I’m a Nurse at a Stanford Hospital. I’m Burned Out, Fed Up, And Ready to Strike.
Christiane Lois Dating/Getty Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.After a brutal two years on the front lines of the pandemic, nurses at Stanford’s hospitals are on the verge of a strike. As my colleague Emily Hofstaedter reported last week, the nurses’…
French President Emmanuel Macron Is Projected to Win
Kiran Ridley/Getty Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.French President Emmanuel Macron is projected to win reelection today and overcome a challenge from his opponent, far-right candidate Marine Le Pen. Although Le Pen still made substantial gains compared to previous campaigns and…
Elizabeth Warren Is Fresh Out of Patience for Kevin McCarthy
Tom Williams/Getty Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.When asked about the Kevin McCarthy tapes on Sunday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren did not mince words. “Kevin McCarthy is a liar and a traitor,” Warren told CNN’s State of the Union. “This is outrageous.”…
A Major New Study Shows a Promising Solution to Gun Violence—That Doesn’t Involve Police
Protesters, demanding more government action against gun violence, march to Chicago’s Wrigley Field in 2018.Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Nearly two years after George Floyd’s murder sparked nationwide protests, Democratic mayors who once seemed sympathetic to…
Obama Is the Latest Celebrity Disinformation Expert, But He’s Not the First
Jessica Christian/San Francisco Chronicle via AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Are you at an interregnum point in your high-profile career? Did you recently come out of a very stressful situation? And are you trying to stay relevant but semi-retired and/or…
Kevin McCarthy Caught in Bald-Faced Lie
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks to reporters.J. Scott Applewhite/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.For roughly the last six years, Republican politicians have essentially been acting like the adults in that one Twilight Zone episode with the kid with…