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NYC’s New Socialist Mayor Has a Radical Proposal: Have Government Do Its Job

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Have you ever reached out to a customer-service helpline and fallen into a vortex of bad phone-tree options, all AI-generated, none of which have anything to do with your problem? There’s no capable human to help—even after you beg for a “representative!” across the automated line. That’s how Jennifer M., a lifelong resident of Astoria, […]

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Hero of 2025: Principled Grand Juries

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The staff of Mother Jones is, once again, rounding up the heroes and monsters of the past year. This is a non-exhaustive and totally subjective list, giving our reporters a chance to write about something that brought joy, discontent, or curiosity. Happy holidays. Walk around Washington, DC, and you might spot murals painted in Sean Dunn’s honor, along with […]

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Monster of 2025: Endless Subscriptions

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The staff of Mother Jones is, once again, rounding up the heroes and monsters of the past year. This is a non-exhaustive and totally subjective list, giving our reporters a chance to write about something that brought joy, discontent, or curiosity. Happy holidays. The Hatch Restore alarm clock, which retails for $169, can light up your bedroom in every […]

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Scoop: New Justice Department Voting Rights Chief Had Prior Job Suspension for Ties to Election Deniers

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A former Los Angeles County district attorney who was put on administrative leave in 2022 after he based a prosecution around tips from a right-wing group that has promoted election fraud conspiracy theories is now the top voting rights official at the Department of Justice, according to a legal filing reviewed by Mother Jones. Recently, […]

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Tens of Millions of People Lost Their Food Stamps—For Now

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Normally, the 42 million Americans who rely on food stamps (formally known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP) begin to receive money they can use to purchase certain groceries on the first day of each month. But today, amid the 32-day-and-counting government shutdown, those funds weren’t there for the vast majority of recipients. […]

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Heritage Foundation President Backs Tucker Carlson’s Chat With a Holocaust-Denying White Nationalist

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Earlier this week, Tucker Carlson welcomed prominent white nationalist Nick Fuentes onto the former Fox News host’s video podcast.  As my colleague Kiera Butler described their conversation: Fuentes “made the case for the importance of Americans ‘to be pro-white,’ sang the praises of brutal Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, and bemoaned the problem of ‘organized Jewry […]

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The Shutdown Is Pushing Federal Workers to Food Banks—Just as SNAP Is Set to Expire

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Pastor Oliver Carter is in a strange predicament. For the last few years, he’s run a food bank serving the needy through No Limits Outreach Ministries, his church in a Maryland suburb just outside of Washington, DC. Now, his family is among those struggling to make ends meet. His wife, Pamelia, works for the US […]

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Under Trump, Federal Workplace Anti-Discrimination Agency Engaged in… Workplace Discrimination

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) was established by the 1964 Civil Rights Act to enforce anti-discrimination laws in workplaces across the country. But under the Trump administration, the federal agency tasked with helping workers who experienced hostile work environments became a hostile work environment itself, according to one judge’s recent ruling. EEOC Director of […]

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Under Trump, Federal Workplace Anti-Discrimination Agency Engaged in…Workplace Discrimination

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) was established by the 1964 Civil Rights Act to enforce anti-discrimination laws in workplaces across the country. But under the Trump administration, the federal agency tasked with helping workers who experienced hostile work environments became a hostile work environment itself, according to one judge’s recent ruling. EEOC Director of […]

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When Miscarriages Become Crimes

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In early June, Sasha, who was around 16 weeks pregnant, started to bleed vaginally. She went to the emergency room, where doctors told her she was suffering from a “subchorionic hemorrhage,” diagnosed her with a “threatened miscarriage,” and sent her home. A couple of weeks later, Sasha (whose name has been changed to protect her privacy) […]

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Meet the Ohio Lobbyist Running Against Lobbyists

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Former Ohio state Sen. Kevin Coughlin—a self-described “husband, father, [and] small business owner”—is running to be the Republican nominee for Ohio’s 13th Congressional seat in the 2026 midterms. He promises to “put Ohio workers and their families first,” according to his campaign website. “Never politicians, lobbyists, or special interests.” What Coughlin doesn’t say is that […]

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Both the Left and the Right are Targeted by Political Violence. Who Perpetrates It?

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Conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s gruesome killing last week was both a striking visual of our nation’s intensifying polarization and, by some counts, a catalyst for it to intensify more. Even before a suspect had been identified, there was a knee-jerk reaction among some Republicans to blame the Democratic Party for his death. Some even called […]

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