Section of I-95 Collapses Near Philadelphia
/City of Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Bad news for drivers hitting the road this summer on the East Coast. On Sunday morning, a tanker fire beneath a Philadelphia overpass for I-95 caused a big section of the northbound…
Trump’s AG: “If Even Half of it Is True, He’s Toast”
Donald Trump and Bill Barr pictured on July 11, 2019 in Washington, DC. Oliver Contreras/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Former attorney general Bill Barr said Sunday morning that he believed that Donald Trump is in real trouble with the latest indictment against him…
Reality Winner Has Something to Say About the Trump Indictment
Michael Holahan/AP; Yuri Gripas/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Reality Winner, the first person to be prosecuted in violation of the Espionage Act under the Trump administration, said she was “blown away” by the voluminous detail found in the 49-page indictment against the former…
Climate Deniers Are Hounding Educators Again
A girl works on an Earth Day project.Davide Zanin/Getty This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Carolyn McGrath thought she was ready for her testimony in front of the New Jersey Department of Education. An art teacher, she had dressed in a jaunty polka-dot blouse and chunky green necklace,…
SCOTUS Just Upheld the Civil Rights of Millions of Disabled and Aging People
Dean Mitchell/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Thursday, the Supreme Court issued a landmark 7-2 ruling affecting millions of aging and disabled people: Providers of federally funded health services like Medicaid or Medicare, the court ruled—such as public and private nursing homes—can be…
Let This Photo Define Donald Trump’s Historic Second Indictment
As the ramifications of Donald Trump’s historic federal indictment over his mishandling of classified documents rapidly unfold—and stunning details continue to emerge—I feel compelled to pause and turn your attention to page 12 of the 37-count criminal indictment against the former president to note: This is repulsive. Here you will set your eyes on a hideous Mar-a-Lago…