2023: MOTHER JONES (342)

JANUARY

What the January 6 Committee Missed

Monster of 2022: J.D. Vance

Monster of 2022: Moynihan Train Hall

The IRS Finally Got Some Funding. Now Republicans Want It Back.

Heavier Storms Are Here. Rain Gardens Can Help.

The Rise and Fall of Stop the Steal’s Favorite Conference

Kevin McCarthy Is Cutting Deals With the Big Lie’s Worst Offenders

McCarthy’s Day One Plan: Gut the Office of Congressional Ethics

Of Course Steve Bannon and January 6 Fans Are Cheering on the Brazilian Insurrection

A 6-Year-Old Shot His Teacher With a Gun Purchased by His Mom

A Law Signed by Bolsonaro Paved the Way for Authorities to Prosecute His Insurrectionists

Another Santos Money Mystery: He Struck a Curious Business Deal with a Veteran GOP Operative

Trump Organization Fined $1.6 Million in Criminal Tax Fraud Case

The Delicate Dance of Antarctic Tourism

House Republicans Want Visitor Logs for Biden’s House – But Not for Mar-a-Lago

Why Ron DeSantis Won’t – or Shouldn’t – Run for President

“An Extreme Amount of Pain”: How a Notorious Jail Failed a Disable Transgender Inmate

NY Fund Manager Linked to Russian Oligarch Invested Big with Santos. Now He Claims He Was Conned.

How Kevin McCarthy Became the Last “Young Gun” Standing

Mike Pence Is Courting Controversial Anti-Gay Pastors

Can $25 Million Preserve an Alaskan Town Sinking Into the Tundra?

The Abortion Pill’s Secret Money Men

How Nick Fuentes Groomed a New Generation of Racist Hate

Remember Victor Navasky, the Unflappable Ringmaster of “The Nation”

“Lies Have Short Legs”: Inside the Brazilian WhatsApp Group Exposing George Santos

We Tried to Call the Top Donors To George Santos’ 20202 Campaign. Many Don’t Seem To Exist.

Utah Just Became the First State of 2023 to Ban Gender-Affirming Care

We Tried to Call the Top Donors To George Santos’ 20202 Campaign. Many Don’t Seem To Exist.

The Under-the-Radar Legal Battle Protecting Health Care for Trans People

FEBRUARY

George Santos Relative Says They Never Gave $5,800 Reported by the Campaign: “I’m Dumbfounded”

Columbia Journalism Review’s Big Fail: It Published 24,000 Words on Russiagate and Missed the Point

The Far-Right Bounty Hunter Behind the Explosive Popularity of “Died Suddenly”

The $400 Billion Man Running America’s Clean Energy Transition

For One Small Town, “Forever Chemicals” Are a Nightmare That Won’t End

Relax, New Yorkers. Nobody’s Coming for Your Gas Stove.

How a Wayward Teen Lost His Life in the Phoenix Heat

Biden’s Populist Barn Burner

“We Need Every Child. There’s Only So Many of Us.”

“Monster Profits” Highlight Fossil-Fuel Industry’s Destructive Resilience

It’s Time We Talked About Our Bambi Problem

A Tesla Will Hit a Child-Sized Mannequin in a Super Bowl Ad This Year

The Restorative Power of the Outdoors Is Undeniable

OSHA Is (Finally) Investigating the Hell Out of Amazon

What We Know About Ohio Train’s Derailment and Chemical Cargo

Meet the Religious Crusaders Fighting for Abortion Rights

It’s Official: US Determines Russia has Committed “Crimes Against Humanity” in Ukraine

Brighter and Brighter: How Light Pollution Is Erasing the Stars

Billionaire Beware: This 17-Year-Old Is Tracking Your Carbon Emissions

The Corruption at Fox News Is Worse Than You Assumed

Whale Deaths Are Now Culture War Fodder

Sam Bankman-Fried Was Indicted for Hundreds of Illegal Campaign Donations. Who Else Knew?

Newspapers Pull “Dilbert” After Creator Scott Adams Calls Black People a “Hate Group”

The East Palestine Train Fiasco Lays Bare a Far Bigger Crisis

Do We Actually Know That Dogs Are Getting High More Often?

