The Real Reason Women Aren’t Applying to Restaurant Jobs
Noam Galai/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.As the restaurant industry struggles to fill jobs cut early in the pandemic, some media outlets and politicians, like Rep. David Rouzer (R-NC), are pinning the labor shortage on…
Wyoming Threatens to Sue States That Won’t Buy its Coal
Several coal mines that operate out of the small town of Gillette, Wyoming seen from space. December 28, 2015. Tim Kopra/Planet Pix/ZUMA Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced…
Republican Governors, Again, Turn Down Millions That Would Aid Their Own Constituents
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster Jeff Blake/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.South Carolina will now pay for the privilege of punishing its people twice over. For the past decade, the state has deprived nearly 200,000…
From Our Archives, the US Chamber of Commerce Is Not Your Friend
Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Each Friday, we bring you an article from our archive to propel you into the weekend. Well, looks like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez went ahead and did my job of pulling something…
How Liz Cheney and Her Dad Paved the Way for the Big Lie
J. Scott Applewhite/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.In recent days, Liz Cheney has become the hot celeb of the American media-political world. The conservative Republican representative from Wyoming is on the verge of being excommunicated…
Elise Stefanik Was Always Playing the Long Game
Andrew Harrer/CNP via ZUMA Wire Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.On Wednesday, as GOP rivals in Congress vied to strip her of her leadership role for her criticism of ex-president Donald Trump, Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney,…