More Nations Are Growing Wary of Deep Sea Mining
The mining vessel “Hidden Gem,” Rotterdam, the Netherlands, February 2022. Charles M. Vella/ZUMA This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The list of countries calling for a pause on deep-sea mining continued to grow this week ahead of a key moment that mining companies hope will launch the fledgling industry,…
Brazil’s Supreme Court Looms Over Indigenous Land Rights
Indigenous protesters decry “marco temporal,” the legal theory that could wreak havoc on their land rights.EVARISTO SA/AFP via Getty Images/Grist This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. At the end of May, Brazilian lawmakers approved legislation that would invalidate Indigenous land claims and open protected Indigenous lands to mining,…
It’s Official: Trump Will Take His First Step to Renomination on the Only Federal Holiday Honoring a Black Man
Trump in August 2015.Charlie Neibergall/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Republican Party of Iowa announced on Saturday that they had landed on January 15, 2024 for its first-in-the-nation presidential caucus. That happens to be Martin Luther King Jr. Day: the sole federal holiday…
This Week, the Biden Administration Went All in on Repairing Relations with China
Chinese Premier Li Qiang greets Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in Beijing on Friday.Mark Schiefelbein/EFE/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.US-China relations have long been tenuous, and the last two years have been no exception. There was the US diplomatic boycott of Beijing’s 2022 Winter…
Biden Says Ukraine Is Not Ready to Join NATO
Pool/Ukrainian Presidentia/Planet Pix, Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was designed to help member countries rebuild and bolster security after World War II through something called “collective defense.” In essence, an attack against one member is considered an attack…
Nine People Wounded in Cleveland Shooting
The aftermath of a deadly 2009 Cleveland shooting.Peggy Turbett/AP/Cleveland Plain Dealer Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.An early morning shooting left nine people injured in Cleveland, Ohio on Sunday. Cleveland Police say they responded after gunfire near the block of West 6th Street and…