Ron DeSantis Wants to Make Transporting Migrants a Felony

MARCH

“Racial Intolerance” and “Hate” Are No Longer Banned on Coinbase

The Ancients Noted This Clever Whale Behavior 2,000 Years Before Scientists Did

These Images Tell the Stories of Families Reeling From the East Palestine Fiasco

A CPAC Speaker Wants Transgenderism “Eradicated”

At CPAC, Brazil’s Former President Jair Bolsonaro Blames the Left for Insurrection

On the Anniversary of Bloody Sunday, Biden Calls for Voting Rights Protections

Steve Bannon, an Exiled Mogul, and the Ukraine Rescue Effort That (Mostly) Wasn’t

Inside the Secret Working Group That Helped Push Anti-Trans Laws Across the Country

Kyle Rittenhouse, the MAGA Star That Wasn’t

Joe Biden’s New Tax Plan Is Ambitious – and Wildly Optimistic

Long Before Silicon Valley Bank’s Collapse, Its CEO Helped Kill Tougher Oversight of Banks Like His

Stop Saving (Only) Cut Animals

Your Sewage Treatment Plant Is Spewing Methane

20 Striking Images of Israeli Democracy Under Siege

He’s the Most Popular President In the World. Everyone Hates Him.

Who Killed Rasheem Carter?

Steve Bannon Is Neck-Deep in Guo Wengui’s Allegedly Fraudulent Business Empire

Trump Says He Will Be “Arrested” On Tuesday, Demands Protests

Manhattan Prosecutor Promise Security After Trump Calls for Protests

The Iraq Invasion 20 Years Later: It Was Indeed a Big Lie that Launched the Catastrophic War

A New FCC Rule Will Guarantee Video Calls for Hearing Impaired Prisoners

We Need More People Like George Santos in Congress

Rap On Trial Is Now Mainstream

Should Your Car Know When You’re Too Drunk to Drive?

Trump Is Holding His First Rally in Waco. That Shouldn’t Surprise you.

62 Way Too Young to Retire, Says Only Rich Country With Falling Life Expectancy

DeSantis Seeks to Expand “Don’t Say Gay” Rules for All K-12 Students

“I Am the School-to-Prison Pipeline”: How Terrance Roberts Plans to Fight Violence

“Closed by Order of the Governor”: Teachers in the Crossfire of Florida’s War on Public Education

Howard Schultz Came Out of Retirement to Destroy Starbucks’ Union – and His Legacy

Trump’s Indictment Is Yet Another Stress Test for America

APRIL

“Actually, Former Presidents Do Get Indicted – and Not Just in Banana Republics”

A Surprisingly Uplifting, and Effective, Way to Sequester Carbon

This Race Could Decide the Fate of Democracy in Wisconsin – and the 2024 Election

An Exiled Mogul’s Jailed Aide Has a Secret Backer. The Description Matches Steve Bannon.

Progressives Win a Majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court

Alleged Fraudster Guo Wengui’s Social Media App Was a Big Security Risk, Ex-Employees Say

Tennessee Republicans Expel Two Democratic Lawmakers Who Joined Gun Control Rally

Biden Vows To Fight Unprecedented Abortion Pill Ban

Sorry California, Melting Snowpacks to Unleash More Epic Floods

The Accountant Who Wants to Take On the Police

The Shocking Lack of Science in the Ruling Banning a Common, Safe Abortion Drug

How MAGA Conspiracies Infected Autism Groups

Why Rutgers Faculty Are Striking for the First Time in 257 Years

Florida Poised to Allow Executions After 8-4 Jury Vote

“You Would Only Need a Week”: How the Next Republican President Could Ban Abortion Nationwide

Yes in Our Backyards

The Little City That Could

What if Walmart Turned Its Parking Lots Into Solar Farms?

