A new California bill aims to ban paraquat. Yep, that toxic stuff is still around. (www.motherjones.com)
Democratic senators pressured EPA to ease rules on steel mill pollution (www.motherjones.com)
Uganda cited Dobbs to back an anti-LGBTQ crackdown. Americans should be worried too. (www.motherjones.com)
She has investigated allegations of sexual violence in war around the world. Here’s what she wants you to know. (www.motherjones.com)
Traffic Blockade Protests Were a Nuisance. Lawmakers Want to Make Them a Felony. (www.motherjones.com)
Wall Street Journal marks one year since Evan Gershkovich's arrest in Russia (www.motherjones.com)
Meet the influencer who "reverses" lupus—with smoothies (www.motherjones.com)
A deepfake is already spreading confusion and disinformation about the Moscow terror attack. (www.motherjones.com)
Candace Owens and the far-right influencer who helped make antisemitism mainstream (www.motherjones.com)
At the [Koch-funded] Heritage Foundation, the anti-DEI crusade is part of a bigger war (www.motherjones.com)
“You’re Not Doing a Prank,” Tucker Carlson Tells Man Pranking Him (www.motherjones.com)
Can American labor seize the moment? (www.motherjones.com)
Study calls US infrastructure spending a "climate time bomb" (www.motherjones.com)
Study: Reforestation has protected Eastern states from temperature rise (www.motherjones.com)
Trees provide innumerable benefits to the world, from food to shelter to oxygen, but researchers have now found their dramatic rebound in the eastern US has delivered a further, stunning feat—the curtailing of the soaring temperatures caused by the climate crisis....
My dad was a white slave, Kentucky Republican tells NAACP (www.motherjones.com)
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One of the Most Controversial US Spy Programs Just Got Quietly Renewed (www.motherjones.com)
One of the Most Controversial US Spy Programs Just Got Quietly Renewed::Congress blew a rare bipartisan chance to protect Americans’ calls and texts.
Meet the Silicon Valley CEOs Who Say Greed Is Good—Even if It Kills Us All (www.motherjones.com)
This is how humanity’s story ends, with proudly irresponsible capitalists with god complexes harnessing and packaging technologies they don’t even care to understand or consider the consequences of, believing society will pay to repair any “externality” they cause....
New Yorkers sure don't seem to trust or like Eric Adams (www.motherjones.com)
Amid sinking poll numbers, an overwhelming majority believe Eric Adams’ campaign committed wrongdoings in dealing with Turkey....
Study: Fossil Fuel Industry Is Behind a Spate of Anti-Protest Bills (www.motherjones.com)
Corporate lobbying has protected 60 percent of oil and gas operations, Greenpeace reports.