“When There’s a Disaster, That’s When People Want to Know About Haiti”
The author with her parents and brother in 1989Nathalie Baptiste Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.One week ago, like everyone else in the world, I awoke to the news that Jovenel Moise, the president of Haiti, had been assassinated in his home.…
California Is Headed Toward Another Brutal Wildfire Season
Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/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.A wildfire in Southern California grew to 1,325 acres on Sunday as roughly 1,000 Topanga Canyon residents had to be evacuated from their homes. Just like that, fire…
Two Weeks After Winter Storms, Thousands of Black Mississippians Still Can’t Get Clean Water
Jackson resident Lamar Jackson pours potable water into empty jugs on Monday, Feb. 22. Tens of thousands of Jacksonians still lack running water.AP/Rogelio V. Solis 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 February 13, a winter storm…
The Texas Fiasco Makes the Case for Creating a National Power Grid
Ralph Lauer/ 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.You could point fingers in several directions for the outages that stemmed from last week’s polar vortex obliteration of the Texas power grid. You can’t rightly blame Earth for…
Trump’s Understanding of California Wildfires Is Way Off—Even for Him
President Donald Trump meets with California Gov. Gavin Newson and officials to discuss recent wildfires in the western states at Sacramento McClellan Airport on Monday, Sep 14, 2020.Paul Kitagaki Jr./Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.As wildfires blazed across the American West, causing…
The Climate Crisis Is Happening Right Now. Just Look at California’s Weekend.
Gabe Huck, a member of the San Benito Monterey Cal Fire crew, fights the Creek Fire in Shaver Lake, California, on Sunday.Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.This story was published originally by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of…