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This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Michigan is set to become the third state in the Midwest and twelfth in the country to require a shift to clean electricity. Of all those states, Michigan is one of the most ambitious because of the extent of the […]
Mother JonesThe uproar in the Facebook moms’ group started innocently enough, with two posts about upcoming rallies, one for Israel and the other for Palestine. Najla August, one of three moderators for the group of 12,000 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, recalls thinking that there was nothing especially unusual about that—people in the group often posted about […]
Mother JonesOn December 3, 1901, in his first annual message to Congress, Teddy Roosevelt began to articulate the new anti-monopoly doctrine that would define his presidency. “Great corporations exist only because they are created and safeguarded by our institutions,” he said in the address, read aloud to Congress by a succession of clerks who took turns […]
Mother JonesAs Israel continues its ground invasion of Gaza City and calls for a ceasefire mount on the sixth week of the war, hospitals are being pushed to the brink of collapse. On Sunday, the Palestine Red Crescent Society said one of the main hospitals in northern Gaza, the Al-Quds, was “out of service and no longer operational” […]
Mother JonesThe New Georgia Project, the nonprofit organization founded in 2014 by voting rights activist Stacey Abrams, is facing allegations of financial irregularities and misuse of funds, according to a six-month investigation by Politico. A review of financial records and interviews with former and current employees found “multiple instances of poor financial record-keeping.” The group, which received more than […]
Mother JonesOn Saturday, House Speaker Mike Johnson unveiled a two-tiered proposal to avert a government shutdown as the current short-term government funding bill is set to expire November 17. The plan, which already seems unlikely to succeed, would temporarily extend funding for some government agencies and programs, but omits any additional funding to Ukraine and Israel, an […]
Mother JonesOn Saturday, House Speaker Mike Johnson unveiled a two-tiered proposal to avert a government shutdown as the current short-term government funding bill is set to expire November 17. The plan, which already seems unlikely to succeed, would temporarily extend funding for some government agencies and programs, but omits any additional funding to Ukraine and Israel, an […]
Mother JonesThis story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. This month, the Cambodian government reported that two people there died of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or H5N1 bird flu, after being exposed to infected poultry. For people, the risk of getting infected is low, but outbreaks in animals have been […]
Mother JonesA top Ukrainian military officer working under the command of the head of Ukraine’s top general played a central role in the undersea bombing of the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline last year, the Washington Post and Der Spiegel jointly reported on Saturday. The two publications said that unnamed officials in the US and Europe had […]
Mother JonesIf Donald Trump wins back the presidency, he plans to quickly detain millions of undocumented immigrants in vast camps in Texas, try to end birthright citizenship, renew a version of his effort to ban Muslims from entering the United States, and deny visas to foreigners whose politics his advisers don’t like, the New York Times […]
Mother JonesAmong the thousands of people who should have spent more time thinking before posting about Israel and Hamas, Sen. Tom Cotton may have just taken the prize. The Arkansas Republican on Thursday jumped on what he called “reports” that freelance photographers who documented Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israelis “almost certainly knew about the attack […]
Mother JonesThis story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. After half a decade of failed attempts, Kathleen Campbell thought 2021 would finally be the year she retired. That is—until she received a letter in December from Navigator CO2 Ventures. The company wanted to build part of its carbon […]
Mother JonesLast month, the head of Florida’s public university system issued a directive. After consulting with Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), Chancellor Ray Rodrigues ordered the state’s universities to “deactivate” campus chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine. Rodrigues suggested—without evidence—that the national SPJ organization was violating criminal laws by providing “material support” to Hamas, which two […]
Mother Jones“Mr. President, you care about Jewish people. As a rabbi, I need you to call for a cease-fire right now,” called Rabbi Jessica Rosenberg last week, interrupting Biden at a campaign reception in Minneapolis. Biden responded with “I think we need a pause.” It was the first time Biden had wavered from his unconditional support for […]
Mother JonesThey stumble out of the club, tipsy and teetering in heels. Two blondes and a redhead pile into a two-seater Benz. It’s a rainy night in the city of angels, lit by flashbulbs. Men clamber on the car, screaming their names. The next morning, a paparazzi shot of the trio—Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, and Lindsay […]
