motherjones.comadded August 2026
Mother Jonesby Rachel Santarsiero9d ago
On Wednesday—the fourth day New York’s annual Climate Week—a federal judge handed the Trump administration a major victory by striking down New York’s landmark Climate Change Superfund Act.
Mother Jonesby Alex Nguyen9d ago
OpenAI called off plans to launch its latest GPT-6.1 Astra model on Tuesday, after the system failed to meet the company’s safety standards.
Mother Jonesby Tim Murphy9d ago
The most unusual ritual in American politics in the scorched and cynical runup to the 2026 midterm elections takes place as often as five times a day—in restaurants and breweries, in rec centers...
Mother Jonesby David Corn9d ago
A version of the below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides behind-the-scenes stories and articles...
Mother Jonesby Text, Photographs and Audio by Greg Constantine9d ago
A sign is placed in the yard of a residential property off US Route 322 approaching the small town of Philipsburg in central Pennsylvania.
Mother Jonesby Inae Oh9d ago
The first hint that I needn’t be so anxious to interview Min Jin Lee came as the bestselling author descended the creaky stairs of her five-story Harlem townhouse and pronounced my name.
Mother Jonesby Ellis Juhlin9d ago
This story, originally published by Grist in collaboration with Montana Free Press/Mountain Journal as part of the Report for America Local News Initiative, is reproduced here as part of the...
Mother Jonesby Alex Nguyen9d ago
On Monday, Nvidia, the multinational tech company—which has become one of the most valuable companies in the world in significant part thanks to its role in developing chips for AI processing and...
Mother Jonesby Garnet Henderson and Susan Rinkunas10d ago
For the last year, the FBI’s co-No. 2 has been an anti-abortion hardliner oddly preoccupied with the earning potential of aborted fetuses.
Mother Jonesby Noah Lanard10d ago
On March 31, David Flippo, the Republican nominee for Congress in northern Nevada, loaned his campaign $600,000, according to federal records.
Mother Jonesby Inae Oh10d ago
After a week of intensifying public pressure and reporting from Cornell’s independent daily newspaper, prosecutors in New York have reopened a criminal investigation into the alleged 2024 gang rape...
Mother Jonesby Reported by Amy Littlefield, Video by Anna Yeo and Rachel de Leon10d ago
This story is part of the Life After Roe package, appearing this week, which looks at the surprising resilience of the abortion access movement in the Dobbs era—and at how hardliners are doubling...
Mother Jonesby Alex Nguyen10d ago
President Donald Trump has become the subject of bipartisan pushback after another taxpayer-funded television ad aired during at least two Sunday NFL games.
Mother Jonesby Amy Littlefield10d ago
This story is part of the Life After Roe package, appearing this week, that looks at the surprising resilience of the abortion access movement in the Dobbs era—and at how hardliners are doubling...
Mother Jonesby Alex Nguyen11d ago
OpenAI and Anthropic are reportedly investigating tens of thousands of incidents where their advanced models bypassed monitors and guardrails, behavior that the startups facilitate for internal...
Mother Jonesby Alex Nguyen11d ago
On Sunday afternoon, Ireland is set to play a soccer match against Israel amid widespread public calls and protests in the country to boycott the game due to Israel’s violent conduct in Gaza, which...
Mother Jonesby Sophie Hurwitz12d ago
Joe Lonsdale, a cofounder of weapons-tech company Palantir, shared some of his thoughts on America’s AI-assisted warfare at a Reuters-hosted event late last week—and one statement stands out as...
Mother Jonesby Sophie Hurwitz12d ago
A new report by the American Federation of Government Workers has documented a staggering level of staff attrition at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the first year of the Trump...
Mother Jonesby Rachel Santarsiero12d ago
First, a confession: Before I read long-time Democratic strategist Tad Devine’s new book, How the Democrats Screwed Bernie, I rolled my eyes at the prospect of yet another post-mortem on the 2016...
Mother Jonesby Sophie Hurwitz12d ago
The long and strange saga of Missouri’s redistricting battle is over. On Friday evening, the Supreme Court released a final opinion—with no noted dissents—that disallows Missouri Republicans’...
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