Donald Trump and the Birth of QMaga: The Storm Is Coming
Jeff Swensen/Getty Editor’s note: This column by David Corn first appeared in his newsletter, Our Land. But we wanted to make sure as many readers as possible have a chance to see it. Our Land is written by David twice a week (most of the time) and provides behind-the-scenes stories about politics and media; his unvarnished take on…
Trump Continues to Escalate His Dangerous Incitement
Trump at a rally in Youngstown, Ohio on September 17, 2022.Jeff Swensen/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.For years, conventional wisdom has held that Donald Trump could wriggle his way out of any personal jeopardy, no matter how evident his alleged malfeasance. But now…
How Joe Biden Made the War in Ukraine a Gift to the Gas Industry
Marios Lolos/Xinhua via ZUMA Press This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Russian tanks and armored vehicles had barely begun to roll into Ukraine before the fossil fuel industry in the US had swung into action. A letter was swiftly dispatched to the White House, urging an…
California Farm Labor Bill Puts Gavin Newsom on the Spot
Mother Jones illustration; Mandel Ngan/AP; Hans Gutknecht/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Thanks to an epic organizing campaign by the United Farm Workers (UFW), which began in the 1960s and faced violent opposition, California became a farm labor paradise, relatively…
How the Most Powerful Union in Pro Sports Just Got Stronger
Tony Clark, executive director of the Major League Baseball Players AssociationRichard Drew, File/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The life of a major league baseball player involves bright lights, celebrity, a minimum salary of $700,000 a year, and representation in a powerful labor union.…
Indigenous Leaders Beg US Firms to Stop Supporting Deforestation
Andre Penner/AP This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Indigenous leaders from the Amazon have implored major western brands and banks to stop supporting the ongoing destruction of the vital rainforest through mining, oil drilling, and logging, warning that the ecosystem is on the brink of a disastrous…