Mother JonesSince October 7, there has been a divide. Polls have found that Democratic voters are about equally sympathetic to Palestinians and Israelis, do not approve of Israel’s response to the attack by Hamas, and favor sending humanitarian aid to Gaza by far larger margins than sending weapons to Israel. But these have not been the priorities of the […]
Mother JonesThis story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The US and UK militaries “owe” at least $111 billion in reparations to communities most harmed by their planet-heating pollution, a first-of-its-kind study calculates. The research employs a “social cost of carbon” framework—a way to estimate the cost, […]
Mother JonesIn 2010, Barack Obama signed the Plain Writing Act into law, requiring that federal government documents use clear, straightforward language. Despite its passage more than a decade ago, though, getting plain-language information about government policy—ranging from the federal to local level—isn’t always easy. Plain-language documents serve a dual purpose: they can make information more accessible […]
Mother JonesSenator Joe Manchin of West Virginia will not run for re-election next year. The conservative Democrat called the choice—which he shared the news in a video he posted to X—”one of the toughest decisions of my life.” Instead of running for Senate, Manchin said he would be “traveling the country and speaking out to see if […]
Mother JonesGOP presidential candidates are threatening to deport international students who they accuse of sympathizing with anti-Israel terrorists. “If you are here on a student visa as a foreign national, and you’re making common cause with Hamas, I’m canceling your visa and I’m sending you home, no questions asked,” vowed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis during Wednesday […]
Mother JonesOn Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in United States v. Rahimi, a firearms case challenging a federal law that for three decades has prohibited people who have domestic violence restraining orders from possessing guns. Based on oral arguments, it appears likely the policy will stand. But the reasoning is complicated, and far from a clear […]
Mother JonesIsrael will pause fighting in the northern Gaza strip for four hours each day to allow civilians to flee, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said Thursday. Kirby told reporters that Israel’s military would issue an announcement three hours prior to each day’s pause, NBC News reported. “We remain concerned that Hamas will discourage or prevent […]
Mother JonesPeople of all ideological stripes are prone to using the words of Martin Luther King Jr. to fit whatever agenda they have at the moment. The nearly-six decades since his death are rife with misappropriation, like when former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee claimed that King would be “appalled” by the Black Lives Matter movement. It’s […]
Mother JonesThis story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Climate change looms larger in Louisiana than it does almost anywhere else in the United States. The state is facing down monster hurricanes as well as sea-level rise, and it still relies on a fossil fuel industry that pollutes the state’s […]
Mother JonesIt took the GOP presidential candidates more than 90 minutes to address abortion rights during Wednesday night’s televised debate—even though they were gathering just one day after Ohio became the latest state to enshrine a constitutional right to access abortion. The candidates were forced to acknowledge that voters have resoundingly endorsed abortion rights on the […]
Mother JonesFive GOP presidential candidates sparred at the third Republican debate Wednesday night, and one of the most contentious issues was…TikTok. The Chinese-owned video app has long been a boogeyman for lawmakers who fear the Chinese government could use it to obtain Americans’ data. The NBC News debate moderators asked the candidates if they would “ban […]
Mother JonesIvanka Trump took the stand on Wednesday in her father’s civil fraud trial, but to hear her tell it, she wasn’t sure why. Trump was polite and relaxed, in stark contrast to her father—who took the stand on Monday, rambling and frequently devolving into emotional outbursts during his testimony—and brothers, whose testimony was often defensive. […]
Mother JonesHeading into Tuesday’s off-year elections, and with an eye to 2024, Republicans have been searching for an issue that can motivate voters to flock to the polls the way abortion rights have galvanized Democrats since the fall of Roe. It is now clear one thing is not effective: anti-trans messaging. Anti-trans platforms failed to deliver […]
Mother JonesIn 2019, Guo Wengui was building a political empire in the United States. Guo—a real estate mogul who had recently fled China and styled himself as a leading critic of the Chinese Communist Party—ran a network of US-based nonprofits and media sites and was forging ties with MAGA movement luminaries like Steve Bannon and Rudy […]
Mother JonesAfter months of interviews, TV appearances, and hype, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin—and his vision of himself as the new standard bearer of how to win as a Republican—ran into a problem: He lost. On Tuesday, Youngkin’s dreams of helping bring about a GOP-led General Assembly were crushed. The state’s Democrats secured the majority in both […]