How We’ve Failed the Promise of Making “Genocide” a Crime
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Israel declared its independence in 1948. That same year, the United Nations adopted the convention that defined genocide as a crime. The tension between these two “never agains” was there from the start. The word “genocide” was coined in…
Trump Says He’s “Okay” With Jail or House Arrest
Donald Trump at his Manhattan Criminal Court hush-money trial in May.Mark Peterson/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Following former President Trump’s first criminal conviction—and his rambling against the outcome—he’s claiming that the possibility of being sentenced to house arrest or jail time doesn’t…
Rumored Trump Running Mate Tom Cotton Pushes For January 6 Pardons
Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton on the Senate floor in May.Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. GOP Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), who previously called January 6 rioters “insurrectionists” who “should face the full extent of federal law,” is now singing a…
Sen. Robert Menendez Is Scoring Big Wins in His Gold-Bar Bribery Trial
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Federal prosecutors went to court last month with what seemed like a slam-dunk case that New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez had accepted bribes to help the governments of Egypt and Qatar while he was the top Democrat on…
How a Battle Over Solar Power Tore One New York Community Apart
A solar farm in Harmoney, FloridaPaul Hennessy/Sipa/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. “There are lots of people who say, ‘Nimby, nimby, nimby,’ and the people who say, ‘Nimby, nimby, nimby,’ they don’t live right next door to it.” That’s what one retiree told…
A Bill Would Let Miners Dump Waste on Federal Lands Where They Have No Claim
The Rosemont Copper Company operates in the Santa Rita mountains, located in southeast Arizona.Esther Frances/Inside Climate News This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. After the House of Representatives passed legislation that would allow mining companies more legal rights to federal lands by a bipartisan vote of…