How Does the American Climate Corps Compare to Its Predecessor?
Lev Radin/AP On Wednesday, the Biden administration launched the American Climate Corps, a climate-focused youth job training program. The plan will put some 20,000 people to work doing clean energy, wildfire prevention, and coastal resilience jobs and has already cost $150 million in investment. It’s far from the original vision, which Biden announced in 2021 and which would have…
America’s New Climate Corps Will Need to be a Lot Bigger
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks at a press conference on President Joe Biden’s launch of the American Climate Corps.Allison Bailey/AP This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Climate change is the greatest threat humanity has ever faced, and the United States has begun mobilizing an army to fight…
We’re Living in a Kevin McCarthy Doom Loop
Here we go again.Lenin Nolly/Sipa/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.For the second time in three days, a group of far-right House Republicans on Thursday blew up a short-term plan to fund the government, setting fire to efforts to avoid a government shutdown at…
Is the Writer’s Strike Nearing an End? Today Will Be a Crucial Test for Negotiators.
On Friday, members of the The Writers Guild of America picketed ABC studios during a taping of The View. Negotiations continued across the weekend in LA.Matthew Rodier/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Is the months-long writers’ strike finally coming to an end? We should…
Trump Really, Really Doesn’t Want More People to Vote in Pennsylvania
Alex Brandon/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In an era of mounting threats to free and fair elections ginned up by Republicans, voting rights experts agree that automatic voter registration is one of the best ways to expand access to the ballot. So when…
Why Did It Take So Long for Dems to Turn Against Bob Menendez?
Sen. Bob Menendez, left, stands with New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, center, and Sen. Cory Booker prior to an event kicking off Menendez’s campaign for reelection on March 28, 2018, in Union City, N.J.Julio Cortez/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Within hours of Sen.…