Biden’s Actions to Address the Baby Formula Shortage Are Encouraging. But They’re Not Enough.
ANTHONY BEHAR/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.President Biden on Thursday spoke to the leading manufacturers of baby formula amid deep frustration and panic from caretakers over the nationwide shortage, announcing additional measures from the administration aimed at alleviating the current…
Militias Still Have a Safe Space on YouTube
Allison Dinner/Getty Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Much of the public scrutiny toward militia groups has focused on national outfits whose members were indicted for sedition, obstructing congressional proceedings, or bringing a firearm to the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021.…
What the January 6 Subpoenas Say About Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy addressing reporters on May 11. Rod Lamkey/CNP via Zuma Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Consider Kevin McCarthy. The California Republican on Thursday received a subpoena—along with four of his GOP colleagues—from the committee investigating the January 6 insurrection on…
Report: Trump Officials Helped Meatpackers Thwart Covid Safety Measures
Workers at a Missouri pork-processing facility in 2017, prior to the pandemic.Preston Keres/Planet Pix via ZUMA Wire This investigation was originally published by the Guardian. It is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Trump officials “collaborated” with the meatpacking industry to downplay the threat of Covid to plant workers and block public health measures which could…
The Fossil Fuel Industry’s Expansion Plans Will Be the Death of Us
This investigation was originally published by the Guardian. It is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The world’s biggest fossil fuel firms are quietly planning scores of “carbon bomb” oil and gas projects that would drive the climate past internationally agreed temperature limits with catastrophic global impacts, a Guardian investigation shows. The exclusive…
“This Is Not Our First Rodeo”: Key Border Cities Say They’re Ready for the End of Title 42
Migrant families live in tents in Tijuana, Mexico, as Title 42 border restrictions continue.Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Republicans—and more than a few Democrats—have been lashing out at the Biden administration for planning to lift a Trump-era border…