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Celebrating America Doesn't Have to Mean Erasing Our History
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (582+ words) Mother Jones...
The Army took down its page commemorating a civil rights icon
16+ hour, 22+ min ago (560+ words) Sarah Keys Evans United States Army I discussed Keys Evans" underappreciated but important case with the author Amy Nathan, whose latest book, Riding Into History, tells her story. Her profile had risen in recent years, as I wrote at the…...
America is 250 years old. Have you ever read the Declaration of Independence?
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (1007+ words) Indeed, as my colleagues David Corn and Tim Murphy pointed out exactly one year ago, certain of the tyrannical acts my co-author, Thomas Jefferson, cited as grievances in that founding document are uncannily evocative of the usurpations of our current…...
Trump's attack on trains taught me a lot about Americans
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (329+ words) Mother Jones; Scott Olson/Getty If you want to understand U. S. politics, take the train. The Trump administration's federal budget request for the next fiscal year includes steep cuts to passenger rail. According to an analysis by the High Speed Rail…...
Watch: Trump's dystopia takes over the National Mall
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (201+ words) National Guard troops stand on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, near the reflecting pool. Rahmat Gul/AP "Loitering is not permitted in this area," an audio recording sternly warns, as uniformed National Guard troops patrol Washington's iconic, algae-plagued reflecting…...
The State Department's new recruiting contractor wants more Christian diplomats
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (322+ words) Mother Jones illustration; Getty In the Cross Politic episode'called "Could 1, 000 Employees Change the State Department Forever? Crapuchettes says that before the current administration, "a lot of the recruiting was focused on DEI. It was focused on trying to get in…...
Trump is using your money to pollute our air this July 4th
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (346+ words) The Trump administration's July 4th fireworks show will likely produce unhealthy levels of pollution at the National Mall and the surrounding area'a fitting byproduct of the president's 250th American anniversary celebration." Internal documents from the National Park Service, which hosts the annual…...
This Supreme Court term was about weakening democracy
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (317+ words) The Roberts Court is predictable. Not because it follows the law, but because it never passes an opportunity to push its ideological vision. Once you know where Roberts and his colleagues want the country to go, you can figure out…...
On the longest day of the year, ocean surface temperatures hit a record high
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (574+ words) Temperatures on the ocean surface have hit a record high, raising fears of another burst of extreme heat this summer. On June 21, temperatures outside the polar regions exceeded the extraordinary highs observed at the same time in 2023 and 2024, the Copernicus…...
SCOTUS just issued its biggest privacy ruling in a decade
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (970+ words) In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court found that police need a warrant to search people's location data. Mother Jones; Jonas Leupe; Robert Nickelsberg/Getty To better understand the implications of Chatrie, I hopped on the phone with Stevie Glaberson, director…...