The Anti-Pumpkin Pie, and 9 Other Unique Holiday Recipes
On our food politics podcast, Bite, guests like cookbook writer Samin Nosrat, Somali refugee Halimo Isaac, and comic W. Kamau Bell tell the stories behind what ends up on your plate. And, lucky us, these guests tend to be food lovers who know some great recipes. In time for holiday feasting, here are some of some of…
When Jacksonville Floods, the Rich Don’t Worry; the Poor Fight to Get Through
Bastiaan Slabbers/Zuma This story was originally published by CityLab and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Jacksonville’s Northside region was covered with swampland before the 1950s. The floodplain was home to some bait and tackle shops, commercial fisheries, and luxury waterfront homes, but all that changed as the fledgling city grew. Builders constructed middle-class white suburbs…
Four Million Young People Were Homeless Last Year. Four Million.
In Hollywood, 75% of the homeless population were under the age of 21 in 2014. Joshua Thaisen/ZUMA Nearly 4.2 million kids and young adults without a parent or guardian are homeless across the United States over the course of a year. A new study from the University of Chicago revealed the startling statistic this week, focused specifically on homeless unaccompanied youth between ages…
The Latest Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party Is This Sunday in a Pennsylvania High School Gym
Illustration by Mother Jones On October 21, Republican Congressman Tim Murphy formally resigned from Congress. The seven-term representative from Pennsylvania had always enjoyed strong ratings from pro-life organizations, but when the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette revealed that he had been carrying on an affair and had suggested his mistress seek an abortion, his 14 years in Washington were over. To…
Kushner May Have Withheld Even More Key Information From Congress
Jared Kushner leaves after testifying at a closed-door hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee on July 24. Ting Shen/Xinhua via ZUMA Wire Jared Kushner may have a new problem regarding his testimony in the Trump-Russia scandal. Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, told Capitol Hill investigators that he did not know of any…
Sanders Has a Very Strange Rationale for Why Trump’s Sexual Assault Claims Don’t Matter
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Friday offered a peculiar defense of President Donald Trump’s decision to attack Sen. Al Franken on Twitter over a new sexual misconduct revelation, but remained silent about serious sexual assault allegations against Roy Moore, the US Senate candidate in Alabama. “Senator Franken has admitted wrongdoing and the president…