Russian Oligarchs Are Hurrying Their Jets and Yachts to Safety. America Is Letting Them.
Rosneft boss Igor Setchine’s yacht, Amore Vero, has been seized by the French authorities.Photo by Florian Escoffier/Abaca/Sipa USA (Sipa via AP Images) Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.For years, Russian oligarchs have prepared for the possibility that Western governments might try to…
A Message from an American Fighting in Ukraine
American Sergey Nevstruyev went from watching the Ukraine war on TV to fighting it. Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.A week or so ago, Sergey Nevstruyev, a 59-year-old father of four and grandfather of three who owns construction and remodeling businesses in…
No. Ted Cruz Was Not Right About Russia’s Ukraine Invasion.
Ted Cruz at a March 2 press conference.Michael Brochstein/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Sen. Ted Cruz, who hopes one day to be president, would like Americans to believe that his policies could have saved Ukraine, if Democrats weren’t such weenies. Since…
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy Accuses Moscow of “Nuclear Terror”
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy issues a televised appeal for assistance on March 3, 2022.Ukrainian Defense Ministry/Zuma Press This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has been seized by Russian military forces, according to regional authorities, after a fire sparked by overnight shelling burned for…
Transgender Teens and Their Families Prepare to Flee Texas
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.In a small town about an hour outside Dallas, a transgender teen I’ll call Amber began plotting out a safety plan with her mom. It was late February, and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott had just ordered child…
US Politicians and Oil Execs See Opportunity in Ukraine’s Crisis
Mother Jones illustration; Rod Lamkey/ZUMA; Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu Agency/Getty; Angus Mordant/Bloomberg/Getty On Monday, the United Nations’ climate change assessment body, the IPCC, released a landmark report finding that 150 years of unchecked fossil fuel burning had left the planet with a “brief and rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a liveable and sustainable future for…