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  • Hero of 2024: billy woods’ Lyrics About American Empire

    2h By Jacob Rosenberg
    The staff of Mother Jones is, once again, rounding up the heroes and monsters of the past year. Importantly, this is a completely non-exhaustive and subjective list, giving our reporters a chance to write about something that brought joy or discontent. Enjoy.…
  • The Worst, Most Important, Book I Read This Year

    2h By Dan Friedman
    On a long flight in the mid-aughts, I decided to read The Case for Israel by Alan Dershowitz. I thought of it like giving myself an assignment, the kind of thing I tended do when I was younger. I wanted to understand an argument I expected to disagree with.…
  • What Bird Flu Means for Milk

    2h By Artis Curiskis
    On Wednesday, California became the first state to issue a declaration of emergency regarding the avian flu (H5N1). That same day, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed the first severe case of the flu in a human on US soil and…
  • Our Big Global Problems Are Connected, so Tackle Them Together, Scientists say

    2h By Joseph Winters
    This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As global temperatures rise from the burning of fossil fuels, researchers and policymakers have proposed solutions like installing renewable…
  • Elon Musk Applauds the German Neo-Nazi Party

    Fri 4:25pm By Alex Nguyen
    Elon Musk appears to be leaning even further into a full neo-Nazi embrace. Following his social media assault to block a congressional spending bill meant to avoid a government shutdown, the tech billionaire took to X and described the racist, far-right…
  • A Scandalous Reason Meat Prices Have Skyrocketed

    Fri 12:45pm By Miranda Lipton
    The bacon in your BLT now costs nearly twice as much as it did 15 years ago, but inflation is only part of the reason. Broadly speaking, food and drink prices only grew by about 50 percent during that time. So, what’s up with the meat? The answer may have to…
  • Eric Adams Might Just Deport His Way to a Pardon

    Fri 12:27pm By Melvis Acosta
    Donald Trump has promised to carry out the biggest mass deportations in history during his second term—which would not only be cruel to the millions directly affected, but also disastrous for the country as a whole. As my colleague Isabela Dias wrote earlier…
  • Monster of 2024: Cars, Again

    Fri 10:46am By Tim Murphy
    The staff of Mother Jones is, once again, rounding up the heroes and monsters of the past year. Importantly, this is a completely non-exhaustive and subjective list, giving our reporters a chance to write about something that brought joy or discontent. Enjoy.…
  • Hero of 2024: Amanda Petrusich

    Fri 9:52am By Inae Oh
    The staff of Mother Jones is, once again, rounding up the heroes and monsters of the past year. Importantly, this is a completely non-exhaustive and subjective list, giving our reporters a chance to write about something that brought joy or discontent. Enjoy.…
  • Ban Exotic Animal Skins on the Runway? “Ridiculous!” Say Conservation Experts.

    Fri 6:00am By Patrick Greenfield
    This story was originally published by Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Conservation experts have criticized a decision by London fashion week to ban exotic animal skins from its 2025 shows as “ridiculous,”…