News
Editor’s Note – Mother Jones
5+ hour, 47+ min ago (239+ words) This story has been removed. Following publication, we learned that the video that we were told was of a warrantless raid in Memphis was from another incident in a different city. As a result, we are no longer confident of…...
These Haitian meatpacking workers face deportation. They voted to strike anyway.
9+ hour, 54+ min ago (283+ words) Ted Genoways3 hours ago Workers at the JBS meatpacking plant in Greeley, Colorado, cast their ballots in the UFCW Local 7 strike vote on February 4, 2026.Mary Anne Andrei This story was produced in partnership with the Food & Environment Reporting Network. The strike…...
Six vital lessons from Minnesota’s general strike
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (1406+ words) Every few months, you likely notice something: people on Instagram calling for a general strike. The posts will appear suddenly, evincing urgency but sparse in details. Their provenance is usually obscure. But the message is always clear. To resist Trump's…...
Illinois representative asks God to get Trump to "do what is right"
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (387+ words) US Representative Jonathan Jackson (L), Democrat from Illinois, speaks as President Donald Trump (R) listens during the National Prayer Breakfast at the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC on February 5, 2026. During his address to God at the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, Rep....
Trump’s FBI raid could lead to a takeover of elections in Georgia’s largest county
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (1134+ words) On Monday, in a dramatic escalation of his administration's attempt to interfere in the midterm elections, President Trump called on Republicans "to take over the voting in at least 15 places." Trump's efforts "to nationalize the voting, as he put it,…...
The lessons of Kent State
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (1535+ words) Lawrence Roberts1 minute ago Left: A line of Ohio National Guardsmen, with rifles and gas masks, on the Kent State University campus as they prepare to disperse student protesters, Kent, Ohio, May 4, 1970; Right: US Border Patrol agents holding no less-lethal weapons…...
Health department will mine unverified vaccine injury claims with new AI tool
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (599+ words) United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy JrAaron Schwartz/Pool/CNP/ZUMA This story was originally published by WIRED'and'is reproduced here as part of the'Climate Desk'collaboration. The US Department'of Health and Human Services (HHS) is developing a…...
Meet the mastermind behind Trump’s definition of "woman"
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (738+ words) Madison Pauly7 minutes ago For at least two years, Trump had been promising to "get transgender out" of schools, women's sports, and the military. "It will be the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders:…...
What Democrats need to know to truly reform ICE
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (1789+ words) Garrett Graff40 minutes ago ICE agents detain a woman after pulling her from a car as she was on her way to a doctor appointment.Stephen Maturen/Getty I was called as the commission's expert witness on the history of problems,…...
Minneapolis is the violent reckoning the gun rights movement has long wanted
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (192+ words) Mother Jones illustration; Abbie Parr/AP; Guns & Ammo; FN Herstal USA This story was co-published with'The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence in America. "Any mission, any condition, any foes, at any range." The line then moved inside, 7,000 people…...