You Can Help Prevent Forest Fires. Yes, Really.
Seth Wenig/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Yesterday, I asked Mother Jones readers how they were handling the wildfire smoke that has blanketed the East Coast. Several readers mentioned that they had moved away from the West in recent years to escape the problem, only for poor…
George Santos’ Lawyer Was Part of the January 6 Mob
Mother Jones; Francis Chung/Politico/AP; Michael M. Santiago/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.George Santos, the lying and indicted GOP congressman from Queens, New York, has steadfastly refused to say where he was on January 6, 2021, while pro-Trump rioters were attacking the US Capitol…
Eric Adams Is Bringing the GOP’s Anti-Immigrant Crusade to New York
Students and parents protest migrants being housed at a school gymnasium.Luiz C. Ribeiro/NY Daily News/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On April 21, during a panel discussion with the mayors of the US four largest cities organized by the African American Mayors Association, New…
Today’s Giant Supreme Court Surprise Ruling Is a Rare Win for Democracy
Mother Jones; Joshua Lott/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In a major and surprising victory for voting rights, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that a redistricting map passed by Alabama lawmakers diluted the power of Black voters, affirming the constitutionality of a key…
How to Get Away With Murder
Bandar Aljaloud/Saudi Royal Palace via AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The easiest way to understand what LIV Golf wanted to be was first to look at what it actually was. LIV, which was founded in 2021 with funding from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment…
Here Is All the Evidence You Needed That Drag Bans Are About Erasing Trans Existence
Reginald Mathalone/NurPhoto/Associated Press Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Thursday, Butte, Montana became the first documented place to legally cancel an event because the speaker is trans. As NBC Montana reported, a lawyer with Butte-Silver Bow County informed the local library that its LGBTQ history event…