Imprisoned in a Sauna With No Exit
This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Late last June, farmers in Walla Walla, Washington, noticed something odd happening to their onions. Walla Walla, an oasis in the middle of the state’s high desert, is bursting with vineyards, wheat fields and acres of the city’s eponymous…
What to Say if a Kid Asks, “What Does It Feel Like to Die?” and Other Questions About Mass Shootings
Grace Molteni/Mother Jones; Getty Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.An estimated 311,000 children in this country have experienced gun violence at school since the Columbine school shooting in 1999. A recent analysis reveals that in 2020, firearms surpassed cars to become…
The Education Department Just Took Its Biggest Debt Cancellation Step Ever
Students wait outside an Everest College campus in California for information in 2015, after the school’s owner, Corinthian Colleges, closed all of its campuses amid fraud allegations.Christine Armario/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Late on Wednesday evening, the Education Department announced…
How American Influencers Built a World Wide Web of Vaccine Disinformation
Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Last year, Saphinah Kenyando was struggling to decide whether to get vaccinated against Covid. Kenyando, who is 38 and teaches chemistry and biology at a high school in Kenya, had read about horrifying side effects—blood clots,…
How John Durham’s Probe Has Exposed Trump’s Russia Con
Special counsel John Durham leaves federal court in Washington last month.Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Donald Trump has bad timing. On Friday, he sent a letter to the Pulitzer Prize Board reiterating his demand that it rescind the…
The Fight for Student Debt Relief Started a Decade Ago—at Occupy Wall Street
Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.As a 28-year-old art student, Thomas Gokey convinced the Federal Reserve to give him bags of shredded currency worth $49,983, the exact amount of his ballooning student loan debt. He had a plan to use the…