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Industry-Backed Bills Would Bar EPA From Carrying Out Its Mission, Experts Say

For decades, Republican lawmakers and industry lobbyists have tried to chip away at the small program in the Environmental Protection Agency that measures the threat of toxic chemicals. Most people don’t know IRIS, as the program is called, but it is the scientific engine of the agency that protects human health and the environment. Its…

Hoping for DOGE Transparency, The Intercept Publishes Musk’s Government Email

The news organization has filed more than a dozen FOIA requests based on the newly found email address.

Burned Schools. Classrooms Doubling as Shelters. This Is High School in Gaza.

Part of the Series Struggle and Solidarity: Writing Toward Palestinian Liberation In Gaza, high school — known as Tawjihi — is highly valued as a gateway to a bright future. It marks a transitional phase from school to university and the labor market, so we strongly believe that it is the most powerful means of…

A Little Agency Is Standing up to Musk with a Tell-All Lawsuit

Elon Musk departs a meeting with Senate Republicans on March 5.Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Nearly two months into President Donald Trump’s lawless dismantling of the federal government, a small agency has stood up with a tell-all lawsuit. The lawsuit from…

DOGE’s Cuts to HUD Will Only Make the Housing Crisis Worse

Claire Bergstresser was a federal worker in HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity until last month, when she was fired as part of the DOGE purge of probationary employees.Mother Jones illustration; Photo courtesy of the Office of Rep. Ayanna Pressley Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow…

Judge Reinstates National Labor Relations Board Member Trump Fired Illegally

A federal judge on Thursday reinstated Gwynne Wilcox, a Democratic member of the National Labor Relations Board, and suggested that U.S. President Donald Trump’s attempt to fire her was an example of the Republican testing how much he can exceed his constitutional powers. Wilcox filed a federal lawsuit in February, after Trump ousted her and…

Black Women Are the Unsung Heroes of “Bloody Sunday” 60 Years Ago

Sixty years ago, on March 7, Sheyann Webb-Christburg walked with 600 other activists in Selma, Alabama, to protest Black voter suppression. As they reached the Edmund Pettus Bridge, just six blocks into their 54-mile march to the state capital of Montgomery, Webb-Christburg’s heart began to beat faster. She saw police lined up at the bridge’s…

How Doctored Science Infected Alzheimer’s Research

Atria/One Signal Publishers Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. More than 120 years ago, in November 1901, German Dr. Alois Alzheimer took on a patient—a 51-year-old woman with “presenile dementia” who’d become paranoid, lost her sense of self, and shouted at neighbors. When she…

Elon Musk’s $1 Credit Card Spending Cap Is Paralyzing Federal Agencies

Elon Musk departs a meeting with Senate Republicans outside the Senate Chamber of the Capitol Building in Washington, DC on Wednesday March 5, 2025. Aaron Schwartz/dpa/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. This story was originally published by WIRED and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…

Trump Allies Are Deploying This “Book-Banning Pastor” to Local School Districts

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