These Black Mothers Bet on Themselves and Transformed Las Vegas

The Supreme Court Protects Access to the Abortion Pill Mifepristone – At Least for Now

“Florida Is the Utah of the Southeast,’ Says Ron DeSantis, Terrible Panderer

Report From Russia: The Country’s “Special Military Operation” Is a Bloody Fiasco

Tucker Carlson’s Long Con

E. Jean Carroll’s Lawyers Promise to Show Trump’s Pattern of Abuse

Capitalism Is Ruining Video Games

Texas Is “Fixing” Its Power Grid in the Most Texas Way Possible

Despite Pleas From Nonbinary Son, Montana Governor Signs Anti-Trans Bill Banning Care

MAY

Private Equity Giant Bills Itself a Climate Leader. A New Report Calls BS

The Dobbs Leak Didn’t Wreck the Supreme Court – the Justices’ Scandals Did

GUILTY: 4 Proud Boys, Including Enrique Tarrio, Convicted of Seditious Conspiracy

The Proud Boys Have Already Moved Onto Their Next Target: LGBTQ Events

Coronation Crowd So White?

Nine Dead in Mass Shooting at Texas Mall

Now Nature Metaphors Shade Technology Companies from Scrutiny

Jury to Decide Whether Donald Trump Raped and Defamed E. Jean Carroll

George Santos Surrenders to Face Federal Criminal Charges

Trump Mocked E. Jean Carroll Live on CNN. The Audience Laughed.

Did Mailchimp Censor J.D. Vance?

The DOJ Just Moved to Stop Florida’s “Sabotage” of Biden’s Border Plans

North Carolina Became an “Abortion Destination.” That’s In Danger.

With a Softball Interview of Trump, “The Messenger” Launches by Legitimizing Extremism

A Massive Leak Spotlights the Extremism of an Anti-Trans Medical Group

One Simple Way to Slash Methane Pollution: Composting

The Republican War on Alejandro Mayorkas – the Man With the Most Impossible Job in DC

Donald Trump Hasn’t Said Much About Daniel Penny. He Doesn’t Need To.

Biden Believes He Has “the Authority” to Use 14th Amendment in Debt Ceiling Battle

Fossil Fuel Firms Owe $209 Billion a Year in Climate Reparations, Study Says

The Uvalde Massacre Could Have Been Prevented

Death by Debt

Ron DeSantis Is All In – on Creating an American Autocracy

Republicans Around the Country Are Trying to Rob Democrats Of the Right to Govern

Ron DeSantis Faces Three New Lawsuits After Signing New Voter Suppression Bill

Erdogan Wins Reelection in Turkey, to Trump’s Delight

Here’s What’s in the McCarthy-Biden Deal on the Debt Ceiling

All Floridians Should Be Worried About DeSantis’ New Anti-Immigration Law

JUNE

Christopher Rufo Launched the Critical Race Theory Panic. He Isn’t Done.

International Underwear Model and Insurrectionist Was Just Sentenced to 32 Months in Prison

Biden to Sign Debt Ceiling Deal Saturday, Averting Disaster

Hours After SpaceX Posted a Liftoff, Elon Musk Boosted a Transphobic Tweet

Legislatures Passed 550 Anti-Trans Bills So Far This Year

Wait? Now We Have to Worry About Plankton?

Today’s Giant Supreme Court Surprise Ruling Is a Rare Win for Democracy

Trump Indicted Again, Trump Says

The Federal Indictment of Donald J. Trump: Historic… and Wild

Trump’s AG: “If Even Half of it Is True, He’s Toast”

The Trump Indictment: Another Sign the GOP Is Addicted to Trump

No Labels Is Helping a Firm that Raises Money for Right-Wing Extremists

How Did MeToo Change Their Lives — and Ours?

Hollywood Has a Climate Problem

A Prisoner Turned Award-Winning Journalist Has Some Big Stories to Tell

Minneapolis Is Quietly Trying to Throw Out the Lawsuit Against the Cop Who Killed Amir Locke

How Immigrants Navigate the Complicated Politics of Military Service

The Weight of Water: Women Mariners Abused at Sea Are Finally Breaking Their Silence

The Hell of Providing Health Care in a Post-Dobbs America

Blame the Supreme Court for America’s Decade of Voter Disenfranchisement

A Momentous Power Struggle Is Happening In Russia Right Now

What’s Missing in Donald Trump’s Big Abortion Speech

What to Know About the Groundbreaking Climate Change Lawsuit in Montana

Supreme Court Rejects a Republican Effort to Hijack Elections

Meet the Rich Guys Who Want RFK Jr. To Be President

Supreme Court Strikes Down Universities’ Affirmative Action Programs

The Supreme Court Just Struck Down Biden’s Plan to Cancel Student Debt

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