horns and carrying…
2017 Was a Big Year for Scrubbing Science from Government Websites. Here’s the List.
John Foxx/Stockbyte/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Moments after President Donald Trump took the oath of office last January, nearly all references to climate change disappeared from the White House official website. A page detailing former President Barack Obama’s plans to build a clean energy economy, address climate change, and protect…
Private Prison Companies Are About to Cash In on Trump’s Deportation Regime
Mother Jones Illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In October, when executives from the country’s biggest prison company held their annual leadership conference at a golf resort owned by President Donald Trump, they had much to celebrate: lucrative contracts, strong stock prices, and a good shot at expanding their reach…
A Cannabis Resort in the Mojave Desert? Sure, Why Not.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The tiny town of Nipton, on the eastern edge of California in the Mojave Desert,¹ is about to become Marijuanaville: The nation’s largest publicly traded marijuana company, American Green, recently bought the town for $5 million, with plans to develop a “cannabis-driven” resort on the…
After I Complain, Bitcoin Gets Its Act Together
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Kevin Drum gets results! Yesterday I complained that for the past four weeks, the lowest trade for bitcoin has been exactly $10,000. Suspicious! Today, a reader emails to tell me that the low trade is $13,611.86. Interesting! I don’t know what happened, but I intend…