The Weight of Water: Women Mariners Abused at Sea Are Finally Breaking Their Silence
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This article was produced in partnership with the nonprofit newsroom Type Investigations, with support from the H.D. Lloyd Fund for Investigative Journalism. Any woman who works in the maritime industry will remember where she was when she read about…
MAGA Groups Claim Schools Are Too Woke to Teach Reading Correctly
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Ten years ago, Marilyn Muller began to suspect that her kindergarten daughter, Lauryn, was struggling with reading. Lauryn, a bright child, seemed mystified by the process of sounding out simple words. Still, the teachers at the top-rated Massachusetts public…
Hunter Biden Will Plead Guilty to Misdemeanor Tax Charges
Patrick Semansky/ AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Hunter Biden has agreed to a plea deal with federal prosecutors, finally ending a five-year investigation into the 53-year-old’s failure to pay $1 million in federal taxes and his illegal purchase of a firearm, according to…
Trillions in Oil and Farm Subsidies Are Causing “Environmental Havoc”
Markus Spiske/Unsplash This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Trillions of dollars of subsidies for fossil fuels, farming, and fishing are causing “environmental havoc,” according to the World Bank, severely harming people and the planet. Many countries spend more on harmful subsidies than…
Booting 18-Year-Olds From Disability Rolls Has Lifelong Consequences
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In September 2017, the Social Security Administration sent Gabriel Burgos’ family a letter warning that their income would be cut in half. Gabriel—a Brooklyn high schooler who lived with his mother, Marlena, and father, Jorge, in a public housing…
Emails Show Missouri’s Student Loan Servicer Never Wanted to Be In the Lawsuit to Kill Debt Relief
Alejandro Alvarez/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Newly obtained records from the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority (MOHELA) show that executives and employees at the student loan servicer are surprised and dismayed at their company’s central role in the lawsuit before the Supreme Court…