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The US Government Keeps Using Dangerous Chemicals on Protestors
49+ min ago (147+ words) Tear gas and other chemical weapons used on crowds could cause health problems to both agents and protestors. Sean Bascom/Anadolu via Getty Under the second Trump administration, displays of force against protesters have become increasingly common. So it's important…...
Trump made us a soundtrack to world peace
1+ hour, 43+ min ago (613+ words) President Donald Trump speaks during a Board of Peace meeting at the U.S. Institute of Peace, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026, in Washington.Mark Schiefelbein/AP In the run-up to the inaugural Board of Peace meeting, which began about 40 minutes late on Thursday at…...
Tennessee said yes to ICE—and turned into a deportation state
5+ hour, 44+ min ago (1484+ words) Melissa del Bosque46 seconds ago The agents soon dragged Campos from his vehicle, handcuffed him, and forced him into the back of an unmarked black SUV. He remained silent, with an expression of bewilderment and terror, as the growing crowd called…...
5 takeaways from our investigation into Rep. Cory Mills
7+ hour, 34+ min ago (708+ words) Mother Jones illustration; Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/AP; Unsplash; Getty Mills was first elected to Congress in 2022. In 2024, he easily won reelection. He's now running again and, come November, voters in his solidly Republican district may send Mills to…...
Everybody Hates Cory – Mother Jones
7+ hour, 34+ min ago (1798+ words) Mother Jones illustration; Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/AP Noah Lanard10 minutes ago The congressman has publicly pushed back on some of these scandals. The domestic violence allegation was later retracted, and Mills has defended his military record while also saying…...
Video: Trump nuked a major EPA climate rule. Here's what you need to know.
10+ hour, 16+ min ago (291+ words) EPA administrator Lee Zeldin looks on as Donald Trump announces the repeal of a rule that allows the agency to regulate greenhouse gases. February 11, 2026.Evan Vucci/AP On February 12, Donald Trump dropped'the climatic equivalent'of an atomic bomb. He announced the…...
Colbert takes CBS to task, again
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (424+ words) Stephen Colbert on the CBS series The Late Show.Scott Kowalchyk/CBS via Getty Late Show host Stephen Colbert once again gave his audience the inside scoop on Tuesday amid the ongoing clash involving him, network executives, and a candidate…...
How extremists reconquered Idaho in the age of Trump—and how some locals are fighting back
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (1834+ words) Extremism in the Coeur d'Alene area: an Aryan Nations rally (2000); a man outside a compound near Priest River (2012); Security agents remove Teresa Borrenpohl from a GOP town hall (2025).Mother Jones illustration; Hailey Hill/Coeur D'Alene Press/AP By nightfall, people…...
The man who taught nonviolence to Martin Luther King Jr.
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (252+ words) Back in February 2010, the radio show State of the Re:Union, created by Al Letson, produced an award-winning episode looking at civil rights activist Bayard Rustin. The episode was called "Who Is This Man?" because while Rustin was not well…...
Their courses were no longer relevant, so these economics students went to work
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (1161+ words) Labour MP Yuan Yang, one of the founders of Rethinking Economics. Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire/PA Images/AP As the fallout from the 2008 global financial crash reverberated around the world, a group of students at Harvard University'walked out of their…...